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Eisenhower: “As of now, there is a law that deprives a man of citizenship if he is convicted of an actual attempt to destroy this…”

On the recordJanuary 12, 1954
As of now, there is a law that deprives a man of citizenship if he is convicted of an actual attempt to destroy this Government by force.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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