Oral history transcript, Livingston Biddle, interview 1 (I), 3/20/1989, by Louann Temple
Title:
Oral history transcript, Livingston Biddle, interview 1 (I), 3/20/1989, by Louann Temple
Number of Pages:
20
Description:
LBJ's interest in arts legislation in 1964; Biddle meeting with Abe Fortas regarding proposed arts legislation; Claiborne Pell; proposing legislation that later started the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities; LBJ's support for the NEA and NEH as part of the Great Society program; Abe Fortas' executive order plan related to the arts; Biddle's work with Roger Stevens; Judge Howard W. Smith as chair of the Rules Committee; Frank Thompson; Adam Clayton Powell's support for the arts in return for support for a civil rights bill; gaining support from influential people such as John Fogarty; efforts to get legislation passed that session; Richard Goodwin's chances of becoming chairman of the NEA; members of LBJ's staff who supported the arts; Roger Stevens and the Kennedy Center; the idea of all states receiving equal funding; Hubert Humphrey's remarks at the signing ceremony for the arts legislation.
