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On the recordOctober 22, 1954
The tragedy of the disclosures made by your Committee, as I see it, is that a great number of innocent Americans have been forced to pay for the wrongful acts of certain public officials and builders.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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Letter to Senator Capehart on the Investigation of the Federal Housing Administration.

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