Polish Prime Minister Supports U.S. Bonds
In a public service broadcast on May 16, 1941, Ignace Jan Paderewski, the exiled former prime minister of Poland, urges Americans to buy U.S. savings bonds to fulfill a moral obligation in helping with the war effort
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