Mar 7, 1966
Our balance of payments requires our continuing attention and concern.
Lyndon Johnson
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Lyndon Baines Johnson was the 36th President of the United States, serving from 1963 to 1969. A member of the Democratic Party, he was born in Texas and began his political career as a U.S. Representative in 1937, later becoming a U.S. Senator in 1949. Johnson ascended to the presidency following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and his administration is noted for significant domestic policies, including the Great Society programs aimed at eliminating poverty and racial injustice. His legislative achievements included the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the establishment of Medicare and Medicaid.
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Mar 7, 1966
He has been Deputy Director of the Bureau of the Budget under four different Presidents.
Mar 7, 1966
Mr. Staats holds a unique and a very vital position in our government.
Mar 7, 1966
A manpower policy must be based on belief in the value of the individual and in the promise of welcome change.
Mar 7, 1966
Whether they were Democrat or Republican, he served them all with equal fidelity and equal wisdom.
Mar 7, 1966
The minimum wage for American workers has been an essential part of national policy for almost thirty years.
Mar 7, 1966
We must direct effective manpower policies to reduce unemployment and head off shortages.
Mar 7, 1966
Of course, I am always delighted to compliment the staff of the Bureau of the Budget.
Mar 7, 1966
We have full confidence that the entire Nation will reap the profits from your achievements.
Mar 7, 1966
What really lasts and endures and prospers is the work of the builders.
Mar 7, 1966
There are 2 1/2 million men and women in the Federal Government who work each day to advance the progress of this uncommon land.
Mar 7, 1966
Whenever there is a collision with fate, when history stops for a moment of crisis--it is the doubter who runs from the test of courage--and it is the builder who is firm in the face of fear.
Mar 7, 1966
Low educational attainment is a product, and in turn a producer, of poverty, unemployment, and discrimination.
Mar 7, 1966
No society can be truly great--and no economy can be truly prosperous--if high, long-duration unemployment for some exists side by side with low, short-term unemployment for others.
Mar 7, 1966
He declares his faith in the hopes of this nation, and in the people who try to faithfully serve it.
Mar 6, 1966
America's challenges cannot be met in this modern world by mediocrity, at any level, public or private.
Mar 6, 1966
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