Oral history transcript, William D. Carey, interview 2 (II), 1/16/1986, by Janet Kerr-Tener

Title:

Oral history transcript, William D. Carey, interview 2 (II), 1/16/1986, by Janet Kerr-Tener

Number of Pages:

17

Description:

Agency and department-level reaction to LBJ’s use of task forces to change policy-making; information leaking out of the task force system; the effect of the task force operation on the Bureau of the Budget; William Cannon; relationship between the Bureau of the Budget and HEW; John Gardner; dispute resolution between HEW and the Bureau of the Budget; lack of funding for domestic programs; credibility gap between State of the Union and the published budget; events leading up to the tax increase of January 1968; Great Society educational programs and their implementation; lack of acceptance of criticism of the Great Society; LBJ’s faults in administering Great Society programs.

Contributor:

Carey, William D. (William Daniel), 1916-1998

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 William D. Carey

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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