Sound recordings

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Senator Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) delivers his weekly radio address, Report from Washington, on May 7, 1963. Sen. Dominick discusses topics including the U.S. foreign aid program. He questions its effectiveness, points out the gold drain and the rising budget deficit. He predicts that Congress will reduce the funds appropriated for foreign aid, and restrict the countries that may receive aid.

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Senator Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) delivers his weekly radio address, Report from Washington, on June 28, [1968?]. Sen. Dominick discusses failed proposals for a foreign service academy similar to the U.S. military service academies. He calls for the creation of a Foreign Service Corps, and federal aid to students preparing for foreign service careers at existing U.S. universities.

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Senator Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) delivers his weekly radio address, Report from Washington, on March 24, 1966. Sen. Dominick announces the date of National Future Homemakers of America Week, March 27- April 2, 1966. He explains that the 600,000 members of the Future Homemakers of America (FHA) organization are girls enrolled in home economics courses in junior and senior high school. He also discusses the goals, history and organizational structure of the FHA.

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Senator Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) delivers his weekly radio address, Report from Washington, on Oct. 7, 1965. Sen. Dominick discusses topics including current economic problems in the gold and silver industries, and legislation to provide depletion allowances for extraction of gold and silver.

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Senator Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) delivers his weekly radio address, Report from Washington, on Feb. 18, 1965. Sen. Dominick discusses topics including obligations of the U.S. Treasury to foreign holders of dollars, and proposals to change the requirements for backing U.S. currency with gold.

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Senator Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) delivers his weekly radio address, Report from Washington, on July 22, 1965. Sen. Dominick discusses topics including the growth of the federal government and the federal budget. He also proposes new guidelines for the federal government, including: living within its income, being responsive to the needs of the people and refraining from encroachment upon the proper roles of state and local governments.

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Congressman Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) delivers his weekly radio address, Report from Washington, on June 7, 1962. Rep. Dominick discusses inefficiency in the U.S. government, illustrated by examples of wasteful spending by HEW, the Forest Service, the White House, the Dept. of Defense, and the House of Representatives.

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Senator Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) delivers his weekly radio address, Report from Washington, on Aug. 27, 1965. Sen. Dominick discusses topics including growth in the Federal government, government spending, federal departments, and an increase in taxes. He contrasts this with lower growth in state and local government revenue and spending.

Abstract Representative Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) delivers his weekly radio address, Report from Washington, on Aug. 3, 1961. With the assistance of an unidentified interlocutor, Rep. Dominick discusses topics including airplane hijacking attempts by Cubans and others, and the anti-hijacking bill he proposed in Congress. The bill would punish anyone who commits a crime aboard an aircraft in flight, carries concealed weapons on a plane, attempts a hijacking or interferes with a flight crew. Dominick...

Abstract Congressman Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) delivers his weekly radio address, Report from Washington, on August 10, 1961. Rep. Dominick discusses the reaction in Congress to the recent rise in hijacking attempts against U. S. aircraft, saying that he has introduced a bill that would make crimes committed aboard an aircraft a federal offense. He notes that Congress is debating whether the death sentence or life imprisonment should be the appropriate penalty for airplane hijackings, and discusses...