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Eisenhower: “But they always have held up this standard, safety, making certain that they are not doing something that would work…”

On the recordMay 17, 1955
But they always have held up this standard, safety, making certain that they are not doing something that would work against the life of the child, but to protect the life of that child.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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