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On the recordMarch 19, 1965
Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, including Chapter 15 of Title 10 of the United States Code, particularly Sections 332, 333, and 334 thereof, do command all persons engaged or who may engage in such domestic violence obstructing the execution and enforcement of the laws to cease and desist therefrom and to disperse and retire peaceably forthwith.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Proclamation 3645—Providing Federal Assistance in the State of Alabama

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