Advocates; Should half of the federal dollars reserved for highways be diverted to mass transit systems?

01/25/1973

Moderator: Margaret Heckler Advocate: Michael Dukakis Advocate: Eric Julber Witnesses: Stewart Udall Secretary of the Interior 1960-69 Gov. Francis Sargent Massachusetts George Hilton Professor of Transportation, UCLA Rep. James Wright (D) Texas

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Series: Advocates
Program: Should half of the federal dollars reserved for highways be diverted to mass transit systems?
Program Number: 316
Series Description: A SERIES OF DEBATES with a moderator facilitating the discussion of national and international issues - using advocates who would introduce witnesses to support their point of view. Debates recorded at Boston's Faneuil Hall. Moderators included: Michael Dukakis; Marilyn Berger; Michael Harrington, Robert Maynard. (Premiered October, 1969; conceived by Prof. Roger Fisher.) Other participants included Barney Frank, Avi Nelson, Antonin Scalia, S.I. Hayakawa, Paul Simon, Albert Shankar, Richard Bolling, Pete McCloskey, Chester Crocker, John Anderson, Elmo Zumwalt, George Ball, John Kenneth Galbraith, William Colby, Eleanor Smeal, Phyllis Schlafly, Sam Ervin, Laurence Tribe, Daniel Schorr, Orrin Hatch, Morris Udall, Edward Kennedy, George McGovern, Jake Garn, Paul Tsongas, Alan Dershowitz. Series release date: 1969
Program Description: Moderator: Margaret Heckler Advocate: Michael Dukakis Advocate: Eric Julber Witnesses: Stewart Udall – Secretary of the Interior 1960-69 Gov. Francis Sargent – Massachusetts George Hilton – Professor of Transportation, UCLA Rep. James Wright – (D) Texas Produced by WGBH at Faneuil Hall, bears WGBH copyright
Duration: 00:59:45
Asset Type: Broadcast program
Media Type: Video
Subjects: Heckler, Margaret; Hilton, George; Julber, Eric; Dukakis, Michael S. (Michael Stanley), 1933-; Udall, Stewart L.; Sargent, Francis
Locations: Faneuil Hall, Boston, Massachusetts
Genres: Debate
Topics: Public Affairs; Social Issues
Contributors: Dukakis, Michael (Guest); Udall, Stewart (Guest); Julber, Eric (Guest); Wright, James (Guest); Heckler, Margaret (Moderator); Sargent, Francis (Guest); Hilton, George (Guest)
Publication Information: Supported by a grant from the Open Society Foundations.
Citation: Chicago: “Advocates; Should half of the federal dollars reserved for highways be diverted to mass transit systems?,” 01/25/1973, GBH Archives, accessed April 19, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_768EBB403636401393A0CB1E9DB808B5.; MLA: “Advocates; Should half of the federal dollars reserved for highways be diverted to mass transit systems?.” 01/25/1973. GBH Archives. Web. April 19, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_768EBB403636401393A0CB1E9DB808B5>.; APA: Advocates; Should half of the federal dollars reserved for highways be diverted to mass transit systems?. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_768EBB403636401393A0CB1E9DB808B5

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