Mar 30, 1965
Under your able leadership, the Treasury Department has been a major force in bringing our economy out of recession into an economic upsurge.
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 30, 1965
In signing the Agreement, I pledged myself to ask the Congress to authorize the President to remove all United States duties on Canadian automobiles and parts for original equipment.
Mar 30, 1965
Although I understand your reasons for leaving government service, I accept your resignation, effective at the time you suggested, only with the greatest reluctance.
Mar 30, 1965
Food For Peace is, above all, a program which expresses the great and generous heart of the American people--and is a worthy expression of the compassion always so much a part of America's character.
Mar 30, 1965
As you leave to take a well earned rest, I want you to know that I fully intend to call upon you to serve your country again.
Mar 30, 1965
The Food For Peace program has made a significant contribution to the world attack on hunger and malnutrition--still the most grave health problem of the world.
Mar 30, 1965
I recommend that the Congress take early action on this legislation so that this program will be in effect when the present Area Redevelopment Act expires on June 30, 1965.
Mar 30, 1965
Reimbursements to the Commodity Credit Corporation through 1964 by U.S. Government agencies utilizing these currencies totaled almost $1.1 billion.
Mar 30, 1965
The Food For Peace program is one of the most inspiring enterprises ever undertaken by any nation in all of history-and every American can be proud of it, without regard to partisanship or political persuasion.
Mar 30, 1965
None of us must ever forget that all of us are servants of the people.
Mar 30, 1965
Nor can we afford to shut out large numbers of our fellow citizens from the fulfillment of hope which is shared by the rest of us.
Mar 29, 1965
President Johnson expressed his admiration for President Yameogo's vigorous efforts to improve the economic and social well-being of the Voltan people and to secure cooperation and peace in Africa.
Mar 28, 1965
In America today, this generation of Americans is determined to fulfill that ideal by all that we do in the world and by all that we do here at home.
Mar 28, 1965
I urge those who can do so to attend the centennial ceremonies to be held at the Bennett Place, near the City of Durham, North Carolina, on April 25, 1965.
Mar 28, 1965
So long as men anywhere live in poverty, so long as their bodies are afflicted with disease and their children are denied the light of education, this great and restless Nation that we call America will be searching without ceasing for…
Mar 28, 1965
The United States has--and is proud to have--strong and friendly ties with many peoples and many nations on every continent.
Mar 28, 1965
I mention only my home State, Mr. President, but I could mention many others.
Mar 28, 1965
Students on that campus, where my beloved wife once roamed, study the dialects of West Africa, including Upper Volta.
Mar 28, 1965
In these last two decades, independence has come for more than 1 billion people in 54 countries.
Mar 28, 1965
As a tribute to the professional photographer and in recognition of the importance of professional photography in our life today and in America's future, the Congress by a point resolution approved March 29, 1965, has requested the…
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