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Eisenhower: “It is, then, with profound hope and confidence--and with prayer for the future ages of mankind--that I now, by this act…”

On the recordSeptember 5, 1954
It is, then, with profound hope and confidence--and with prayer for the future ages of mankind--that I now, by this act, begin construction of America's first commercial-size atomic power plant.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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Radio and Television Remarks on the Occasion of the Ground-Breaking Ceremony for the Shippingport Atomic Power Plant

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