On the recordMay 19, 1966
The true purchasing power of today's factory worker is just 300 percent of its 1932 level.
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presidency.ucsb.eduLyndon Johnson: “The true purchasing power of today's factory worker is just 300 percent of its 1932 level.”
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Remarks by Telephone to the Convention of the United Automobile Workers.
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