On the recordMay 7, 1974
The new government will offer the means for greater decisionmaking responsibility and control at the local level, a goal for the Nation that this Administration has consistently sought.
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presidency.ucsb.eduRichard Nixon: “The new government will offer the means for greater decisionmaking responsibility and control at the local level, a goal…”
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