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Lyndon Johnson: “One new element in today’s world is the threat of mass hunger and starvation.”

On the recordFebruary 9, 1966
One new element in today’s world is the threat of mass hunger and starvation.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Special Message to the Congress: Food for Freedom

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