Lyndon Johnson actually said...

I sent a special message concerning these problems to the Congress on March 8, 1965, and have recommended the enactment of certain new legislation designed to combat those problems.

Context

Excerpt of Letter to the Members of the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice.

08/12/1965

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