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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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