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Harry Truman: “I invite the state and local governments, the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, the National Fire Waste Council…”

On the recordAugust 13, 1948
I invite the state and local governments, the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, the National Fire Waste Council, the American National Red Cross, business and labor organizations, churches and schools, civic groups, and agencies of the press, the radio, and the motion-picture industry to cooperate fully in the observance of Fire Prevention Week.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Proclamation 2804—Fire Prevention Week, 1948

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