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On the recordMarch 27, 1966
I would propose that the new Foundation be given a broad charter to promote progress in all fields of learning--to advance science--to encourage research--to develop new teaching techniques on the farms and in the factories--to stimulate, if you please, new ways to meet old problems.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Toasts of the President and Prime Minister Gandhi of India

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