Remarks in Chicago, Illinois
10/25/1976
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Of the 119,256 suggestions which were submitted by military personnel during Fiscal Year 1976, 19,375 were adopted.
When I took office in 1974, I found many of our regulatory laws outdated and unintelligible.
Enlisted personnel received $1,175,908.50 in awards, which represents 81 percent of the total cash awards paid.
The functions conferred upon the President by section 708(d) of the Defense Production Act and delegated under section 5...