Workers on the Edge. Work, Leisure, and Politics in Industrializing Cincinnati, 1788-1890

Portrait of a Consultant in Hard Times

“…Two days later, the local residents met again and voted to protest the government's ''underhanded affair and an underhanded way of handling the project.'' 90 That same day, November 11, Lansill wrote Nolen proposing to use him, in effect, in a public relations capacity. ''We are becoming increasingly conscious of the needs of public presentation of the philosophies behind garden homes and satellite cities,'' he said.…”

“…The following Monday, the Resettlement Administration announced a settlement with local officials that would keep Greenhills on the tax rolls and undertake efforts to ensure that it was a ''normal American town.'' 94 That same day, Nolen in Cambridge sent a telegram to Hartzog in Washington-government rate collect-that he was coming. He took the night sleeper from Boston to Washington on Monday night, November 25.…”