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Harry Truman: I find such action to be practicable and desirable, in the interest of the national defense, and in the national…

On the recordDecember 26, 1950
I find such action to be practicable and desirable, in the interest of the national defense, and in the national interest.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Proclamation 2915—Amending Proclamation No. 2906 of October 6, 1950, Entitled 'Special Registration'

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