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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Oct 11, 1948

I am happy to be here this morning, and I want to assure you that this is not my first visit to Richmond.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Oct 11, 1948

The Republican Congress began immediately to try to turn the clock back, and the first one they took a whack at was the farmer.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Oct 11, 1948

I appreciate most highly that introduction in this wonderful city of Greenfield.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Oct 10, 1948

The Republicans have the money because the big corporations have found out they can get what they want from the Republican Party.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Oct 10, 1948

The Democratic Party thinks in terms of doing things for the people--higher minimum wages, broader social security, protection in old age, better medical care, better schools and better homes, and a better life for the men and women who do…

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Oct 10, 1948

Let me remind you of some of the things the Republicans have been saying about this New Deal.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Oct 10, 1948

One of them is the Fair Labor Standards Act which, for the first time in our history, set a floor under wages in the form of a minimum wage.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Oct 8, 1948

This order shall become effective upon publication in the FEDERAL REGISTER, and shall thereupon supersede Executive Order No. 7298 of February 28, 1936, entitled 'Regulations Governing the Preparation, Presentation, Filing, and…

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Oct 7, 1948

Now there are 61 million people at work, and any man who wants a job can have it.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Oct 7, 1948

Our major effort has been to enlarge the effective field of private enterprise and to give public support only to housing for those low-income families that private enterprise cannot serve.

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