Lyndon Johnson: “Thousands of poor children who should grow up in a world of safety and…”

On the recordOctober 22, 1965

Thousands of poor children who should grow up in a world of safety and decency and promise are being treated with indifference by an affluent nation.

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Democratic · Texas

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Message to the Congress Transmitting 18th Annual Report of the Housing and Home Finance Agency.

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We are grateful for the impressive gesture of good will and partnership that you have extended to us.

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I believe deeply in your cause and I believe in you.

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Any reservations or withdrawals heretofore made which affect the lands described above are hereby revoked.

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Your reward--and it is coming--will be seen in the faces of children who will come down the road that you have helped to open.

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Lyndon Johnson: “Thousands of poor children who should grow up in a world of safety and decency and promise are being treated with…”