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Harry Truman: They are now the businessmen and the citizens and the executives in every walk of life.

On the recordFebruary 17, 1949
They are now the businessmen and the citizens and the executives in every walk of life.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Remarks to Officers of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

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