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        "Truman, J. Vivian (John Vivian), 1886-1965",
        "Young, Harriet Louisa, 1818-1909",
        "Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924",
        "Truman, John Anderson, 1851-1914",
        "Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945",
        "Truman, Martha Ellen, 1852-1947",
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    "ocrText": "- 7 -\nroad system of the county to be rebuilt, rebuilt its public buildings and put\nit on a sound financial basis. I organized a regional planning system for the\nmetropolitan area which included three counties in Kansas and three in Missouri.\nIn 1934 I became a candidate for the Senate. Carried on the same\nkind of campaign I had for Eastern Judge and won the nomination. I knew all\nCounty Judges and County Clerks in the State, had been very active in State\nLegion affairs and was on my way up in the Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M. of Missouri,\nWas elected in the fall of 1934 and went to Washington December to be\nsworn in as the Junior S.S. Senator from Missouri.\nI became a member of the Appropriations Committee, the Interstate\nCommerce Committee and the Public Buildings and Grounds Committee. I worked\nmy best in all of them carrying documents and bills home with me to work on.\nIn Appropriations I became acquainted with every phase of the\nimmense structure of the Federal Government. On Interstate Commerce\nI became familiar with every phase of transportation. On Public Buildings\nand Ground learned about Government buildings and their upkeep.\nIn 1940 I had the primary fight of my life against the Governor and the\nbrother of one of my opponents in 1934. I made a strenuous campaign and won.\nIn 1941 I organized an investigating committee to watch expenditures\nof the military after the draft act was passed. That committee made a good"
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