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Harry Truman: There are no scales down here, but I think I weigh about 173 or 4, something like that.

On the recordNovember 15, 1948
There are no scales down here, but I think I weigh about 173 or 4, something like that.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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The President's News Conference at Key West, Florida

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