Oral history transcript, James Sundquist, interview 1 (I), 4/7/1969, by Stephen Goodell

Title:

Oral history transcript, James Sundquist, interview 1 (I), 4/7/1969, by Stephen Goodell

Number of Pages:

69

Description:

Working on the War on Poverty Task Force; JFK’s plans for “Widening Participation in Prosperity”; Economic Opportunity Bill; land reform proposal; extension service; urban vs. rural poverty; lack of support for rural communities; division in the Budget Bureau; Sargent Shriver; Sundquist’s participation in the War on Poverty task force; department representatives vs. free agents in the task force; how Shriver became head of the task force and later the OEO; the concept of community action; Shriver’s political motivations/aspirations; planning of programs; War on Poverty appropriations; LBJ’s goals in the War on Poverty compared to those of the task force; comparison of the Job Corps and the CCC from the 1930’s; developing War on Poverty programs under an independent agency with Executive Office, supra-Cabinet status; problems with War on Poverty coordination and administration; Shriver’s desire to have the authority to revoke laws of Congress and have autonomous power; difficulty with developing and implementing the programs; poverty task force within the Department of Agriculture; problems between the OEO and Department of Agriculture and with OEO administrators; community action; spreading information against Goldwater in the 1964 campaign.

Contributor:

Sundquist, James L. (James Lloyd), 1915-

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 James Sundquist

Subject:

1964 Campaign

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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