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Harry Truman: I want you to get out the record and read it, find out just how many projects they tried to sabotage, find out their…

On the recordOctober 5, 1952
I want you to get out the record and read it, find out just how many projects they tried to sabotage, find out their record on everything that has been for the welfare and benefit of this country; and you will find that the majority of the Republicans in Congress were against them every single time.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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