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Gerald Ford: “This action provides up to 100,000 new jobs in addition to the 170,000 financed by funds currently available under…”

On the recordDecember 30, 1974
This action provides up to 100,000 new jobs in addition to the 170,000 financed by funds currently available under existing law.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Statement on Signing Emergency Jobs, Unemployment Assistance and Compensation Legislation

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