My statement at my press conference last week was intended to explain that such primaries do not bind the delegates.
Harry Truman: “My statement at my press conference last week was intended to explain that such primaries do not bind the delegates.”
On the recordFebruary 4, 1952
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Letter to the Secretary of State of New Hampshire Concerning the Presidential Preference Primary.
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