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On the recordMarch 12, 1950
It is my purpose to look to the Secretary of Commerce for leadership with respect to transportation problems and for the development of over-all transportation policy within the Executive Branch.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Special Message to the Congress Transmitting Reorganization Plan 21 of 1950.

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