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Harry Truman: “Such an interconnection is simply a matter of common sense--it is a good, fast way to increase the Nation's power…”

On the recordJune 10, 1951
Such an interconnection is simply a matter of common sense--it is a good, fast way to increase the Nation's power supply.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Letter to Senator Hayden on the Effect of Certain House Amendments on Hydroelectric Power Policy.

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