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Eisenhower: “The farmer is not just a farmer, he is a citizen of the United States, first and always.”

On the recordJune 20, 1955
The farmer is not just a farmer, he is a citizen of the United States, first and always.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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Remarks to the National Association of Television and Radio Farm Directors.

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