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He endorsed a law making it a crime for an industry to hire a federal official charged with regulating it.

Associated Press

8-10-76

He has said federal spending aimed at deterring crime over the past eight years has been "grossly misdirected" and complained that only 6 per cent of the total $4.4 billion appropriated by Congress for the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration was allocated to aid state and local courts.

Associated Press

8-11-76