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  • DOUGLAS' CONCERNS ABOUT HIS POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT TO COMMITTEE TO STUDY CITY PROBLEMS, CUTS IN GREAT SOCIETY BECAUSE OF VIETNAM; LBJ DISCUSSES INCREASE IN FEDERAL SPENDING ON POOR, POSSIBLE TAX INCREASE; DOUGLAS RECOMMENDS CUTS IN SPACE PROGRAM
  • Douglas, Paul H. (Paul Howard), 1892-1976
  • Telephone conversation # 11191, sound recording, LBJ and PAUL DOUGLAS, 12/22/1966, 9:00PM
  • PAUL DOUGLAS
  • POSSIBLE AEC FACILITY IN MAHON'S DISTRICT; MAHON'S CONCERNS THAT FACILITY WILL BE PUT ELSEWHERE IN TEXAS; RELEASE OF FUNDS FOR FARMERS HOME LOANS; FRB DECISION TO TIGHTEN CREDIT; DELAY IN RENT SUPPLEMENT, TEACHER CORPS APPROPRIATIONS; VIETNAM
  • and opportunities. He mentioned the insurance companies' pledge o1 $1 billion to aid the construction of homes for poor families as an example of the needed involvement of the private sector. The President hoped that "the labor movement will want to outdo
  • discrimination of every kind• .We can provide a decent job for every worker and a decent home lI I ! for every family. I ·I I Today, most .Americans are not poor; most young people have ..... ·an opportunity for college education; most mothers