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Eisenhower: But one thing I did know: that I had promised a lot of people that if ever I got in politics, I was going to come to the…

On the recordOctober 16, 1953
But one thing I did know: that I had promised a lot of people that if ever I got in politics, I was going to come to the South.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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Remarks to a Group of Republican Workers in New Orleans

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