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On the recordApril 2, 1950
The present unbalanced situation places a heavy burden upon our national Budget.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Letter to Gordon Gray Regarding His Appointment as Special Assistant to the President

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NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 91 of the act of April 30, 1900, 31 Stat. 159, as amended by section 7 of the act of My 27, 1910, 36 Stat. 447, it is ordered as follows:

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