That day he also taped his next batch of radio commentaries. They included the story of the railroad ticket-taker in London who refused to help foil a purse snatching because “there was nothing about helping a policewoman in his union rulebook,” a paean to Campus Crusade for Christ’s “Athletes in Action” program, a warning of dangers to Americans’ liberty posed by the federally subsidized passenger rail company Amtrak, which reminded listeners that “Benito Mussolini began his career by making the trains run on time”—and Reagan’s first introduction to his followers of a policy idea that would
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