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On the recordFebruary 26, 1968
For the prosperity of the farmer is of concern to all—from the factory worker who makes the tools and machines the farmer buys, to the family who buys the food and fiber the farmer grows, and to the whole economy which is strengthened by a steady flow of farm income.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Special Message to the Congress: Prosperity and Progress for the Farmer and Rural America

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