On the recordOctober 7, 1952
John Sparkman was the son of a tenant farmer in Alabama; and if there's anything he doesn't understand about agriculture, I can't imagine what it is.
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presidency.ucsb.eduHarry Truman: “John Sparkman was the son of a tenant farmer in Alabama; and if there's anything he doesn't understand about…”
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Address in Shenandoah, Iowa
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