02/11/1968
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"They ought to be conceived as comparable in their way to the large-scale laboratories of the Defense or Atomic Energy establishments."
"I am grateful to you for your efforts to implement this program inasmuch as these laboratories were a key element of the Administration's education proposals to the Congress last year."
"I hope you will continue to press forward with the development of these laboratories to assist in improving our school systems."
"It is very clear to me this morning... that the administrative budget deficit for this year will be very substantially below the $5.3 billion originally estimated."