Oral history transcript, John G. Feild, interview 3 (III), 10/12/1984, by Michael L. Gillette

Title:

Oral history transcript, John G. Feild, interview 3 (III), 10/12/1984, by Michael L. Gillette

Number of Pages:

29

Description:

Abe Fortas' role in the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity; how LBJ's control of the Committee was undermined; John Macy; discrimination in White House hiring; NASA; federal workforce turnover; Feild's involvement with Eisenhower's President's Committee on Government Employment Policy; discrimination in federal hiring nationwide; in-house vs. contract work discrimination; Potomac Institute report for the Department of Defense; Robert McNamara's work to hire more black employees in the Department of Defense; John Macy's federal executive councils; complications within the Post Office; TVA's lack of compliance with minority hiring; federal scholarships; labor unions; Philadelphia Plans; state employment services; corporate pressure on the committee; Ted Kheel's study; hiring in the Justice Department; JFK's relationship with black constituents compared to LBJ's relationship with black constituents.

Contributor:

Feild, John G., 1922-2006

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 John G. Feild

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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