Word: oeo
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...carve up the program's appendages among existing Government departments while, at the same time, substantially reducing overall antipoverty appropriations. The scheme seemed persuasive to many conservative Southerners and normally liberal big-city Democrats, who complain that local politicians do not have enough control over many OEO projects in their areas. After last summer's riots, there was bitter talk about not rewarding rioters, and the plan's success seemed to be inevitable. Few on Capitol Hill could challenge the self-confident assertion of New York's Charles Goodell, chief Republican strategist, that the three-year...
...major factor in the bill's success, said the felt "almost like the Boston Red Sox." The various programs of the Office of Economic Opportunity were not scattered among other government agencies, as foes of the bill had threatened. Nor were any of the controversial programs of the OEO, such as the Job Corps eliminated...
...House voted 221 to 190 to limit authorizations for OEO to $1.6 billion--even less than last year's act provided. President Johnson had requested $2.06 billion, and the Senate version of the anti-poverty bill allowed a total of $2.25 billion...
...House Provision is kept in the final act, it will render the administration unable to undertake much needed expansion of its anti-poverty effort. In fact, OEO programs will have to be cut back in several areas...
...Your Clinic Will Burn." Furious, Dr. Giorgi stormed into the OEO's offices in Washington with a plan for a medical center outlined on a piece of note paper. OEO bought the idea, and within a year, through the University of Southern California's medical school, had funded the new Watts Health Center. Built on land leased from Los Angeles for $1 a year, the center was opened last month. At the dedication ceremony, a young firebrand of Watts's Black Power movement introduced Dr. Giorgi to the crowd. As she mounted the podium, the young...