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Harry Truman: “This would be a highly undesirable result for the future of both programs.”

On the recordJuly 17, 1951
This would be a highly undesirable result for the future of both programs.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Letter to the President of the Senate on a Pending Bill To Increase Public Assistance Payments.

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