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Richard Nixon: I have directed the Secretaries of Labor and of Health, Education, and Welfare, and the Assistant Secretary of Labor for…

On the recordFebruary 18, 1969
I have directed the Secretaries of Labor and of Health, Education, and Welfare, and the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Manpower, to work with the Acting Commissioner of Education in preparing such a report for submission to Congress at the earliest opportunity.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Special Message to the Congress on the Nation's Antipoverty Programs.

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