Jobless are main elections issue

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

While the president crosses the US to woo voters, unemployment remains the main issue in local elections.

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While the president crosses the US to woo voters, unemployment remains the main issue in local elections. The sound quality on this recording is variable/poor.

This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over 650 Letter From America programmes from 1973 to 1989. It was restored by the BBC in 2014.

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Sun 24 Oct 198209:15

BBC Radio 4

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Role	Contributor
Presenter	Alistair Cooke

Fri 22 Oct 198221:15
BBC Radio 4
Sun 24 Oct 198209:15
BBC Radio 4

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