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On the recordOctober 11, 1948
The Republican Congress began immediately to try to turn the clock back, and the first one they took a whack at was the farmer.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Rear Platform and Other Informal Remarks in Indiana and Illinois

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