Oral history transcript, Robert Lampman, interview 1 (I), 5/24/1983, by Michael L. Gillette

Title:

Oral history transcript, Robert Lampman, interview 1 (I), 5/24/1983, by Michael L. Gillette

Number of Pages:

48

Description:

Initial involvement with the War on Poverty; work with the Council of Economic Advisers; income distribution; tax cut; 1964 campaign and poverty problem; meetings on poverty issue; differences in concept of poverty; key people involved; rejection of draftees from disadvantaged backgrounds; income maintenance programs; campaign program proposal; January 1964 economic report on U.S. poverty; Sargent Shriver; community action; employment and poverty; labor union viewpoint; budget problems; Defense Department participation; University of Wisconsin campus institute for research on poverty; negative income tax; task force

Contributor:

Lampman, Robert James, 1920-1997

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 Robert Lampman

Subject:

1964 Campaign

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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