And because of the fight that you started many years ago, 19 million Americans will be eligible to receive new hope and new security when the program begins on July 5, and 19 million Americans have another reason, another cause to bless Harry S. Truman.
Lyndon Johnson: “And because of the fight that you started many years ago, 19 million Americans will be eligible to receive new hope and…”
On the recordJanuary 19, 1966
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Remarks in Independence, Mo., at a Ceremony in Connection With the Establishment of the Harry S. Truman Center for the...
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