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Lyndon Johnson: “For every Federal dollar spent, Indian Americans have contributed another 40 cents in labor, materials and actual funds.”

On the recordMarch 5, 1968
For every Federal dollar spent, Indian Americans have contributed another 40 cents in labor, materials and actual funds.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Special Message to the Congress on the Problems of the American Indian: 'The Forgotten American.'

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