Word: urbanize
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...thousands whom private industry cannot possibly take, however, the Government should offer refuge as "the employer of last resort," a concept long espoused by Nixon's urban adviser, Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Many thousands could be usefully employed as, among other things, teacher aides and police auxiliaries. Wages could run about $4,000 a year, with another $1,000 for training. Though it is impossible to say how many people would want or need this program, the Government could at least test the response this year by offering 150,000 jobs. Cost: $750 million, a part of which would be offset...
Despite the attention given to the urban crisis, the cities continue to deteriorate. So far, one of the least used resources, particularly in the slums, has been private industry. The potential in private capital is enormous, and both businessmen and bureaucrats must work to exploit it. Taking advantage of low-interest loans from the Federal Housing Administration, the Boston Gas Co., for example, provided additional capital for the rehabilitation of 3,000 apartments in the Roxbury ghetto. The result was not only better housing for several thousand people, but also the acquisition...
...towns since World War II, and private developers in the U.S. are already experimenting with the concept. Barriers to private development are enormous, however, and the Government might take the initiative with a New Towns Act and a New Towns Administration within the Department of Housing and Urban Development...
...slums are not the only thing wrong with U.S. cities, and the urban crisis can never be solved until Americans change their concept of the city itself. Central to any change is control of the automobile. With the Federal Highway Act, which offers 90% federal funding for expressways, the Government destroyed any possible balance between cars and other forms of transportation, such as subways and monorails. Though subways might be more efficient, cities have in effect been offered expressways virtually free. The lure has usually proved irresistible, and as a result cities?not to mention the countryside?have been torn...
That involvement is achieved, he continues, "through face-to-face give and take. In a fragmented urban society, the need for honest communication is critical. We are all minorities. Some of us like the stadium; others want electric utilities buried out of sight. Only by agreeing on one group of aims can we become a majority...