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Robert C. Byrd: “Over and above the economic desirability of giving men and women the opportunity to be self-supporting is the overriding…”

On the recordJanuary 23, 1968
Over and above the economic desirability of giving men and women the opportunity to be self-supporting is the overriding moral responsibility to give them a chance to achieve human dignity.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
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Jan 23, 1968

Editor's note · Context

Discussing a program to reduce hard core unemployment.

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