Lyndon Johnson actually said...

I asked them \to join hands with me in a voluntary partnership... to show the world that an aroused and responsible business community in America can close ranks and make a voluntary program work.\

Context

Letter to Secretary Fowler Approving the Recommendations of the Cabinet Committee on Balance of Payments.

12/04/1965

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