Lyndon Johnson said "I am also asking Vice President-elect Humphrey to take a leading role in the war on poverty." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordDecember 11, 1964

I am also asking Vice President-elect Humphrey to take a leading role in the war on poverty.

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Remarks to the Members of the Economic Opportunity Council.

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