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Richard Nixon: It is concerned not with the long range, broad gauge needs of the educational system as a whole, but rather with these…

On the recordMay 20, 1970
It is concerned not with the long range, broad gauge needs of the educational system as a whole, but rather with these special and immediate needs.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Special Message to the Congress Proposing the Emergency School Aid Act of 1970

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