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On the recordMay 3, 1967
There comes a time when the interest of management and the interest of labor must be the public interest--a time when people must be fed, when soldiers must be supplied, when water must be kept potable, and when factories must not be allowed to close down for lack of materials.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Special Message to the Congress Recommending Procedures To Complete Collective Bargaining in the Railway Labor Dispute

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