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Lyndon Johnson: “One of my most vivid memories is of the day--in 1935, when I had not yet become a Member of Congress, but was working…”

On the recordOctober 11, 1966
One of my most vivid memories is of the day--in 1935, when I had not yet become a Member of Congress, but was working there--when I stood in the Speaker's office urging the Congressman I worked for to say 'yes' to the social security roll call when it was to be voted on a few minutes later in the House.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Social Security Administration Headquarters in Baltimore

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