Richard Nixon actually said...

It is to repair the deficiencies of existing legislation and to better protect the public against the damaging effects of work stoppages in the transportation industry that I am today proposing that Congress enact the Emergency Public Interest Protection Act of 1970.

Context

Special Message to the Congress on Labor Disputes in the Transportation Industry.

02/26/1970

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