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Harry Truman: “I cannot urge too strongly that the Congress take action on these bills at once.”

On the recordJanuary 21, 1952
I cannot urge too strongly that the Congress take action on these bills at once.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Urging Action on Mine Safety...

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