The President's News Conference
04/17/1969
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The world will sorely miss his wise counsel and effective leadership.
I strongly believe that it would be better to establish a series of State and local special credit institutions than to create a nationwide ...
The recent trend of diminishing population and diminishing prosperity in many rural areas must be actively resisted.
The revitalization of rural America is one of the important objectives of my administration.