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Harry Truman: It is an emergency which is hard for people to understand, because in a lot of instances it does not really touch them…

On the recordFebruary 4, 1952
It is an emergency which is hard for people to understand, because in a lot of instances it does not really touch them except when they have to pay taxes to support the situation--and then they scream like they always do when you have anything to do with taxes.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Remarks at the Veterans of foreign Wars Dinner.

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