08/10/1965
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"For only if we work together can we overcome the water shortage threat now facing 25 million citizens in the most populated section of our Nation."
"This has been a very commendable American effort."
"Third, to resolve the water problems between New York and Philadelphia we have reached an agreement to establish a 'strategic waterbank'."
"This administration hopes to provide the leadership for an environment that is free of the contamination which pollutes the water that we drink and the air that we breathe."