Word: urbanize
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...intellectuals. Because the Viet Minn, the political organ of the Viet Cong guerrillas, claims to be a popular front, including the "progressive" bourgeoisie, peasants, and workers and attempts to appeal to nationalist as much as Communist sentiment, it has some common ground with the most dissatisfied of the urban middle class. But most of its strength comes from that part of the peasantry whose support the guerrillas have gained by combination of persuasion and terror. These peasants provide the Viet Cong with a good part of their manpower, as well as the food and shelter necessary for their survival. Diem...
Whether or not that somehow farfetched ideal is ever achieved matters little to the region now. This New Reconstruction, unlike the older one, is itself a source of considerable self-satisfaction. Waged by the moderate business communities of the greater urban centers it offers a means to progress which the more-principle but less-monied Southern liberal forces have so far been unable to establish...
...more deep-seated factors involving the politics of the City Council. To a large degree, the Council is spilt between members who associate themselves with the institutions - Harvard and M.I.T. - and members who base their vote-getting ability on opposition to the universities. The latter group has voted against urban renewal...
...proportional representation system, by which Cambridge Councilmen are elected, is another contributing factor to defeat of a controversial issue like urban renewal. PR makes it possible for a Councilman's election to hinge on a very small number of votes. If a Councilman supports an urban renewal project which will alienate a few voters, he jeopardizes his chances for reelection...
Finally, there are several factual errors in your article. There is no such body as the "Federal Housing and Homes Agency." You are referring to the Housing and Home Finance Agency, one of whose branches, the Urban Renewal Administration, handles the federal grants for urban renewals projects. The authorization for federal urban renewal grants comes from the 1949 Housing Act as amended, most significantly in 1954 and 1961. The mortgages you mention in your final paragraph are insured by the Federal Housing Administration, which is theoretically another branch of the Housing and Home Finance Agency but tends to be quite...