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On the recordMarch 24, 1965
A growing nation cannot afford to waste those resources, human and natural, which are now too often neglected and unused in distressed areas.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Special Message to the Congress on Area and Regional Economic Development.

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