Statement Following Senate Action on the Trade Act of 1974.
12/13/1974
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We have stabilized international relationships and created the framework for global progress.
Income and wealth are not produced in Washington, they are only redistributed there.
The social and economic progress to which they aspire cannot come without the political equality of statehood.
I strongly recommend that the Congress consider issuance of a joint resolution to bring this Agreement into force by tha...