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Gerald Ford: “You know what to do to improve your cities and you know how to do it.”

On the recordMarch 14, 1976
You know what to do to improve your cities and you know how to do it.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Annual Congressional City Conference of the U.S. Conference of Mayors and National League of Cities.

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