Lyndon Johnson actually said...

Mortgage interest rates have started to come down, and new housing starts have now risen for the last 3 months in a row.

This was the key issue dealt with in Ambassador Goldberg's statement to the twenty-first General Assembly in the general debate in September...

If any earlier reinstatement would be appropriate, I shall recommend prompt legislative action to accomplish that result.

The legislation which I have signed provides for automatic restoration of these special tax provisions in January 1968.