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Eisenhower: “National plans and preparations are of little value without active participation at local community levels.”

On the recordSeptember 24, 1953
National plans and preparations are of little value without active participation at local community levels.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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Memorandum Directing Federal Agencies To Participate in a Civil Defense Exercise

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