Oral history transcript, Joe W. Fleming II, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1969, by Stephen Goodell

Title:

Oral history transcript, Joe W. Fleming II, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1969, by Stephen Goodell

Number of Pages:

48

Description:

[For interviews 1 and 2] JFK campaign in West Virginia; decline of coal use after WWII; unemployment; national press on Appalachia; Mike Feldman; Ted Sorenson; Franklin Roosevelt, Jr.; public law 89-4 in 1965; Highway System first authority vested in governors of states; each state and federal government half responsible; money allocated by Bureau of Public Roads; vocational education by formulas for objectives needed; 1967 amendments added low cost housing and program funding; Joe Califano and Charlie Schultze; 1967 Act gave independence to Agency; staff of 75 people; short term objective; move to line agencies of federal and state; LBJ favorably disposed to program; Fleming pleased with result

Contributor:

Fleming, Joe W.

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 Joe W. Fleming II

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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