As long as a single child lacks sufficient food to take advantage of a school education, we will be failing our children, ourselves, and the Nation.
Lyndon Johnson: “As long as a single child lacks sufficient food to take advantage of a school education, we will be failing our…”
On the recordJuly 20, 1966
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Letter to the Secretary of Agriculture on the School Lunch Demonstration Program.
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