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Harry Truman: I think we ought to hold the line on rent control, but of course the Congress will have to act on that.

On the recordJanuary 22, 1947
I think we ought to hold the line on rent control, but of course the Congress will have to act on that.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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The President's News Conference

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