On the recordJune 10, 1948
There are some people, you know, who do not like public power, and there are some people who do not like to expend money for the reclamation of the land in the West.
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presidency.ucsb.eduHarry Truman: “There are some people, you know, who do not like public power, and there are some people who do not like to expend money…”
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