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On the recordSeptember 2, 1964
The land and water conservation bill assures our growing population that we will begin, as of this day, to acquire on a pay-as-you-go basis the outdoor recreation lands that tomorrow's Americans will require.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks Upon Signing the Wilderness Bill and the Land and Water Conservation Fund Bill

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