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Harry Truman: It takes its place among the other giants of the American West--Boulder, Bonneville, Grand Coulee, Shasta--the giants…

On the recordSeptember 30, 1952
It takes its place among the other giants of the American West--Boulder, Bonneville, Grand Coulee, Shasta--the giants with whose help the people of the United States are creating a rich new industrial and agricultural empire.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Address in Montana at the Dedication of the Hungry Horse Dam

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