01/15/1964
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"Hundreds of commodities and services will benefit from the removal or reduction of retail taxes on such items as handbags, luggage, toilet articles, jewelry, and furs."
"It will end an unfair burden on many businesses and many workers."
"I call upon the people of the Nation to pray for a lasting peace in which all mankind may reap the fruits of His blessing."
"The tax on local and long-distance telephone services, which I propose to reduce from 10 percent to 3 percent by January 1966, and completely eliminate by 1969."