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Harry Truman: Special treatment of this type for specific municipalities would not only be administratively unfair and unsound, but if…

On the recordAugust 10, 1950
Special treatment of this type for specific municipalities would not only be administratively unfair and unsound, but if applied generally to several cities would add significantly to the cost of the Census and materially delay its compilation.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Veto of Bill Relating to the Census in South Parkersburg, West Virginia.

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