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Lyndon Johnson: “This is just the first step. The Federal Government can go in to 90 percent of the funds, underwriting them.”

On the recordJanuary 19, 1968
This is just the first step. The Federal Government can go in to 90 percent of the funds, underwriting them.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks to the Press on Announcing a Plan for a Pilot Health and Housing Project in Washington

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