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Lyndon Johnson: “We should now--with the cooperation of the businessmen of this country and the labor people in this country--try to get…”

On the recordJanuary 22, 1968
We should now--with the cooperation of the businessmen of this country and the labor people in this country--try to get at the hard-core unemployed in this country and get them into training and shortly thereafter into jobs.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks to the Press on the Message 'To Earn a Living: The Right of Every American.'

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