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Richard Nixon: “In 20 years we will have 50 to 90 million more people to feed than we have now.”

On the recordSeptember 22, 1960
In 20 years we will have 50 to 90 million more people to feed than we have now.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Speech of Vice President Richard M. Nixon, 1960 Soil Conservation Field Days, National Plowing Contest Site, Sioux Falls, SD

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