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Gerald Ford: “The economic prosperity of the United States and the maintenance of our national defense depend in large measure on our…”

On the recordApril 14, 1976
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.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Proclamation 4433—National Defense Transportation Day and National Transportation Week

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