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Harry Truman: He doesn't speak English and I don't speak Spanish, but we speak the farm language.

On the recordFebruary 12, 1947
He doesn't speak English and I don't speak Spanish, but we speak the farm language.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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The President's News Conference

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