Remarks in La Mesa, California
10/23/1976
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Of those suggestions submitted, more than 296,000 have been adopted with resultant tangible first-year benefits in exces...
The social and economic progress to which they aspire cannot come without the political equality of statehood.
I urge the Congress to act.
Enlisted personnel received $1,175,908.50 in awards, which represents 81 percent of the total cash awards paid.