Word: hud
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Builders concede that there have been abuses, but argue that tighter management from Washington could eliminate them without battering the construction industry or stopping needed slum clearance. They fear, however, that it will be a long time before they get any federal subsidy again-and with good reason. HUD officials in Chicago have not yet even received federal guidelines for evaluating the success or failure of the suspended programs. That lack indicates that the federal restudy is likely to use up the full 18 months, and then some...
Many companies had scooted into the field without much planning in the belief that the Government was going to subsidize a large portion of the building costs, HUD's Operation Breakthrough did underwrite some production, but the department never laid out anywhere near as much money as builders had expected. Says Kenneth D. Campbell, president of Audit Investment Research, which specializes in real estate: "It wasn't really an industry at all. Just a bunch of companies with big hopes.' Some companies like Behring and Potlatch took great pains in design mg and equipping their plants, only...
...approve. He elevated three of his Cabinet appointees to the title of White House Counsellor, and gave them broader authority. Caspar W. Weinberger will not only be HEW Secretary but will also supervise all of the "human resources" functions now scattered in various departments. James T. Lynn, the HUD Secretary, will administer all community-development programs, and Earl Butz, Secretary of Agriculture, has a new mandate over all "natural resources" activities. Democratic Senator Abraham Ribicoff has warned that any attempt by the President to reorganize the Executive Branch by decree poses a constitutional issue...
...overly sentimental--in fact, critics of the film have claimed the environment it etches is harsher than what they personally experienced in similar times and places and table-turning social truths more it powerfully effective. Cicely Tyson and Paul Winfield stand out as Kevin Hooks' parents: Martin (Hud) Ritt directs with surprising force and tact...
JAMES T. LYNN, 45, who replaces George Romney at Housing and Urban Development, has no experience in housing, but he may not need any. The scandal-ridden department faces severe budget cuts. As a White House staffer sardonically remarked: "We could rent out offices in the HUD building. Nothing is going to be going on there anyway." Lynn speaks of moving toward the goal of decent housing for every American family, but he is not likely to be allowed to go far in that direction. A Cleveland lawyer with big corporate clients, he asked for a job in the Nixon...