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On the recordApril 7, 1976
I am formally transmitting to the Congress a request for a supplemental appropriation of $528 million which will support 888,100 jobs for disadvantaged youth this summer.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Special Message to the Congress on the Federal Summer Employment for Youth and Public Service Jobs Programs

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