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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.
I direct the appropriate agencies of the Federal Government, and I invite State and local governments and organizations, to participate actively in programs designed to promote better protection against accidental poisonings, particularly…
Its success must be our concern, because its mission of mercy is ours to share and treasure.
The flag of the Red Cross flies in thousands of American cities and communities.
Our economy has never been stronger and more vigorous than during the 1960's.
If we now choose responsibly, we can look forward--at home--to more years of healthy prosperity.
Every prospect is for continued rapid increase of output in the months ahead.
We must demonstrate that we can use fiscal policies flexibly--that we can raise as well as lower taxes.
It is for such seasons as this one that man was given by his Creator the saving strength of faith--the strength we summon to sustain us when we pray.
1967 must not be seen in isolation-rather as the seventh year of the longest and strongest economic expansion in our history.
I can--and I do---tell you that in these long nights your President prays.
The month-to-month changes of our economic indicators were often puzzling in 1967.
In the Fiscal 1969 Budget, we will have budget outlays of $7.3 billion to provide services for America's 26 million veterans and their families, who make up 46 percent of the nation's population.
Our objective is to make sure that every serviceman who returns to civilian life today and in the months ahead--no matter where he lives, what background he came from, what his hopes and ambitions are--will have the education he wants, the…
To care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan.
I have asked the Administrator of Veterans Affairs immediately to expand the program to the entire system of military hospitals.
I have asked the Secretary of Defense to enroll 100,000 men in this vital program during its second year.
I have today ordered that U.S. Veterans Assistance Centers be opened in 10 major cities within the coming month.
The budget is a nation's strategy to solve the problems that confront the nation.
We now possess the strongest military capability that any nation has ever had.
This budget provides the funds needed for that defense, and for the maintenance and improvement of our total defense forces.
But faced with a costly war abroad and urgent requirements at home, we have had to set priorities.
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