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Lyndon Johnson: “In 1914 the first old-age pension was established in a State where character has not been collectivized by compassion…”

On the recordSeptember 22, 1964
In 1914 the first old-age pension was established in a State where character has not been collectivized by compassion - the great State of Arizona.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Annual Convention of the International Union of Electrical Workers

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