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Eisenhower: “It is because our citizens have taken direct responsibility for their schools and colleges that, through the years…”

On the recordSeptember 20, 1954
It is because our citizens have taken direct responsibility for their schools and colleges that, through the years, American education has flourished.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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Letter to the Governors Concerning the State and White House Conferences on Education To Be Held in 1955.

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