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Francis Perkins and the US deficit

A profile of Francis Perkins, the first woman cabinet officer in America, and columnist William Safire's grim evaluation of President Reagan's plan for the mounting US deficit.

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Fri 2 Aug 198521:00
BBC Radio 4

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