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Harry Truman: The welfare of the United States in the next 25 or 30 years is going to be in your hands--the hands of the young men who…

On the recordAugust 8, 1946
The welfare of the United States in the next 25 or 30 years is going to be in your hands--the hands of the young men who are now growing up and going to high school and college.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Remarks to Delegates of Boys Nation.

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