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Richard Nixon: “The Nation owes them its very best efforts to reduce their risks and to improve their working environment.”

On the recordDecember 30, 1970
The Nation owes them its very best efforts to reduce their risks and to improve their working environment.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Statement on the Coal Mine Disaster in Kentucky.

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