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Eisenhower: “I HAVE CALLED this meeting of the Republican leaders of the Senate and House of Representatives and the Chairmen of the…”

On the recordDecember 16, 1953
I HAVE CALLED this meeting of the Republican leaders of the Senate and House of Representatives and the Chairmen of the various standing committees for the purpose of advising with me on the legislative program which I propose to set forth in the President's State of the Union and Budget Messages.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

Editor's note · Context

Statements by the President on the First Day of the Republican Legislative Conference in the Cabinet Room.

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