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On the recordNovember 16, 1947
We cannot allow the strength of this Nation to be wasted and our people's confidence in our free institutions to be shaken by an economic catastrophe.
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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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