Address in Shenandoah, Iowa
10/07/1952
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The present organization of the District government is the product of almost 50 years of piecemeal, planless growth.
Local self-government is both the right and the responsibility of free men.
I would say no. I made that very plain in the statement that I made.
I strongly believe that the citizens of the District of Columbia are entitled to self-government.