Oral history transcript, Robert M. Ball, interview 1 (I), 11/5/1968, by David G. McComb

Title:

Oral history transcript, Robert M. Ball, interview 1 (I), 11/5/1968, by David G. McComb

Number of Pages:

60

Description:

Biographical information; beginning years of the Social Security Administration; Democratic and Republican approaches to the program; social security and the cost of living; amendments through the years; 1956 disability amendment and the opposition to it; involvement with committees; Elizabeth Wickenden and LBJ; provisions of the disability amendment; Medicare and its coverage in the Columbia University Oral History Project; evolution and implementation of Medicare; LBJ involvement in Medicare; benefit increases and social security in general; views on future of social security; anit-poverty aspects of the program; thoughts on varied use of individual social security numbers

Contributor:

Ball, Robert M.

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

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Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with Robert M. Ball

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted: see deed at end of transcript for details