Oral history transcript, George McCarthy, interview 2 (II), 9/29/1981, by Michael L. Gillette

Title:

Oral history transcript, George McCarthy, interview 2 (II), 9/29/1981, by Michael L. Gillette

Number of Pages:

26

Description:

Bert Harding's involvement in the task force created to analyze the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO); Sargent Shriver's management skills; OEO's efforts to enlist support for 1967 legislation; Edith Green and Joe Waggoner's involvement in the Community Action Amendment giving mayors more control; Joe Loftus' article about the "Green amendment;" Green's efforts to have quotas for female positions in the Job Corps; changes in OEO, including the idea that OEO should give control of its programs to other departments; Senator Joseph Clark's job creation bill; Roman Pucinski's amendment to the Job Corps bill; George Reedy's assessment of Franklyn Johnson's work; leadership in the Job Corps; the Labor Department's attitude toward Job Corps; early problems within Job Corps; contrasting Job Corps conservation centers and training centers; the decision to close some Job Corps centers in 1968; governors involvement in creating Job Corps centers in their states.

Contributor:

McCarthy, George

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 George McCarthy

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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