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On the recordOctober 24, 1948
The old man was silent for a while, and then he said: 'Son, I've listened to a lot of sad stories for the last 50 years, but that's the saddest one I've heard yet.'
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Address in the Memorial Auditorium, Gary, Indiana

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