Oral history transcript, Elmer B. Staats, interview 1 (I), 12/9/1971, by T.H. Baker
Title:
Oral history transcript, Elmer B. Staats, interview 1 (I), 12/9/1971, by T.H. Baker
Number of Pages:
38
Description:
Working with Senator LBJ; dealing with Vice President LBJ on space program and budget; JFK’s inexperience in the Senate; the JFK assassination; the tax reduction bill; working on the budget and LBJ’s involvement; LBJ’s interest in education programs; LBJ and the space program; Office of Economic Opportunity; the PPBS system; budgetary effects of Vietnam War; Defense Dept. and the budget; the power of the Budget Bureau; relationship between Budget Bureau directors and presidents; testifying before Congress; White House staff contacts; history of Special Counsel to the President; circumstances of Staats’ appointment as comptroller general and head of the General Accounting Office; cash budget, regular budget and the Commission on Budget Concepts; campaign financing; the President’s reliance on Cabinet and staff, cooperation and coordination; a presidential transition 'institution.'
