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Lyndon Johnson: “This long overdue change, rooted as it is in national interests and in humanitarianism, should be enacted without…”

On the recordMay 10, 1965
This long overdue change, rooted as it is in national interests and in humanitarianism, should be enacted without further delay.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks Upon Signing Proclamation Adding Ellis Island to the Liberty Island National Monument.

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