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Harry Truman: “They are trying to choke the Executive Office to death, and they are about to ruin our national defense program.”

On the recordMay 5, 1952
They are trying to choke the Executive Office to death, and they are about to ruin our national defense program.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Remarks at the 21st Annual Banquet of the National Housing Conference.

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