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On the recordApril 6, 1968
I do command all persons engaged in such acts of violence to cease and desist therefrom and to disperse and retire peaceably forthwith.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Proclamation 3841—Law and Order in the State of Illinois

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