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Eisenhower: “I think everybody that went on this trip became convinced of this: in the long run, no laws are going to solve this…”

On the recordJanuary 22, 1957
I think everybody that went on this trip became convinced of this: in the long run, no laws are going to solve this problem completely.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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