needs decent and sanitary housing. This is our aim. And this is what we are trying to do. Mr. Townsend, thanks very much for your very splendid testimony this morning. The committee will stand in recess until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. (Whereupon, at 11:50 a.m., the subcommittee adjourned to reconvene at 10 a.m., Friday, March 4, 1966.) DEMONSTRATION CITIES AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1966 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON HOUSING OF THE Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to recess, at 10 a.m., in room 2128, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. William A. Barrett (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Representatives Barrett, Mrs. Sullivan, Ashley, Moorhead, Stephens, St Germain, Reuss, and Harvey. Also present: Representative Annunzio of the full committee. Our first witness this morning is the Honorable Richard J. Daley, mayor of Chicago, representing the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Mr. Mayor, we are very pleased to have you with us this morning. If you desire to complete your statement before any questions are asked you may do so. We do want to make you feel at home this morning. And we have very capable and knowledgeable representatives from the city of Chicago. We have here Mr. Annunzio, a very capable member of the Banking and Currency Committee. And I am sure he would like to welcome you here this morning. And, therefore, I recognize Mr. Annunzio. Mr. ANNUNZIO. Thank you, Chairman Barrett. I am indeed grateful for the privilege extended to me to welcome one of Chicago's outstanding citizens today appearing before the Subcommittee on Housing of the Banking and Currency Committee. I would like the record to show that all of the Chicago Congressmen are especially proud of the record that Mayor Daley has made as mayor of the city of Chicago. I have been pleased to know Mayor Daley for the past 25 years. And he brings to the committee this morning a wealth of experience and know-how in administering in the public interest. He served as minority leader of the Illinois State Senate in the early forties. In 1949 he was appointed director of revenue by Governor Stevenson. At the same time I was director of labor in 1949 under Governor Stevenson. He left State government in 1951 to become county clerk of Cook County as well as comptroller of Cook County. In 1955 he was elected mayor. In 1959 he was relected. In 1963 he was reelected for a second time. In 1965 he became a member of one of the outstanding clubs of America, the Grandfathers Club. He became the grandfather of a bouncing baby boy. So, on behalf of my colleagues, Republicans and Democrats, I am honored that you are with us this morning. And I am sure that your contribution will be a very effective contribution in the public interest, because all of us are sincerly concerned with the problems of large cities. And we feel that you are an expert in administering large cities because of the outstanding job that you have done as mayor of the third largest city of America. Mr. BARRETT. Thank you, Mr. Annunzio. Mr. Mayor, if you desire now, you may proceed with your statement and complete it. And we may ask you some questions after it. I want to say, too, that this other distinguished gentleman from Illinois has something to add. And we will be glad to recognize our distinguished colleague, Mr. Pucinski. STATEMENT OF HON. ROMAN C. PUCINSKI, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF ILLINOIS Mr. PUCINSKI. I am Congressman Pucinski from Chicago. We are glad to welcome the mayor. We all have a very deep interest in this legislation. We believe the mayor of Chicago, one of America's most outstanding municipal administrators, can give guidelines in drafting this legislation so that it will be the most effective piece of legislation that Congress can enact to deal with this problem. We are very glad that the mayor can be with us this morning. STATEMENT OF HON. RICHARD J. DALEY, MAYOR OF CHICAGO, ILL.; ACCOMPANIED BY JOHN DUBA, COMMISSIONER OF DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING Mr. DALEY. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, I appreciate this opportunity to testify before this subcommittee. I am appearing today not only as mayor of Chicago but also on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, to urge the approval of the Demonstration Cities Act of 1966. I am convinced that there is universal agreement that the health and well-being of our central cities, where most of our people live, is the measure of the health and well-being of our Nation. I firmly believe that the efforts that have been made in improving our cities indicate that it is within our power to provide a decent home in a suitable environment for every family. This goal is the essence of President Johnson's vision for a Great Society it is the objective of this bill. In previous hearings earlier this week Mayor Jerome Cavanagh of Detroit made a number of specific recommendations on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the National League of Cities. I join in those recommendations. Twenty years ago there was no general concept of urban development as we know of it today. Cities were primarily concerned with public housing. The next step was directed toward slum clearance. Today any discussion of urban development includes low-rent publie housing, housing for the aged, moderate-income housing, relocation, recreation, open space, beautification, concern with urban design, adequate water resources, air pollution control, sewage and sanitation, better parking and garage facilities, and transportation improvement. The National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials is one of the leading organizations in the field of urban development. in the preamble of its 1963-65 policy resolution it is stated: That housing, urban renewal, and code officials must find a means of more closely relating their operations to the work of other public and private agencies that are concerned with such deeply embedded urban problems as poverty, unemployment, lack of education, poor health, and family disruption. There must be a total community effort to meet these 20th century problems. The resolution also singles out crime, delinquency, school dropouts, racial tensions, and other forms of social unrest. I would like to review briefly the programs referred to in the bill which are underway in Chicago. I believe a review will make evident: 1. The need for preventing the depletion of urban renewal funds because of allocation to demonstration cities. 2. The obvious inadequacy of $2.3 billion spread over 5 years among 50 to 60 cities. 3. The need for releasing this year the full $2.9 billion title I funds authorized by Congress in 1965 for urban renewal, instead of being programed over 4 years. 4. The necessity for increasing planning funds so that all cities can participate and in order to assure the highest quality of planning. 5. The determination of criteria and guidelines in detail outside of those spelled out in the bill be deferred until enough preliminary plans have been submitted so that guidelines can be determined by actual experience and the needs of cities in light of their existing pro grams. The urgent need for a comprehensive and coordinated program has been recognized by many cities. In Chicago several steps were taken toward this objective. In 1962 there was a major reorganization with the merger of the two renewal agencies engaged in slum elimination and neighborhood improvement to create the present department of urban renewal. In June of last year, the department of city planning was reorganized into a department of development and planning. And to my left is the head of that department, John Duba. In addition to all the functions previously carried out by the department of city planning, the new department is responsible for supervising and coordinating all city development activities. Late in 1964, the department published the basic policies for the comprehensive plan of Chicago. In keeping with policy of citizen review and discussion, approximately 100 meetings were held in various communities with invitations extended directly to 600 community organizations. Based on these meetings, a review of the basic policies is now being completed and the next major report will be published this year. Under our urban renewal program we now have in execution 19 redevelopment projects. Another 11 have been completed, contracts with the Federal Government closed and final payments received. We |