Oral history transcript, Robert C. Weaver, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1968, by Joe B. Frantz

Title:

Oral history transcript, Robert C. Weaver, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1968, by Joe B. Frantz

Number of Pages:

82

Description:

Biographical information; Adviser to Secretary Ickes on Negro affairs; National Committee on Industrial Recovery; Harvard thesis research; integration of cafeteria services at Department of the Interior; “The Black Cabinet;” duties at Department of the Interior; TVA; African American appointments; General Benjamin Davis, Sr.; U.S. Housing Authority; “The Negro Ghetto;” work during WWII; Administrative Assistant to Sidney Hillman; policy of gradualism; blockbusting; tipping theory; open housing genesis; effects of riots and violence; Director of Opportunity Fellowships at John Hay Whitney Foundation; State Rent Administrator; consultant with Ford Foundation; confirmation at HUD; Senator William Blakeley; E.O. 11063 delay; JFK’s assassination; first knew LBJ when NYA set up; John Corson; Frank Horne; reaction to VP LBJ’s approach to civil rights; comparison of JFK and LBJ’s style; LBJ’s knowledge of housing; 1964 and 1965 urban task forces; first acquaintance with Robert Wood; role in formation of HUD; delay in appointing Secretary; rent supplements; role in formation of Model Cities Program; staffing; Dwight Ink; favored decentralization; informal meetings of all Presidential appointees; housing for HUD; cooperation with other departments; Philip Brownstein; emphasis on slum rehabilitation; Mayor Richard Daley; Turkey project; Austin Oaks project; rat control program; urban mass transit; Fannie Mae; relations with White House staff; VP in charge of program of equal opportunity in employment; visit to LBJ Ranch regarding housing message; his impact on LBJ’s thinking; reason for resignation; prejudice; feeling that the new administration will attempt to make administrative reform

Contributor:

Weaver, Robert Clifton, 1907-1997

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 Robert C. Weaver

Subject:

Assassinations; National Youth Administration (U.S.); LBJ Ranch; Civil disorders

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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