Oral history transcript, Jerre Williams, interview 1 (I), 1/8/1971, by Joe B. Frantz

Title:

Oral history transcript, Jerre Williams, interview 1 (I), 1/8/1971, by Joe B. Frantz

Number of Pages:

46

Description:

First meeting LBJ in 1958; forming the Austin Foreign Policy Club with George Hoffman and Horace Busby; a visit to the Ranch about 1958; refusing an appointment as general counsel to the army; surprise appointment as chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States; Frank Wozencraft; a history of the Conference; Williams appointed to head the Administrative Conference; the nature of the Conference; Charles Brannan testifies for the Conference; Robert Graham helps save the Conference budget; problems with Ed Morgan; internal operation of the Council; a dispute between the FAA and the Transportation Department over disciplining pilots; "selective certification;" the John Macy operation compared to the RMN personnel program; Dick van Dusen; Emmette Redford; Waddy Bullion; Jim Langdon; Joe Kilgore; RMN was inaccessible; Richard Poff; Arthur Kirshon; the ABA and mediation of Transportation labor disputes

Contributor:

Williams, Jerre

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 Jerre Williams

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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