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.
We are very happy this morning, Mrs. Johnson and I, to welcome all of you here to the East Room of the White House.
And we will continue to attempt to prevail upon both labor and business, or business and labor, to bear in mind that when the increased costs exceed the increased productivity, we have an undesirable and bad situation.
Twenty years ago it was dear to the leaders of Western Europe that our shield there was necessary to their future.
But they are real achievements and real accomplishments, and a failure in any one would make a lot of noise.
Actually, we decided to have the wedding here because of one of my most recent experiences in a church.
Fortunately, most Americans would rather look ahead; most Americans are more concerned about where we are going than where we have been.
Now I know, and you know, that there are many voices in this land which tell us that we must return to stagnation because of the war in Vietnam.
I am a Democrat because, in our time, the Democrats have been the party of hope.
By learning the secret of the atom, we have given mankind--for the first time in history--all the energy that mankind can possibly use.
Mr. Samuels, your President wants to challenge you--and to challenge American business--to do more to solve the stubborn problems that plague this Nation and that keep us worrying at night.
Last month I asked the distinguished Secretary of Commerce, Mr. Sandy Trowbridge, to get our businessmen involved, to get them involved in hiring or training these castoff Americans.
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