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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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