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Harry Truman: “I recommend therefore that the Congress expand the present authorization for the construction of Folsom Dam.”

On the recordJanuary 11, 1948
I recommend therefore that the Congress expand the present authorization for the construction of Folsom Dam.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Special Message to the Congress on the Folsom Dam.

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