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On the recordOctober 22, 1948
You see, tomorrow afternoon I will leave Washington again and start for Chicago and Cleveland, and Boston and New York City, and Brooklyn and St. Louis, Mo., and finally wind up at home on November 1st, in Independence.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Rear Platform Remarks in Pennsylvania

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