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Robert C. Byrd: “We are approaching the hour when we must decide what program, if any, is to be undertaken in an effort to pump new life…”

On the recordMarch 19, 1959
We are approaching the hour when we must decide what program, if any, is to be undertaken in an effort to pump new life into the areas of chronic unemployment which are constituting a drag upon our Nation's prosperity and which are undermining our national security.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
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Mar 19, 1959

Editor's note · Context

Urging legislation to aid areas of chronic unemployment.

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