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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.
It is my firm intent, and I have expressed this many times since I became President, to have the Federal service truly exemplify equal opportunity for all in employment and advancement regardless of race, color, creed, national origin or…
For my entire administration, I have been rather closely associated with Mr. Reynolds.
I know that every employee of the Department of Labor shares my very great satisfaction in the success of our recent efforts on behalf of the American workers.
America now offers them a new challenge, grateful for their willingness to accept it and confident in their ability to execute it.
As a Nation, we cannot continue to afford through outmoded custom or attitude the senseless waste of the capability potential of American women.
The Asian Development Bank, an organization in which the United States participates under the authority of the Asian Development Bank Act, is hereby designated as a public international organization entitled to enjoy the privileges…
The Secretary of the Treasury shall perform, with respect to the Asian Development Bank, the same functions as those delegated to him by subsections (a) and (b) of this section with respect to other international financial institutions.
It is hereby ordered that any income, excess profits, estate, or gift tax return for the years 1947 to 1968, inclusive, shall, during the Ninetieth Congress, be open to inspection by the Committee on Government Operations, House of…
The foregoing designation shall not be deemed to abridge in any respect privileges, exemptions, and immunities which that organization may have acquired or may acquire by treaty or congressional action.
It is building a growing reserve of capable and tested citizens devoted to public service.
Once again we have evidence that public assistance is best achieved when we help the poor to help themselves.
The sudden need for more men than a volunteer force could supply would find the nation without the machinery to respond.
I urge the States to study the lessons we have learned and to avail themselves fully of the promise which these programs hold.
We know that vulnerability to the draft is a strong motivating factor in the decision of many young men to enlist.
Of the many efforts undertaken by this Nation to advance peace, prosperity and understanding, few have inspired greater admiration among the people of the world than the Peace Corps.
Today, the Peace Corp idea--the idea of voluntary public service abroad--is spreading to other countries.
I recommend legislation to extend for four years the authority, which expires on June 30, 1967, to induct men into the Armed Forces.
The Peace Corps produces a high yield in results, at a low budgetary cost.
Our military needs have been substantially greater than that ever since we first committed troops to combat in Korea in the summer of 1950.
The Peace Corps has provided an opportunity for tens of thousands of idealistic and able Americans, young and old, to serve their fellow men--with little thought of self or comfort, and with little recompense other than the reward of…
I urge the Congress to extend and make permanent this program to bring help to unemployed parents and through them hope to our most disadvantaged children.
The time has clearly come to correct these conditions and remove the uncertainties which the present order of call promotes.
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