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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Sep 4, 1949

It is urgent that we modernize our price support laws or we shall face unmanageable surpluses.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Sep 4, 1949

Good incomes for farmers are good for the workers who make the things the farmers buy.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Sep 4, 1949

The 80th Congress had been hitting sledge-hammer blows at the very foundations of farm opportunity.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Sep 4, 1949

If we want a healthy and prosperous economy, there must be economic opportunity, not just for the fortunate few, but for all of us.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Sep 2, 1949

Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby find and proclaim, on the basis of the investigation and report of the United States Tariff Commission, that changed circumstances require the further…

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Aug 31, 1949

I think that the Secretary of Defense, in the long run, probably will have the final say on that.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Aug 31, 1949

It has not finished the first session yet, and it still has the other session to go. I think its record will be all right when they are finished.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Aug 31, 1949

I can't answer that question until after the primary, if they have a primary. I don't know whether they have a primary there or not.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Aug 31, 1949

By virtue of the authority vested in me by sections 55(a), 508, 603, and 729(a) of the Internal Revenue Code...

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