Speech #890162399

Excise tax reduction: Provides excise tax cuts totaling $4.7 billion on various consumer items such as appliances. telephone service. autos. and so forth. eliminates most Federal excises by 1969. Omnibus Housing Act: Expands current urban renewal. public housing programs. extends FHA loan insurance program. encourages urban planning and beautification in housing: provides new rent supplement program for certain low- and moderateincome families. Voting rights: Strengthens machinery for guaranteeing right to vote to all citizens by prohibiting poll taxes. literacy tests. provides for Federal registrars in States where less than 50 percent of potential voters are registered or voted. Public works and economic development: Provides expanded program of grants and loans to communities for public works. development facilities. and other projects intended to aid economically depressed areas. Water pollution control: Expands water pollution control program. grants for waste treatment plant construction. strengthens Federal enforcement authority to clean up our rivers and streams. Department of Housing and Urban Affairs: Establishes a new .Cabinetlevel department to administer programs affecting the 70 percent of our population that now resides in metropolitan areas. Omnibus farm program: Improves and extends feed grain. wheat. dairy. and cotton programs. encourages cropland retirement. bolsters farm income. Immigration Act amendments: Abolishes discriminatory national origins quota system over 3year period. establishes a 170.000 annual limit on immigrants. special preferences given to relatives of American citizens. Appalachian regional development: Authorizes comprehensive StateFederal program to assist in the development of the economically depressed. 11State Appalachian region. Manpower development and training: Extends and expands manpower training program to assist unemployed in learning new skills to qualify them for better jobs.