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parochial school.” The only ones who can send their kids now to private and parochial schools are the richies who complain about these others.

I don't know whether I told you the story about the five or six Jewish women from a national Jewish women's group. They came to see me about issues. They go through all their issues. On abortion? Yes, I'm okay on abortion. Yes, I'm okay on this. “You're against parochial aid?” “No, I'm not against parochial aid.” “What?” they said, I said, “Now, listen,” and I went through what I've just gone through with you now. I'm sure s told you this little story.

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I think this is in.

Koch:

So I won't repeat it. But there's so much hypocrisy. The ones who are opposed to whatever it is we're talking about are the ones who do it themselves because they have the money. Or Mrs. Lehman, who is a nice lady, and who thought that maybe I was against a low-income housing project in a neighborhood like Forest Hills, and somehow or other that sounds illiberal and who says to me: “Oh, my husband was always for low-income projects. I'm really surprised about that,” and then ends the conversation by saying, “But Congressman, you've got to do something about crime. I cannot walk out of my house anymore,” when the fact is that low-income projects create crime in a middle class area.





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