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Harry Truman: “Again, I hope that when I come here I can talk to you straight from the shoulder on certain things that confront this…”

On the recordJune 5, 1948
Again, I hope that when I come here I can talk to you straight from the shoulder on certain things that confront this country.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Rear Platform and Other Informal Remarks in Nebraska and Wyoming

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