Oral history transcript, Hyman Bookbinder, interview 2 (II), 5/19/1982, by Michael L. Gillette

Title:

Oral history transcript, Hyman Bookbinder, interview 2 (II), 5/19/1982, by Michael L. Gillette

Number of Pages:

42

Description:

Task force record keeping; task force work process and working with Congress; task force leadership; communication problems with agencies; the OEO in the Executive Office of the President; Shriver; "revolutionary" aspects of the War on Poverty; "maximum feasible participation": how poverty programs helped people understand the potentials of the democratic system; public involvement in poverty programs; Community Representatives Advisory Committee; Humphrey meeting with the CRAC people; union-operated Job Corps centers; sub-committees in the program; youth- and women-related programs; the OEO delegating some programs; the Employment Service; Head Start; VISTA; LBJ’s support of poverty programs; Adam Clayton Powell; Adam Yarmolinsky leaving the program; Shriver juggling poverty programs and Peace Corps; Ruth Atkins and New Yorkers concerned about their school.

Contributor:

Bookbinder, Hyman Harry, 1916-2011

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with Hyman Bookbinder

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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