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Eisenhower: “I urge our citizens to remember, throughout the year, that by their interest and efforts many handicapped persons can be…”

On the recordSeptember 25, 1957
I urge our citizens to remember, throughout the year, that by their interest and efforts many handicapped persons can be assisted to economic Independence and active participation in our productive way of life.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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Proclamation 3205—National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week, 1957

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