Lyndon Johnson actually said...

This year the Secretary of Defense has been conducting a searching review of the principles underlying the military compensation system.

Special Message to the Congress on Federal Pay and Postal Rates.

04/04/1967

More Lyndon Johnson Quotes

We can make new distributions to the States.

We might have to ask for extra money.

We had put $400 million extra in development contracts in the Appalachian area in 1965 and 1966 over what we had done in 1964.

I haven't reached any conclusions on that.