Jimmy Carter: “I'd like to first call Dr. Jonas Salk forward to present an award to…”

On the recordJuly 10, 1977

I'd like to first call Dr. Jonas Salk forward to present an award to him and to read a citation.

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Democratic · Georgia

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Presidential Medal of Freedom Remarks on Presenting the Medal to Dr. Jonas E. Salk and to Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Jimmy Carter: “I'd like to first call Dr. Jonas Salk forward to present an award to him and to read a citation.”