May 2, 1967
I am also signing an Executive order which will extend from 10 to 30 days the period during which a man can appeal his classification.
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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May 2, 1967
I haven't read the details of the Senate Republican Leader's statement.
May 2, 1967
We expect this FAIR system to become fully operational before January 1, 1969.
May 2, 1967
I am pleased that I have an opportunity, although I have been somewhat delayed, to discuss with you some of the steps that we are taking together to try to improve our Selective Service System in this country.
May 2, 1967
The reductions in Europe have no connection with the Vietnam picture whatever.
May 2, 1967
All the studies have found that the country--and the draftees themselves--will be better served if men are inducted at age 19, rather than in the 'oldest first' order of the past.
May 2, 1967
I do not consider anything immediately imminent in the next few days or even the next few weeks.
May 1, 1967
The problems of poverty, which are fostered by generations of neglect, cannot be solved in a single summer or in a single year.
Apr 30, 1967
The success of our competitive economic system depends on the furtherance of the consumer interest.
Apr 30, 1967
The world cries out not only for the presence of the young, but it cries out for their participation.
Apr 30, 1967
Every young man and every young woman in this room is set apart from his generation by rather exceptional ability.
Apr 30, 1967
The consumer's interest is the American interest, for we are all consumers.
Apr 30, 1967
I consider that, aside from our security, the two most important things to concern government are the health of its people and the education of its minds.
Apr 30, 1967
I would not go so far as to recommend chloroform at 60, or at a reduced age, but I do want to remark upon the happy combination of youth and competence which this program has been bringing to this Government.
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