Eisenhower: “And now this great port must meet the challenge of the coming decades.”

On the recordOctober 16, 1953

And now this great port must meet the challenge of the coming decades.

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Republican · Kansas

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Address in New Orleans at the Ceremony Marking the 150th Anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase

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