10/21/1976
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"I supported the creation of SBA in 1953 and strongly support it today."
"I am committed to the continued health and vigor of small businesses."
"It is my confident hope and belief that this system will be found, after sufficient trials, to be better adapted everywhere than any other to the great interest of human society; namely, the preservat..."
"The small business sector of our economy is vital to private job creation."