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Lyndon Johnson: “The mentally disturbed among them can now look for some treatment.”

On the recordNovember 16, 1965
The mentally disturbed among them can now look for some treatment.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks Upon Receiving the Parents' Magazine Award for Outstanding Service to the Cause of Education

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