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On the recordMarch 11, 1976
I think less than 100 Federal employees handle the whole distribution of all these funds to the 50 States and the almost 5,000 different units of government at the local level.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Members of the Northern Illinois Newspaper Association in Chicago.

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