Oral history transcript, Charles M. Haar, interview 1 (I), 6/14/1971, by Joe B. Frantz

Title:

Oral history transcript, Charles M. Haar, interview 1 (I), 6/14/1971, by Joe B. Frantz

Number of Pages:

52

Description:

Working for three Kennedy brothers; housing finance management his expertise; Dick Goodwin set up eleven task forces for LBJ; contacted Haar; task to get ideas to beautify cities and states, to clean rivers, zoning, save the environment; LBJ would worry about politics while the task force should stick to the beauty of the environment; $50,000 budget all on White House per diem; became N.A.H.R.O. Urban Renewal; Haar left government for office at Cambridge , Harvard University

Contributor:

Haar, Charles M.

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with Charles M. Haar

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted: see deed at end of transcript for details