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Eisenhower: “The prosperity of the agricultural community is absolutely necessary to the prosperity of the nation.”

On the recordJune 20, 1955
The prosperity of the agricultural community is absolutely necessary to the prosperity of the nation.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks to the National Association of Television and Radio Farm Directors.

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