Harry Truman actually said...

I hope that the Congress will approve legislation for the purposes indicated in the enclosed report and that such legislation will provide for the full enjoyment of civil rights and for the greatest practicable measure of self government.

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Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House on the Administration of Guam, Samoa, and the Former...

06/18/1947

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