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Richard Nixon: “I solicit your personal leadership in urging the House to recognize that, however appealing H.R. 13000 may appear…”

On the recordOctober 13, 1969
I solicit your personal leadership in urging the House to recognize that, however appealing H.R. 13000 may appear politically at this moment, the consequences of its enactment would surely generate strong resentments throughout the public far outweighing presently anticipated political gains.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Letter to House Minority Leader Gerald R. Ford on a Proposed Federal Pay Raise.

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