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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jul 8, 1949

Since the end of the war, other matters, both foreign and domestic, have at times appeared to overshadow the monopoly problem, or at least have been the subject of greater public pre-occupation.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jul 8, 1949

During the war, this long-standing tendency toward economic concentration was accelerated.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jul 8, 1949

The Committee's study showed that, despite half a century of antitrust law enforcement, one of the gravest threats to our welfare lay in the increasing concentration of power in the hands of a small number of giant organizations.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jul 6, 1949

That question will be answered in my Economic Message which will go down to the Congress about the first of the week.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jul 6, 1949

That was a difficulty between a foreign nation and the United States, and we met it.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jul 6, 1949

I haven't seen it. I don't know what it contains, and I can't give you the answer on that.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jul 6, 1949

They are considering it. We discussed the matter at the meeting Monday, to study the advisability of bringing it up again.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jul 6, 1949

No, no. That is not my business. That is the business of the great State of New York.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jul 6, 1949

The matter is being discussed in Paris and London now. I can make no statement on it at the present time.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jul 6, 1949

Oh yes, it is moving gradually--slowly and gradually toward world peace, and we will eventually get it.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jul 6, 1949

The Housing Administrator was with me the other day, and that was the substance of the conversation.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jul 6, 1949

I have been invited on several occasions. I hope sometime I will be able to make a visit there.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jul 6, 1949

Well, since April 12, 1945, I have been making a crusade--a continuing crusade--for peace...

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jul 6, 1949

I certainly am. Missouri is my home State, and I shall express my opinion freely in the Missouri campaign.

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