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On the recordOctober 22, 1948
It is a terrible thing when a family has to dip into its savings to pay the grocery bill--savings which it had set aside for old age, to educate the children, or for the down payment on a home.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Address in Johnstown, Pennsylvania

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