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Lyndon Johnson: “I would not go so far as to recommend chloroform at 60, or at a reduced age, but I do want to remark upon the happy…”

On the recordApril 30, 1967
I would not go so far as to recommend chloroform at 60, or at a reduced age, but I do want to remark upon the happy combination of youth and competence which this program has been bringing to this Government.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Reception for the 1966-1967 White House Fellows

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