Remarks on Election Eve
11/03/1974
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I SUBMIT herewith to the Congress the Puerto Rico Statehood Act of 1977.
Of the 119,256 suggestions which were submitted by military personnel during Fiscal Year 1976, 19,375 were adopted.
It is now time to act.
Of those suggestions submitted, more than 296,000 have been adopted with resultant tangible first-year benefits in exces...