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Richard Nixon: The Urban Coalition is a 'bring-us-together' organization, and I congratulate the leaders in American life who have made…

On the recordFebruary 16, 1969
The Urban Coalition is a 'bring-us-together' organization, and I congratulate the leaders in American life who have made the Coalition such an effective instrument of citizen volunteer action--men such as Mr. Gardner, Andrew Heiskell, A. Philip Randolph, George Meany, Whitney Young, John Lindsay, and Arthur Flemming.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Statement on the Urban Coalition.

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