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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Feb 27, 1966

At this very minute, somewhere in America, our Red Cross is helping with a personal tragedy--easing a community crisis--tackling and solving the problems and emergencies of life.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Feb 27, 1966

Our policy, since I became President, has been to hire and to promote on the basis of ability alone.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Feb 27, 1966

The time has come for the American woman to take her rightful place in American society.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Feb 27, 1966

An Advisory Committee would be established to assist the Secretary in designing and administering the program.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Feb 27, 1966

To help open the doors of opportunity to every American woman, I am today announcing the establishment of a new group on careers for Women.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Feb 27, 1966

At this minute, in these difficult hours, I am deeply grateful for the Red Cross.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Feb 27, 1966

The bill does not foreclose any specific course of action, but will make it possible to move ahead toward accomplishing our basic objective.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Feb 27, 1966

The underutilization of American women continues to be the most tragic and the most senseless waste of this century.

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