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Eisenhower: “We wanted to restore more authority to localities, to states and above all to individuals, whether he be a farmer, a…”

On the recordOctober 13, 1958
We wanted to restore more authority to localities, to states and above all to individuals, whether he be a farmer, a worker, a business man or a professional man.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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Remarks at the President's Birthday Breakfast.

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