Oral history transcript, H. Ralph Taylor, interview 1 (I), 3/25/1969, by David G. McComb

Title:

Oral history transcript, H. Ralph Taylor, interview 1 (I), 3/25/1969, by David G. McComb

Number of Pages:

31

Description:

Biographical and educational background; Taylor’s relationship with Hubert Humphrey; getting involved in housing and HUD; how Taylor might have altered the Model Cities legislation; funding the Model Cities programs; coordination in the Model Cities; getting financial support from other entities; Center for Community Planning and John Gardner; local and federal responsibilities; HEW’s decision to have their working team represented by the Social Security Field Office directors serving the Model Cities; naming the 1st model cities; working with the White House as LBJ’s power waned; Robert Wood; Vietnam’s effect on domestic spending; problems with progressing from plans to action; difficulty with appropriation of funds; working in cooperation with existing local institutions.

Contributor:

Taylor, H. Ralph

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 H. Ralph Taylor

Subject:

Department of Housing, Education, and Welfare; Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978; Vietnam

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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