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On the recordSeptember 2, 1946
I ask every citizen to do his part by learning how to detect and eliminate all possible causes of fires in his home and in his business, in order to safeguard both lives and property from the holocaust of fire.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Proclamation 2700—Fire Prevention Week, 1946

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