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On the recordMay 2, 1945
It is the essence of that act, the Selective Service and Training Act of 1940, that no one shall be placed in a favored position.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Veto of Bill Providing for the Deferment of Additional Agricultural Workers.

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