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Lyndon Johnson: “I pay tribute to the bankers of America who have given their Government a lending hand and have extended it also to…”

On the recordJune 9, 1966
I pay tribute to the bankers of America who have given their Government a lending hand and have extended it also to those coming young men and women who need an education and who, when they get it, will reward us all with their increased knowledge and with their support of the finest governmental system in all the world.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks After a Meeting With Representatives of the American Bankers Association in Connection With the Student Loan Program.

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