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Harry Truman: FOR THE last time Mr. Attorney General, I hand you a Commission as Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

On the recordAugust 23, 1949
FOR THE last time Mr. Attorney General, I hand you a Commission as Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Remarks at the Swearing In of Associate Justice Tom Clark

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