Word: haar
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Charles M. Haar, Brandeis Professor of Law and former assistant secretary of Housing and Urban Development, cited President Nixon's 1969 radio speech, which proclaimed the urban crisis "over and done with, "as evidence that the President does not view urban problems with any sense of urgency...
...Like King Canute, he had spoken and the waves of discontent were to stand still," Haar said...
...Building an effective urban coalition is a Presidency's major task," Haar told the symposium. Federal departments and congressional committees will not work for a program unless it has clear presidential support, he said...
Panelists also attacked the Federal revenue-sharing program. The program diverts Federal funds "away from the purposes in which there has developed a national consensus of national need," Haar said. "There is no way to insure that such funds will be expended to serve any national need...
Responding to an administration suggestion that the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) be dissolved and its funds given to the states with no strings attached, Haar said that the suggestion denies that the urban crisis is a national problem. Some Federal involvement is still necessary, he added...