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Harry Truman: “Our citizens are entitled to a tax collecting agency of thorough efficiency and unquestioned integrity.”

On the recordMarch 6, 1952
Our citizens are entitled to a tax collecting agency of thorough efficiency and unquestioned integrity.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Letter to the President of the Senate Urging Action on Reorganization of the Bureau of Internal Revenue.

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