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Harry Truman: “Emergency aid is no substitute for a long-range recovery program, but it is a vital prerequisite to such a program.”

On the recordNovember 16, 1947
Emergency aid is no substitute for a long-range recovery program, but it is a vital prerequisite to such a program.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Special Message to the Congress on the First Day of the Special Session

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