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On the recordOctober 11, 1966
I should like for this period of the 20th century to be remembered as the period when we produced more food to feed more people--because food is the necessary sustaining ingredient for all the other things-the period when we spent more money and more effort on educating more people; the period when we spent more time and more dollars on providing health for our bodies; the time when we did more planning and added more acres for conservation, recreation and beautification.
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Eddie Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Social Security Administration Headquarters in Baltimore

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