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Harry Truman: “I hope we can accomplish the purposes set forth in the message in the proposed bill that is now before the two…”

On the recordJune 10, 1952
I hope we can accomplish the purposes set forth in the message in the proposed bill that is now before the two committees in the House and the Senate, and continue to help those refugees who certainly deserve our help and support.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Remarks to Members of the Provisional Intergovernmental Committee for the Movement of Migrants from Europe.

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