On the recordJanuary 28, 1971
The charge that I give to the new Secretary of the Interior is not just conservation.
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presidency.ucsb.eduThe charge that I give to the new Secretary of the Interior is not just conservation.
Remarks at the Swearing In of Rogers C. B. Morton as Secretary of the Interior.
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