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On the recordSeptember 30, 1960
Because economically we need the talents of these people, and we must see that they have equality of opportunity, too
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Partial Transcript of Remarks by the Vice President, Akron University, Memorial Hall, Akron, OH

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