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On the recordAugust 1, 1946
We tried to put it in as clear a statement as possible, but we want everybody to have access to the actual figures, to understand it as we think we do.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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The President's News Conference on the Review of the 1947 Budget

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