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Lyndon Johnson: “Once again we have evidence that public assistance is best achieved when we help the poor to help themselves.”

On the recordMarch 5, 1967
Once again we have evidence that public assistance is best achieved when we help the poor to help themselves.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Special Message to the Congress Transmitting a Report on the Community Work and Training Program

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