THE PRESIDENCY
In one of those ceremonies that bring out the pedagogue in the President, Lyndon Johnson showed up in the Rose Garden of the White House last week to make Operation Head Start a permanent part of the nation's educational system. Though it was established on an experimental basis only this summer, the program to assist preschool children from poor and broken homes has already benefited some 560,000 youngsters in 2,500 U.S. communities. Its success and "our plans for years to come," said L.B.J., "are symbols of our national commitment to the...
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