Oral history transcript, Oveta Culp Hobby, interview 1 (I), 7/11/1969, by David G. McComb
Title:
Oral history transcript, Oveta Culp Hobby, interview 1 (I), 7/11/1969, by David G. McComb
Number of Pages:
27
Description:
How Hobby met LBJ; the history of the Houston Post’s involvement in LBJ’s career; Hobby’s appointment as director of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps; Admiral Chester Nimitz and General Dwight Eisenhower; Hobby’s appointment to the Federal Security Administration; activities under the FSA; the creation of HEW; how being female affected Hobby’s career; LBJ’s relationship with Eisenhower; Hobby’s work with LBJ on legislation; Hobby’s contact with the American Medical Association; the program that later became Medicare; Food and Drug Administration funds; distribution of the polio vaccine; evaluating the efficiency of HEW; consulting LBJ on the future profitability of television; Hobby’s involvement with the Carnegie Commission and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; LBJ’s decision not to run for President in 1968; Mrs. Johnson; assessment of LBJ’s presidency.
