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Lyndon Johnson: “I recommend legislation to extend for four years the authority, which expires on June 30, 1967, to induct men into the…”

On the recordMarch 5, 1967
I recommend legislation to extend for four years the authority, which expires on June 30, 1967, to induct men into the Armed Forces.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Special Message to the Congress on Selective Service.

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