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Gerald Ford: “It is important that futures trading take place under conditions in which traders and the public have full confidence in…”

On the recordOctober 23, 1974
It is important that futures trading take place under conditions in which traders and the public have full confidence in the system.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Statement on Signing the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Act of 1974

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