01/03/1975
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"His experience at those levels makes him especially valuable to all of us."
"I do hereby designate Friday, May 21, 1976, as National Defense Transportation Day."
"The economic prosperity of the United States and the maintenance of our national defense depend in large measure on our ability to move goods and people."
"This program is designed to protect Americans against a swine-type strain of virus which was responsible for thousands of deaths in the United States during 1918-19."