Gerald Ford actually said...

I invite the Governors of the States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the appropriate officials of all other areas under the United States flag, to issue similar proclamations.

Context

Proclamation 4358—Cancer Control Month, 1975

03/25/1975

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