Author: Johnson, Lyndon B.
Title: Problems and Future of the Central City and Its Suburbs. Message from the President of the United States Relative to the Problems and Future of the Central City and Its Suburbs. March 2, 1965. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and Ordered to Be Printed
Description: [Washington, D. C.], [U. S. Government Printing Office], 1965. First edition. Self wrappers. 11 pp. 8vo. 89th Congress, 1st Session. House of Representatives. Document No. 99. Johnson's well written message in which he systematically addressed the need to revitalize our urban areas, to follow through on urban renewal, and in which he asks for the creation of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): "all part of an effort to build the great cities which are at the foundations of our hopes for a Great Society." An important document outlining one of the major social programs of the 1960's and a significant piece of Johnson's domestic legacy. A very good+ copy.

Keywords: , Americana, Americana, 20th c., Lyndon B. Johnson, HUD, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Urban Renewal, U.S. Presidents, The Great Society, Pamphlet


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