Lyndon Johnson actually said...

Their willingness to join forces with private enterprise and government in attacking the stubborn problem of housing the poor must be matched by our readiness to give them all the assistance we can.

Context

Memorandum to the Secretary, HUD, in Response to His Progress Report on the Rent Supplement Program

07/21/1966

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