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Lyndon Johnson: “But out efforts to defeat poverty, crowding, discrimination, and crime will not be completed tomorrow.”

On the recordAugust 14, 1966
But out efforts to defeat poverty, crowding, discrimination, and crime will not be completed tomorrow.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Memorandum to the Vice President in Response to His Report on the Summer Youth Opportunity Campaign

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