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Harry Truman: “The danger of immediate and complete decontrol in the face of continuing domestic and world scarcities is too great for…”

On the recordMarch 18, 1947
The danger of immediate and complete decontrol in the face of continuing domestic and world scarcities is too great for this nation to undertake at this time.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Special Message to the Congress on Export Controls.

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