Phillips, Walter Massey, 1912-1985

Walter Phillips began his project in 1974 after retiring from a thirty year career in Philadelphia's civic and political life. He had been a founder of the City Policy Committee (1940), the Citizen's Committee on City Planning (1943), and the Greater Philadelphia Movement (1947). He managed Joseph Clark's successful race for mayor in 1951, and served in Clark's cabinet as City Representative and Director of Commerce through 1955. Thereafter, Phillips was active in a variety of public and private agencies, and played leading roles in the Americans for Democratic Action and Lincoln University. He was the reform candidate against Mayor James Tate in the 1963 Democratic primary election.

From the description of Oral history project, 1975-1980. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122541655

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