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Lyndon Johnson: “This action that we are taking today alone does not go to the root of the problem.”

On the recordSeptember 9, 1966
This action that we are taking today alone does not go to the root of the problem.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Signing of a Bill To Stimulate Mortgage Credit for Residential Construction

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