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On the recordAugust 3, 1965
For much too long this nation has tolerated in the District of Columbia conditions that our ancestors fought a revolution to eliminate.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Letter to the Speaker Urging Consideration of the D.C. Home Rule Bill by the House of Representatives.

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