03/15/1987
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"I am naming this Task Force because of my deep concern for the arts and humanities in America."
"All of us were deeply impressed with the courage and dignity with which he bore his illness."
"The Task Force will recommend to the President ways in which private support might offset the cuts in the budgets of the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities."
"Nancy and I convey our deepest sympathy to his family and to the members of the Teamsters union."