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For The First Time In Our History It Is Possible To Conquer Poverty.

Mr. Speaker, At A Time When The Nation Is Again Confronted With Necessity For Calling Its Young Men Into Service In The Interestsof National Security, I Cannot See The Wisdom Of Denying Our Young Women The Opportunity To Serve Their Country.

A Rioter With A Molotov Cocktail In His Hands Is Not Fighting For Civil Rights Any More Than A Klansman With A Sheet On His Back And Mask On His Face. They Are Both More Or Less What The Law Declares Them: Lawbreakers, Destroyers Of Constitutional Rights And Liberties And Ultimately Destroyers Of A Free America.

Poverty Must Not Be A Bar To Learning And Learning Must Offer An Escape From Poverty.

All I Have I Would Have Given Gladly Not To Be Standing Here Today.