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On the recordApril 29, 1964
I wanted to be a teacher, and was until the pay scale pushed me into the line of work that I am now in.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks Commemorating the 175th Anniversary of the Inauguration of George Washington

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