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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Apr 20, 1950

The policy of orderly decontrol has resulted in a steady reduction of the number of units under control.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Apr 19, 1950

The revocation made by this order shall not be construed as reviving Executive Order No. 8934 of December 18, 1941, and Executive Order No. 9096 of March 12, 1942

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Apr 18, 1950

It is morally inadmissible that political considerations or technical difficulties should be allowed to stand in the way of the reunion of these children with their parents.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Apr 18, 1950

These efforts will not be relaxed until the Greek children are back in their homes.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Apr 18, 1950

Let all the sons and daughters of America pay tribute to their mothers on that day and renew their devotion to the ideals for which motherhood has always stood

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Apr 14, 1950

It is argued that regulation of sales of natural gas to pipe line companies would discourage producers and gatherers from selling their gas in interstate commerce, and would discourage exploration and development of new wells.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Apr 14, 1950

I return herewith, without my approval, H.R. 1758, a bill to amend the Natural Gas Act approved June 21, 1938, as amended.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Apr 11, 1950

I also request the Governors of the respective States, Territories and possessions of the United States to issue proclamations urging participation in these celebrations.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Apr 5, 1950

Consequently, we must have a strong and steadily improving system of unemployment insurance.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Apr 5, 1950

We cannot, however, completely eliminate unemployment; even in times of high employment, there will be turnover of jobs and numerous shifts and changes in job opportunities.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Apr 5, 1950

The first major deficiency in the present Federal-State system of unemployment insurance is that it excludes large numbers of workers.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Apr 5, 1950

This emphasizes the importance of expanding our economy so that new jobs will be created to use skills and energies that are now being wasted.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Apr 5, 1950

While many improvements have been made in the State laws since the program began, the system is far from adequate today.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Apr 5, 1950

First, I recommend that coverage be extended to about 6 million workers not now covered.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Apr 5, 1950

As is the case at present with respect to coverage, the Federal law should not prevent the States from exceeding the minimum standards if they wish to do so.

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