Lyndon Johnson actually said...

"I am particularly pleased to see the wide, representative character of organizations serving as sponsors--cooperatives and labor unions, settlement houses, veterans, civic groups, and especially churc..."

"This is a new kind of venture for most of them."

"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."

"It is then also that you can maintain controls that will keep out the unscrupulous few who might seek to exploit the program."