05/01/1946
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"I am glad to be here among so many friends."
"And he asked me, he says, 'Who do you think you are, the President of the United States ?'"
"Bull Shoals and Norfork Dams will hold back millions of gallons of flood water."
"The cost of both the seaway and power phases of the project will be repaid, with interest."