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Harry Truman: America cannot remain healthy and happy in the same world where millions of human beings are starving.

On the recordApril 18, 1946
America cannot remain healthy and happy in the same world where millions of human beings are starving.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Radio Appeal to the Nation for Food Conservation to Relieve Hunger Abroad

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