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Thurmond Links Carter, Textile Fears to Tariff Debate
Thurmond accused President Carter of being pressed by the State Department as he urged action on a bill before the election. Riley and Ravenel pressed for a veto and the tariff cuts, warning that a 60 percent cut could close U.S. textile plants employing thousands in Aiken County.
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South Carolina
Richard W
Dick) Riley
Carter
Riley
Ravenel
James B. Edwards
Thurmond
State Department
Edgefield
Aiken County
United Merchants and Manufacturing
Horese Creek Valley
Graniteville Company
Congress