ABSTRACT

The Catholic Church objected when PCCA'S educational programmes ignored the parochial schools; and Mayor Tate protested on behalf of the Catholic Universities, when the recruitment of the projects' planning staff appeared to overlook them. On November 5, 1964, PCCA voluntarily withdrew from the poverty programme, worn down by the long summer of indecision. When twelve Negro leaders published a letter in the press repudiating his irresponsible attacks on PCCA, and his right to speak for the Negro community, Moore's response not only crushed the incipient revolt, but impugned the writers' integrity. In the Autumn of 1965, PCCA reconstituted itself, under a new director, as an independent agency of reform. The President's Committee interpreted the structure as conceding too much authority to the agencies to be reformed. It believed that the professional task forces should control the programme, and agency representatives, who owed allegiance to their own organization, held a dominating influence.