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Gerald Ford: “I recommend that the Senate give prompt consideration to this Convention and consent to its acceptance.”

On the recordAugust 31, 1976
I recommend that the Senate give prompt consideration to this Convention and consent to its acceptance.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Message to the Senate Transmitting the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974.

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