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- ↑ https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/sites/default/files/research/online-documents/presidential-appointment-books/1954/august-1954.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
- ↑ "Records of the Housing and Home Finance Agency". National Archives. 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
- "General Records of the Department of Housing and Urban Development". National Archives and Records Administration.
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