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Gerald Ford: “Policymakers at the State and local level are most capable of making decisions which respond to the needs of the people.”

On the recordOctober 9, 1974
Policymakers at the State and local level are most capable of making decisions which respond to the needs of the people.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Message to the Congress Transmitting Annual Report of the National Advisory Council on Extension and Continuing Education

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