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Harry Truman: “The voluntary methods authorized by section 2, in the absence of reserve powers to back them up, can therefore be…”

On the recordDecember 27, 1947
The voluntary methods authorized by section 2, in the absence of reserve powers to back them up, can therefore be expected to accomplish little.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Statement on the Resolution Enacted in Response to the President's Message of November 17.

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