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Richard Nixon: Labor disputes in other transportation industries--maritime, longshore, and trucking--are now subject to the emergency…

On the recordFebruary 26, 1970
Labor disputes in other transportation industries--maritime, longshore, and trucking--are now subject to the emergency provisions of the Taft-Hartley Act, legislation which I helped write in 1947.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Special Message to the Congress on Labor Disputes in the Transportation Industry.

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