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...world after Mexico City and Guadalajara. Many voters have got the impression that Yorty has "stood up to the Negroes." He has scored Pat Brown and Washington for stirring up the hopes of Los Angeles Negroes, repeatedly blamed outside agitators for Watts's troubles. Doing little to cure slum conditions, he has concentrated on preventing new ghettos from developing-advocating, for example, a policy of "integration without
...when a dozen youth leaders petitioned him to let them take over an entire province and demonstrate what they could offer in leadership. Ky would not go that far, but to their surprise handed them complete administrative control of Saigon's District 8-a squalid, 3-sq.-mi. slum packed with 30,000 war refugees...
...fight against pollution-mostly a result of the cities' industrial waste-so that "this great inland sea will sparkle again." In Syracuse, he scored those who "line their pockets with the tattered dollars of the poor"-and promised to "take the profit out of poverty" by preventing slum landlords from exploiting their tenants. "Not all the answers are in," he said. "Not even all the questions have been asked. We need constant study and new knowledge as we struggle to cure what plagues the American city...
Goaded by Criticism. President Johnson has indicated that, while economy is always to be considered, it is not his overriding concern when it comes to curing the cities' ills. The Administration's major effort to lessen the tension of the slums is its "demonstration cities" program, a two-year, $900 million effort that will provide a subsidy of up to 80% to overhaul selected slum areas in 60 or 70 cities. A comprehensive attack, it is more than a mere brick-and-mortar program, concerning itself with such nonhousing problems as schooling, unemployment, health and recreation. The plan...
Goaded by criticism of his urban programs, Johnson announced on his tour further plans to establish neighborhood centers to serve slum dwellers, directed that the number of storefront legal offices in rundown areas be increased to protect tenants from rapacious landlords, and called for the creation of a commission to undertake the first broad review of municipal codes, zones and taxation since 1931. All this -and much more that is needed-will cost money, and Lyndon Johnson may be indulging in just a little bit of rain dancing to make city dwellers feel better. This time, though, some rain...