Housing Administrator asks for funds to continue building low-rent homes. Washington, D.C., April 7. U.S.H.A. Administrator Nathan Straus appeared before a Senate Education and Labor Sub-committee today to urge and additional authorization of $845,000,000 to continue his agency's program of low-rent
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"Housing Administrator asks for funds to continue building low-rent homes. Washington, D.C., April 7. U.S.H.A. Administrator Nathan Straus appeared before a Senate Education and Labor Sub-committee today to urge and additional authorization of $845,000,000 to continue his agency's program of low-rent" (1939). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Housing_Administrator_asks_for_funds_to_continue_building_low-rent_homes._Washington,_D.C.,_April_7._U.S.H.A._Administrator_Nathan_Straus_appeared_before_a_Senate_Education_and_Labor_LCCN2016875398.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 283624.
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