05/01/1979
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"Cash awards totalling $967,155 were paid for adopted suggestions during Fiscal Year 1980."
"Each Federal dollar spent on design shall be viewed as an investment in enriching the quality of American life."
"I likewise share your optimism that we can achieve economic health, and our other goals as well, if we face up to our problems."
"Participation by military personnel in the cash awards program was authorized by the Congress in 1965."