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On the recordMarch 4, 1948
I am convinced that the Federal Works Agency should be made the central property management agency of the Government, by transferring to it the Bureau of Federal Supply and the remaining war surplus disposal functions of the War Assets Administration.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Special Message to the Congress on the Need for a Modern System for the Management of Government Property.

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