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Harry Truman: “It is a matter of great urgency that the Congress complete action on this new bill well before July 31.”

On the recordJuly 3, 1951
It is a matter of great urgency that the Congress complete action on this new bill well before July 31.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Letter to the President of the Senate on the Continued Need for Effective Price, Wage, and Production Controls.

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