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Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 9 (IX), 2/25/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • a concept known as the "block grant." There have been other versions of this. Some people, for instance, have insisted that the state should automatically receive a portion of the federal tax revenues. The block grant does not go that far. It does apply
  • and state/local tax; the block grant as a way for states to gain access to federal funds; law enforcement as a local, not federal, government responsibility; the creation of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA); Congress' attention to LEAA
Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 7 (VII), 2/25/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • for the executive branch because blocking action is necessary by the Senate or the House rather than affirmative action being necessary, and that is a good deal simpler problem from the standpoint of the administration. All they have to do is stave off the adverse
Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 8 (VIII), 2/25/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • , because even if the decision opposes you, it's better to have a rule in this kind of case than to have chaos. Chaos, of course, rather favors the scheduled airlines, because they have their routes, and, as long as these companies are being blocked out