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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jan 17, 1966

This search for peace is no less significant by being relatively unseen and unheard in a world in which men talk more loudly of issues that seem to divide them than they do of common interests that can unite them.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jan 17, 1966

Today, above all, is a time for all Americans to rededicate themselves to the spirit that animated the Minutemen of Concord.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jan 16, 1966

We have made progress toward the establishment of an Asian Development Bank, and accelerated plans for development of the critical Mekong River Basin.

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

I have said in the past, and I repeat now, that I want you to provide this country with the finest mail service it has ever known, while managing the Post Office Department efficiently and prudently.

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

I want you to explore all the techniques available to modernize our postal service and make certain that they are being used to provide the American people with the best postal system in the world at the lowest possible cost to the…

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

I therefore intend to seek the necessary funds from the Congress to restore the postal services that were curtailed in 1964.

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

I approve your recommendations to improve postal service by increasing post office window hours and by restoring six-day parcel post delivery service.

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

I believe that during 1965 the dual aims of the Agreement--adequate supplies of coffee to consumers and markets for coffee to producers at equitable prices--have been met.

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

I am also confident that the Congress will view with satisfaction the spirit of international cooperation that has increasingly come to characterize the operation of this Agreement.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jan 12, 1966

To bring together a staff of experts, assemble the outstanding men in this country without regard to politics or party, but only with regard to serving the needs of this Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jan 12, 1966

I have reached a decision today that I am now delighted to announce to you and to the country.

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