Oral history transcript, Francis C. Turner, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1968, by David G. McComb

Title:

Oral history transcript, Francis C. Turner, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1968, by David G. McComb

Number of Pages:

38

Description:

Biographical information; the Alaskan Highway; the interstate highway program under DDE; the Highway Trust Fund; improvements in highway construction; the issues of safety and beautification; billboards and junk yards; relations with the Park Service; the controversy over taking a corner of Brackenridge Park in San Antonio to improve roads; creating the Department of Transportation; dispute between mass transit interests and the highway programs; the War on Poverty and road programs; the PPBS system; LBJ and the highway program.

Contributor:

Turner, Francis Culer, 1908-

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 Francis C. Turner

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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