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On the recordApril 7, 1969
There could be no more searing symbol of governmental inability to act than those rubble-strewn lots and desolate, decaying buildings, once a vital part of a community's life and now left to rot.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Statement Announcing a Program for Rehabilitation of Urban Areas Damaged by Riots

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