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Harry Truman

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Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States, serving from April 12, 1945, to January 20, 1953. A member of the Democratic Party, he assumed the presidency after the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Truman is known for his decisive leadership during the final months of World War II, including the controversial decision to use atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which contributed to Japan's surrender. He also played a significant role in the early stages of the Cold War, implementing the Truman Doctrine to contain communism and establishing NATO.

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Oct 14, 1952

And provided further, that the provision of section 1(e) of the said title 17, so far as they secure copyright controlling parts of instruments serving to reproduce mechanically the musical work, shall apply only to compositions published…

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Oct 14, 1952

Provided, that the enjoyment by any work of the rights and benefits conferred by the said title 17 shall be conditioned upon compliance with the requirements and formalities prescribed with respect to such works by the copyright laws of…

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Oct 14, 1952

Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do declare and proclaim:

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Oct 14, 1952

That as of this day the conditions specified in section (b) and 1(e) of title 17 of the United States Code exist and are fulfilled with respect to nationals of the Principality of Monaco, and that nationals of the Principality of Monaco as…

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Oct 13, 1952

Whenever in the judgment of the Tariff Commission conditions of competition with respect to the trade in the imported article and the like or directly competitive domestic product concerned have so changed as to warrant it, or upon request…

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Oct 13, 1952

The Commission may prescribe such rules and regulations for the conduct of investigations under this paragraph as it shall deem appropriate.

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Oct 13, 1952

So long as a trade-agreement concession remains withdrawn, suspended, or modified, in whole or in part, pursuant to action taken under section 7 of the Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1951 or comparable provisions of any statute or…

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Oct 12, 1952

Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the above-quoted statutory provisions, do hereby declare and proclaim that the foreign discriminating duties of…

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Oct 7, 1952

The change that has taken place since then is almost unbelievable.

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Oct 7, 1952

I never thought the Hoover farm depression was good for anybody.

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Oct 7, 1952

There you have the story of the cow who met an ignominious end, and still owes 70 cents on her freight.

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Oct 7, 1952

And when you don't go to the polls, and you get bad government, you have nobody to blame for it but yourselves.

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Oct 7, 1952

Now, I want to talk to you today about the farm programs of the Federal Government.

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Oct 7, 1952

The Democratic Party has fought the battle of the little man-of the farmer, the laborer, the white-collar worker, the small businessman--and it has fought it constantly year in and year out.

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Oct 7, 1952

Farmers sometimes took things into their own hands in those days, when the courthouse walls were plastered with mortgage foreclosures.

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Oct 7, 1952

Probably the worst thing they did was to pass a bill which banned the Commodity Credit Corporation from providing grain storage.

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Oct 7, 1952

But a lot of us older people do, and I don't think it's something the country can afford to forget.

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Oct 7, 1952

Governor Stevenson is a man of great ability and long experience in civil government.

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Oct 7, 1952

John Sparkman was the son of a tenant farmer in Alabama; and if there's anything he doesn't understand about agriculture, I can't imagine what it is.

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Oct 7, 1952

A large majority of Republicans voted against the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936.

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