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Lyndon Johnson: “A great and advanced nation just cannot allow hazards such as these to go on building up unchecked.”

On the recordSeptember 15, 1966
A great and advanced nation just cannot allow hazards such as these to go on building up unchecked.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Signing of the Federal Metal and Nonmetallic Mine Safety Act

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