Because of my concern that there be full equality of treatment and opportunity for all military personnel, regardless of race or color, I appointed a Committee to study the matter in June of 1962.
Letters to the Secretary of Defense and to the Chairman, Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Forces, in Response to...
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I congratulate you, the people of Delaware, the people of Maryland, and the people of the United States.
And I think that--the governmental standards, let me say, on the whole I think compare favorably with those in Washington, with those in some other parts of America.
This highway has been built by the dedicated effort of the citizens of these two States.
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