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Harry Truman: It is a mistake to act as if the cities were inferior administrative subdivisions.

On the recordMarch 20, 1949
It is a mistake to act as if the cities were inferior administrative subdivisions.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Address Before the United States Conference of Mayors.

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