04/20/1966
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"These goals cannot be fully achieved without sound financial management practices."
"The small businesses of America are the foundation of our cherished system of free, competitive enterprise."
"I do hereby designate the week beginning May 22, 1966, as Small Business Week"
"The small, privately owned concern has played a fundamental role in the development of the American way of life."