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On the recordFebruary 9, 1966
Our 60 million acres now diverted to conservation uses represent the major emergency reserve that could readily be called forth in the critical race between food and population.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Special Message to the Congress: Food for Freedom

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