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...Astor? Though Shriver knew from the first that the poverty campaign would be controversial, he did not realize how implacable his critics would be. On occasion, he says wryly, "it makes me feel like Mrs. Astor on the Titanic. As the iceberg crashed through the ship's walls, she said, 'I asked for ice, but this is ridiculous...
...national convention last June, the mayors even gave serious consideration to a resolution condemning the OEO for "trying to wreck local government by setting the poor against city hall." Though it was rejected, Washington got the message. "We never said that the poor need to control the programs," said Shriver. "But neither should city hall nor the welfare agencies. No group should have complete control. It must be shared." Indeed, Shriver has held up funds from Los Angeles and Chicago because the poor were poorly represented on the boards, and has threatened to cut off others unless they give...
Descendant of a well-to-do colonial Maryland family, Shriver does not consider himself wealthy, though he hardly has to scrimp. He rents a 30-acre estate in Rockville, Md., called "Timberlawn," just bought a house near the Kennedy summer compound in Hyannis Port for something under $200,000. As OEO director he earns $30,000, insists on better-than-average salaries for his staff- 23 top aides make more than $20,000, 40 others earn $15,000 or more. Though this has led to cracks about the "sweet smell of poverty," Shriver reasons that it takes good money...
Despite his boosterish manner, Shriver is a shrewd politician. In 1957 his reputation as a businessman, tireless fund raiser and efficient president of the Chicago Board of Education resulted in a brief Sargent-for-Governor boomlet. It subsided quickly, but his friends expect another to develop-say, two years from now. "I don't have any current plan to run for office," he says, "but who knows what will happen in 1968 in Illinois?" He notes nonetheless that Governor Otto Kerner is finishing his second term, and only one man has ever run successfully for three terms in Illinois...
Gutter Language. Whether the poverty program burnishes or tarnishes Shriver's reputation remains to be seen. A recent poll commissioned by the G.O.P. National Committee shows that supporters of the program increased from 34% to 48% in the past year, while the skeptics held steady at 36%. Thus, barring a major scandal, it seems unlikely that Republicans at the national level will question the continuation of the poverty program in the fall campaign. They are certain to criticize its failures and question its administration...