Lyndon Johnson actually said...

First, at the request of the Governors of the drought-stricken States, I am today writing to Governor Ellington, the Director of the Office of Emergency Planning, declaring certain portions of New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Delaware as disaster areas.

Context

Remarks at a Conference on the Water Crisis in the Northeastern States.

08/17/1965

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