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Harry Truman: “I want to say to you that I hope you will join with me on this handshake for the whole crowd here, and let me go and do…”

On the recordNovember 2, 1949
I want to say to you that I hope you will join with me on this handshake for the whole crowd here, and let me go and do what I have to do to finish off the evening for this grand day in Minnesota.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Remarks and Address in St. Paul as Part of Minnesota's Truman Day Celebration.

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