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Harry Truman: I shall also appreciate your cooperation with Dr. Steelman in taking actions to modify, within the limits of existing…

On the recordJuly 13, 1949
I shall also appreciate your cooperation with Dr. Steelman in taking actions to modify, within the limits of existing law, the procurement, construction, and other activities of your agency where it is determined to be feasible, in order to alleviate serious unemployment in particular localities.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Memorandum to Agency Heads on the Channeling of Federal Procurement, etc., Programs to Areas of Economic Distress.

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