Nov 20, 2014 - Sale 2367

Sale 2367 - Lot 215

Price Realized: $ 625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 350 - $ 500
WARTIME CONGRESSIONAL ADDRESS TRUMAN, HARRY S. Message of the President of the United States to the Congress. Signed and Inscribed, on the front cover: "This was the key to my domestic policy!" 32 pages, 8vo, self-wrappers, stapled binding, moderate toning to front cover, rear cover mounted to larger board, tears at vertical center fold; text block loose. [Washington, 1945]; inscription: Independence, 8 August 1954

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The complete address, delivered on August 8, 1945. Topics include unemployment compensation, the Fair Labor Standards Act, wartime controls, Fair Employment Practice Committee, selective service, public works and national resources, and others.