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Lyndon Johnson: “It is obvious that the building of the Great Society rests, in part, on an abundant supply of low cost energy.”

On the recordDecember 13, 1964
It is obvious that the building of the Great Society rests, in part, on an abundant supply of low cost energy.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Letter to the Chairman, Federal Power Commission, in Response to the National Power Survey Report.

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