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Harry Truman: “I couldn't speak, except to rule on the parliamentary questions; and two or three times I was ruled out of order because…”

On the recordJuly 1, 1945
I couldn't speak, except to rule on the parliamentary questions; and two or three times I was ruled out of order because I would make a speech on parliamentary questions.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Address Before the Senate Urging Ratification of the Charter of the United Nations

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