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Richard Nixon: Both fairness and decency require that we act now-this year--to raise the minimum wage rate.

On the recordSeptember 5, 1973
Both fairness and decency require that we act now-this year--to raise the minimum wage rate.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Veto of the Minimum Wage Bill.

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