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Harry Truman: “There are millions of people who have been injured unnecessarily, through plain carelessness on their own part, or on…”

On the recordAugust 29, 1949
There are millions of people who have been injured unnecessarily, through plain carelessness on their own part, or on the part of some other source.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Remarks to the Conference of the President's Committee on National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week

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