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Harry Truman: No lesser objective is commensurate with the productive capacity and resources of the country or with the dignity which…

On the recordMay 26, 1947
No lesser objective is commensurate with the productive capacity and resources of the country or with the dignity which a true democracy accords the individual citizen.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Special Message to the Congress Transmitting Reorganization Plan 3 of 1947.

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