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Lyndon Johnson: “The war on crime cannot and should not be directed from the Nation's Capital.”

On the recordFebruary 28, 1968
The war on crime cannot and should not be directed from the Nation's Capital.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks Opening the Midyear Conference of Governors of the States and Territories.

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