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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 14, 1966

One way you can meet this need is to recruit as many of the best, analytically trained people as you can find.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 13, 1966

By teaching new skills to the handicapped, this program has brought hope and independence to thousands of disabled individuals and their families.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 13, 1966

I am very proud of the achievements of the Federal-State vocational rehabilitation program in rehabilitating disabled citizens.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 13, 1966

While human values are always our prime consideration, we should not ignore the sound public investment that would result by reducing our public welfare rolls through vocational rehabilitation.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 13, 1966

As we plan for the larger program, I believe we should do better than we have in rehabilitating persons who are now on our public welfare rolls.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 13, 1966

I would like you to review the possibilities in this area and report to me with recommendations for Federal and State action by June 1.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 13, 1966

My January budget forecasts that 215,000 handicapped individuals will be rehabilitated during fiscal year 1967, a 25% increase over the current fiscal year.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 11, 1966

If you will come in quickly--we are running late for the next meeting--I will review exactly what has happened.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 11, 1966

The Secretary of State reiterated an announcement he had made on another occasion when he met with the Governors.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 11, 1966

We cannot foresee how many planes we are going to lose, how many shells we are going to fire, how many losses we are going to suffer.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 11, 1966

There is a need to simplify and reform the whole area of State taxation of interstate business.

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