Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 12 (XII), 7/25/1986, by Michael L. Gillette

Title:

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 12 (XII), 7/25/1986, by Michael L. Gillette

Number of Pages:

34

Description:

Efforts to enlist the help of Katharine Graham and the Washington Post staff to get support for D.C. home rule; LBJ's support for House Rules Committee reform that would help the liberal members of the House; the regional medical centers program and Heart-Cancer-Stroke Commission; determination to move forward quickly on legislation after the 1964 election; Mary Lasker's and Florence Mahoney's involvement in supporting health-related legislation; Sargent Shriver as director of both the Peace Corps and the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO); conflict between John Connally and Ralph Yarborough; National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965; immigration reform and the national origins quota system; organized labor's involvement in immigration reform; a proposal limiting the number and type of Western Hemisphere immigrants who would be admitted; Representative Michael Feighan; Governor Nelson Rockefeller's attendance at the immigration bill signing ceremony on Ellis Island; Lady Bird Johnson's support for highway beautification; opposition to, and compromise on, highway beautification; the decision to accept or reject altered legislative proposals; how highway beautification legislation progressed and who was involved.

Contributor:

O'Brien, Lawrence F. (Lawrence Francis), 1917-1990

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 Lawrence F. O'Brien

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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