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Lyndon Johnson: “I want you to spare no effort to raise that percentage as high as possible.”

On the recordApril 7, 1966
I want you to spare no effort to raise that percentage as high as possible.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Letter to Secretary Gardner Requesting a Progress Report on Preparations for Launching Medicare.

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