Moses’ report won over the Republican establishment his patron sought to persuade

Evidence

Whether Moses wrote all of it or part, the Reconstruction Commission report was something of which a man could be proud. From the moment, on October 10, 1919, that it was published, it was hailed as a historic document, not only by Smith, who had sponsored it, and not only by the reformers, who saw in it the finest exposition of their philosophy, but, more importantly, by the men who Belle Moskowitz had hoped would hail it—the Republican “federal crowd.” Charles Evans Hughes—former crusading investigator, Governor, Secretary of State, Justice of the Supreme Court and Republican nominee for the presidency, now returned to private life as a lawyer and “first citizen” of New York State—and Congressman Ogden Livingston Mills, a noted authority on taxation and government finance, volunteered to head a City Club study of the report, which concluded that it was “deserving of unreserved approbation.” — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 471

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the pattern of Moses operating behind the scenes through institutional power channels documented elsewhere in Caro’s book. — connects to: Even his patron believed control of Moses hinged on personal force — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 2986

Broader Connections

• Even his patron believed control of Moses hinged on personal force #corroborates (0.85) — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 2986