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Harry Truman: “A fact that most of us overlooked, however, was that at the very same time many more persons were dying in traffic…”

On the recordApril 30, 1947
A fact that most of us overlooked, however, was that at the very same time many more persons were dying in traffic accidents on city streets and rural highways.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Remarks to a Special Group on the Role of the Press in Traffic Safety

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