Oral history transcript, H. Ralph Taylor, interview 1 (I), 3/25/1969, by David G. McComb

Biographical and educational background; Taylor's relationship with Hubert Humphrey; getting involved in housing and HUD; how Taylor might have altered the Model Cities legislation; funding the Model Cities programs; coordination in the Model Cities; getting financial support from other entities; Center for Community Planning and John Gardner; local and federal responsibilities; HEW's decision to have their working team represented by the Social Security Field Office directors serving the Model Cities; naming the 1st model cities; working with the White House as LBJ's power waned; Robert Wood; Vietnam's effect on domestic spending; problems with progressing from plans to action; difficulty with appropriation of funds; working in cooperation with existing local institutions.