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.
Oct 26, 1967
I hope that the American people, and the peoples of all countries, will continue to support UNICEF to the limits of their ability, both through their private efforts and through their governments.
Oct 26, 1967
I directed the Task Force to find ways to reduce by at least 50% the time it takes to process applications for Federal programs in four major areas of Inter-Governmental Cooperation.
Oct 26, 1967
I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, in honor of this great humanitarian enterprise, do hereby proclaim October 31, 1967, and October 31 in each subsequent year, as National UNICEF Day.
Oct 25, 1967
If ever proof was needed that this was indeed Mexico's policy toward her neighbors, we received it less than a month ago in the floods along the Rio Grande.
Oct 25, 1967
In my welcoming statement earlier today, I mentioned, Mr. President, what your great country is doing to help overcome food deficits in other parts of the world.
Oct 25, 1967
In this short time, Mexico has achieved political stability and personal freedom.
Oct 25, 1967
Today we welcome two close neighbors and good friends--President and Senora Diaz Ordaz of Mexico.
Oct 25, 1967
Our success as friends and neighbors rests on respect for each other's rights.
Oct 25, 1967
We hope to repay, in some small part, the hospitality which Mrs. Johnson and I enjoyed last year in Mexico City.
Oct 25, 1967
Another kind of proof lies in the great public works that we are building together along our common frontier--works like the Amistad Dam, which you and I visited together only last December.
Oct 25, 1967
You have taken leadership in the great work of keeping Latin America free from the threat of nuclear weapons.
Oct 25, 1967
Mr. President, the United States and Mexico are showing the world what good neighbors really can accomplish.
Oct 25, 1967
We hope that there may be conveyed to you during your visit to our country the equal warmth and good feeling of the people of the United States toward Mexico.
Oct 25, 1967
The Mexico of today is also a nation of growing influence in the world.
Oct 25, 1967
At a time when the growing shortage of food has become a grim problem for much of the world, Mexican agriculture has produced a new strain of wheat which will help to revolutionize agriculture in all the developing countries.
Oct 24, 1967
We have had two decades of unprecedented growth in world trade which contributed greatly to the economic progress of this country and of our trading partners.
Oct 23, 1967
Let us honor the distinguished President of the Federal Republic of Cameroon.
Oct 23, 1967
History will instead mark the men who, like Thomas Jefferson and President Ahidjo, led their people to the truth--that there is no freedom without unity, and no unity without sacrifice.
Oct 23, 1967
He can do something about the old tyrannies of hunger, disease, and ignorance that enslave two-thirds of his race.
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