Lyndon Johnson: “We are a rich nation and can afford to make progress at home while meeting obligations abroad--in fact, we can afford no…”

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Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States, under the authority vested in me by section 2 of the act of June 8, 1906, supra, do proclaim that, subject to valid existing rights, the lands owned or controlled by the…

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