Biographical information; meeting with LBJ in 1960; wrote speeches for JFK; Moyers' operation; Task Force on Urban Affairs; urban crisis; concept of the Great Society; urban problems given greater dimension under LBJ; uniqueness of task forces; policy-making; meeting in White House mess hall; origin of rent supplement idea; paper on accomplishments of preceding year in urban affairs; Model Cities task force; appointment; conflict between cost and tax requirements of Great Society and Vietnam War; significance of “Model Cities is Dead†meeting; shift in phrasing “Demonstration Cities†to “Model Cities;†problem in formation of DOT and HUD over mass transit; rat extermination bill
Oral history transcript, Robert C. Wood, interview 1 (I), 10/19/1968, by David G. McComb
Citation
Oral history transcript, Robert C. Wood, interview 1 (I), 10/19/1968, by David G. McComb, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 29, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-woodr-19681019-1-73-28