Moses disguised a power grab as a coordination speech
Evidence
All Moses’ previous public works had been basically concerned with recreation and parks and with the means-roads and bridges-of getting people to parks. He may have realized that without protective coloration his attempt to move into a new, unrelated field would look like the barefaced power grab it was. So he gave it protective coloration; he titled his speech “Housing and Recreation,” and in asking realtors and reformers to sponsor the speech and WNYC to broadcast it, he told them it was merely a discussion of coordination of public housing and parks. — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 2601
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: No substantive disagreement underpinned Moses’ tunnel power grab — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 2593; Moses turned parks, symbols of serenity, into weapons of power — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 1139; Moses’ motive shifted from building works to seizing power itself — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 2594 (+7 more)