11/20/1947
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"We have since grown to understand that unemployment is a national as well as a local problem, but we still have far to go in perfecting the democratic instruments by which we can maintain high employm..."
"In the old days, we used to concentrate on curing the sick."
"It is a terrible and shocking thing that the real estate lobby--which pretends to speak for those whose business is providing houses--has become the real enemy of the American home."
"I believe that the end of this long and unnecessary struggle is in sight, and that this year will see the enactment of satisfactory housing legislation."