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Lyndon Johnson: “The mounting crime rate and the unprecedented increase in the incidence of juvenile delinquency are matters of deep…”

On the recordAugust 12, 1965
The mounting crime rate and the unprecedented increase in the incidence of juvenile delinquency are matters of deep concern to me and to most Americans.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Excerpt of Letter to the Members of the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice.

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