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Lyndon Johnson: “Rapid population growth can make the dream of plenty a nightmare of famine.”

On the recordNovember 5, 1967
Rapid population growth can make the dream of plenty a nightmare of famine.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Message to the Congress Transmitting Annual Report on U.S. Food Aid Programs.

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