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Lyndon Johnson: “The housewife should not need a scale or a yardstick or a slide rule or computer when she shops.”

On the recordNovember 2, 1966
The housewife should not need a scale or a yardstick or a slide rule or computer when she shops.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Signing of the Truth-in-Packaging and Child Protection Bills

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