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Harry Truman: Now there are 61 million people at work, and any man who wants a job can have it.

On the recordOctober 7, 1948
Now there are 61 million people at work, and any man who wants a job can have it.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Rear Platform and Other Informal Remarks in New York

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