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Harry Truman: If we were in a depression, I would be the first person to tell you.

On the recordJuly 12, 1949
If we were in a depression, I would be the first person to tell you.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Radio and Television Report to the American People on the State of the National Economy.

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