On a chilly February evening in 1953, Washington D.C. officials gathered to discuss the city’s $350 million public works improvement program. The meeting, which lasted three hours, was meant to inject some much-needed optimism into the project’s shaky finances. But sources close to the matter reveal that the real focus was on dodging a $500 million financial bullet.
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Key Facts
- State: National
- Category: Public Corruption
- Era: Historical
- Source: Library of Congress — Chronicling America ↗
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