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Harry Truman: I can't say that I can go to a 'high hat' opera for social purposes and enjoy it all.

On the recordMay 8, 1951
I can't say that I can go to a 'high hat' opera for social purposes and enjoy it all.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at a Ceremony in Observance of National Music Week.

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