Gerald Ford actually said...

I urge everyone: government officials at all levels-national, state, and local-voluntary organizations, and private groups everywhere, to give special attention to these efforts for the continuing prevention of birth defects.

Context

Proclamation 4339—March of Dimes Birth Defects Prevention Month, 1975

12/29/1974

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