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Jimmy Carter: “Failure to modernize the steel industry would lead to still greater economic and personal distress, with permanent…”

On the recordSeptember 29, 1980
Failure to modernize the steel industry would lead to still greater economic and personal distress, with permanent shutdowns of major plants.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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American Steel Industry Statement on the Revitalization Program

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