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Robert C. Byrd: “My own feeling is that the countries which have become our wards must be given to understand that the United States…”

On the recordMay 1, 1958
My own feeling is that the countries which have become our wards must be given to understand that the United States cannot and will not continue to dole out billions of dollars abroad in a period when so much unemployment prevails at home.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
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May 1, 1958

Editor's note · Context

Urging limits on oil imports and a smaller foreign aid program.

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