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Lyndon Johnson: “I want you to give the highest priority to whatever steps are necessary to maintain a system of assistance and…”

On the recordJuly 21, 1966
I want you to give the highest priority to whatever steps are necessary to maintain a system of assistance and surveillance.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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

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