09/21/1978
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"George Meany's enduring monument will be the united, free trade union movement he helped create and led so long and so well."
"Working men and women around the world will mourn his loss."
"The White House announced that in the area of high technology and other strategic item exports to the Soviet Union, the President has directed that all existing validated export licenses be suspended ..."
"Above all, George Meany was a patriot."