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Lyndon Johnson: “This is a war that takes scores of lives each year in gangland violence.”

On the recordMay 4, 1966
This is a war that takes scores of lives each year in gangland violence.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at a Meeting With Federal Enforcement Officials To Deal With the Problem of Organized Crime.

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