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...first meeting, the council formed ten subgroups, each to deal with specific problem areas such as crime, housing, welfare and mass transit. "The American national Government," said Nixon, "has responded to urban concerns in a haphazard, fragmented and often woefully shortsighted manner." He challenged the council to change all that with firm, coordinated policy recommendations. The President also assigned Budget Director Robert Mayo to draw up proposals for allocating federal funds after Viet...
...answer, of course, is not to abandon the automobile?except in the central city?but to restore the balance. The Government already supports mass transit ($153 million this year, v. $4.1 billion for roads). Without costing the taxpayer an extra penny, it could multiply this sum 13 times simply by diverting half the money it spends for roads to transit lines. To improve the civic order, the Nixon Administration could also grant more generous funds for planning and esthetic improvements, going so far as to deny federal grants for such things as sewage plants to municipalities that continue to ignore...
After putting in 40,000 man-hours of work, Forward Thrust developed a working program that would cost $5.5 billion to realize-also much too expensive. While part of the committee pared this down to essentials-like a new stadium, storm sewers, a rapid-transit system and parks-other men prepared bills for the state legislature to enable the thrust to move forward. Of 19 proposed bills, 18 passed. Most important were measures to double King County's debt limit and to enable the county to borrow on behalf of its 30 cities. They permitted the county to finance...
...passed seven of them, costing $334 million. Seattle's central area, a Negro slum, supported the entire program and will receive benefits from a $12 million street-improvement bond issue, plus new parks and swimming pools. The most expensive single item to be rejected-a $385 million mass-transit system-will be presented to the voters again next year, when traffic in Seattle thickens even more. It got 51% approval in 1968, stands a good chance of passing...
...intention of changing that policy, if he is given a choice. He may not be. The Israelis insist that the fedayeen have bases in Lebanon and have used them for military action against Israel. Lebanon denies this. What is almost certain is that Lebanon is being used as a transit area for Syrian-based commandos, which in Israeli eyes makes Lebanon equally culpable. It would take an army of 40,000 men to patrol the border properly. Since there are only 15,000 men in the Lebanese army, the fedayeen raids will doubtless continue, and so, likely, will Israeli reprisals...