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Harry Truman: There are some people in the country who think maybe the country would have been better off if I had gone ahead and…

On the recordMay 8, 1951
There are some people in the country who think maybe the country would have been better off if I had gone ahead and become a professional musician.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Remarks at a Ceremony in Observance of National Music Week.

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