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Great Society strains over War on Poverty powers
In a closed door Poverty Council session in Washington the atmosphere cooled between Vice President Humphrey and Sargent Shriver as pressures mounted to curb the Community Action Program. Figures like Willard Wirtz and Charles Schultze pushed for a shift to safer programs, while Shriver retained White House backing through Moyers. The episode signals a warning to limit social upheaval and push the War on Poverty toward broad popular support.
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