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Harry Truman: I have decided to set up a temporary President's Airport Commission to look into the problem of airport location and…

On the recordFebruary 19, 1952
I have decided to set up a temporary President's Airport Commission to look into the problem of airport location and use.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Letter to James H. Doolittle Upon Establishing the President's Airport Commission.

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