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It was Washington's No. 1 topic last week, overpowering talk of Viet Nam, Charles de Gaulle and the Sino-Soviet split. Lyndon Johnson, who had hoped that the subject might vanish of its own accord, now found himself devoting an extraordinary amount of time to talking and thinking...
Gellhorn proposed that a single local official replace the civilian review board. He could handle grievances against the police department and also against public housing, welfare, school and other municipal authorities.
People are also poorly treated in municipal housing projects, Gellhorn added. "The process for expelling people from public housing is perfectly absurd and something should be done about it," he said.
Brooke cited education, transportation, and anti-poverty as areas in which the Republicans could create new programs. He attacked the War on Poverty program for its reliance on local city organizations. "What the poverty stricken need," he said, "is to learn to organize to face municipal machinery."
Michelman, who came to Harvard from the Tax Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, teaches courses in property and municipal law.