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Eisenhower: “I deem it imperative, therefore, that this restrictive ceiling be removed.”

On the recordJanuary 11, 1960
I deem it imperative, therefore, that this restrictive ceiling be removed.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

Editor's note · Context

Special Message to the Congress on Removal of the Interest Rate Ceiling on Government Bonds.

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