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On the recordAugust 14, 1952
I do hereby call upon the people of our nation to observe the week beginning October 5, 1952, as national Employ the Physically Handicapped Week
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Proclamation 2985—National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week, 1952

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