08/10/1944
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"Ten years ago public erection of fifty-one big, carefully planned community projects, replacing festering slum areas, would have seemed incredible."
"Millions of Americans still live in habitations which not only fail to provide the physical benefits of modern civilization, but breed disease and impair the health of future generations."
"The reduction continues to be an essential requirement of a full and balanced economic recovery for our country."
"Such an extension is highly desirable in the interest of our Nation."