It is a program inspired by zeal for the common good, dedicated to the welfare of every American family--whatever its means of livelihood may be, or its social position, or its ancestral strain, or its religious affiliation.
On the recordJanuary 3, 1954
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Radio and Television Address to the American People on the Administration's Purposes and Accomplishments.
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