“More Welfare or We'll Riot!” published by the Independent American, 1970. Richard B. Russell, Junior Collection.
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After its implementation, the War on Poverty attracted many critics who made accusations of major spending, under-planning, and botched execution. Some argued that its creation was a way to attract the African-American vote; others said that American socio-political reform is cyclical and that the initiative was just a shallow trend among the next wave of changes after those of the Great Depression; another argument was that the War of Poverty was created in response to the growing concept and influence of social science rather than economics. Soon after Richard Nixon's re-election in 1972, he closed the Office of Economic Opportunity and transferred many of Johnson's programs, such as Head Start and the Job Corps, to other government departments.
Atlanta 's Voluntary Merit Employment Association pamphlet.
Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection.
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