Air Transport-Nixon, Richard Milhouse-[Republican], 1972

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Physical Location

Burtonhall cold storage 1

Transcription

This country must not get out of the business of air transport. President Nixon is fighting to keep our air transportation industry alive. Listen to his reasons. I don't want to have not only Americans, but other people in the world, riding Soviet, French, or British planes. It isn't some matter of jingoism. I mean, we need the jobs, but also we can do it best. It doesn't make any sense for us, for example, to be first in the race to the moon, and first in the race to space, and to get out of the production of transporting people here on Earth. I want a program prepared so that we can present it to the new Congress, where the United States gets back into the business of building a supersonic transport. Now let's do it. The President's fight for our nation's air industry has not been won yet. This is why we need President Nixon, now more than ever.

Analog Format

3/4" videotape

Transcription

This country must not get out of the business of air transport. President Nixon is fighting to keep our air transportation industry alive. Listen to his reasons. I don't want to have not only Americans, but other people in the world, riding Soviet, French, or British planes. It isn't some matter of jingoism. I mean, we need the jobs, but also we can do it best. It doesn't make any sense for us, for example, to be first in the race to the moon, and first in the race to space, and to get out of the production of transporting people here on Earth. I want a program prepared so that we can present it to the new Congress, where the United States gets back into the business of building a supersonic transport. Now let's do it. The President's fight for our nation's air industry has not been won yet. This is why we need President Nixon, now more than ever.