Oral history transcript, Wilbur Mills, interview 2 (II), 3/25/1987, by Michael L. Gillette

Title:

Oral history transcript, Wilbur Mills, interview 2 (II), 3/25/1987, by Michael L. Gillette

Number of Pages:

68

Description:

Medicare bill history and Mills’ support of it; legislative support for the Medicare bill; increased hospital costs and doctors’ fees; Social Security benefits; LBJ’s support of Medicare; changes in Medicare bill during legislative process; Bob Kerr and Russell Long; LBJ signing the Medicare bill; Wilbur Cohen; White House legislative liaison program; LBJ’s power of persuasion; understanding the relationship between economics and government; Vietnam War and its effect on domestic programs; inflation; Vietnam spending; 1963-1964 tax cut; JFK, LBJ, and taxes; Sam Rayburn and the expansion of the Rules Committee in the House; Howard Smith; 1961 highway bill and a billboard control amendment; Trade Expansion Act; Mills’ relationship with JFK; public welfare amendments; residency requirements; JFK’s Madison Square Garden speech; JFK assassination; 1970 Nixon welfare program; 1972 election; the role of vice presidents; the Mills-Ribicoff bill; Adam Clayton Powell; meat quota bill.

Contributor:

Mills, Wilbur D. (Wilbur Daigh), 1909-

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 Wilbur Mills

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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