Oral history transcript, Robert C. Wood, interview 1 (I), 10/19/1968, by David G. McComb

Title:

Oral history transcript, Robert C. Wood, interview 1 (I), 10/19/1968, by David G. McComb

Number of Pages:

34

Description:

Biographical information; meeting with LBJ in 1960; wrote speeches for JFK; Moyers’ operation; Task Force on Urban Affairs; urban crisis; concept of the Great Society; urban problems given greater dimension under LBJ; uniqueness of task forces; policy-making; meeting in White House mess hall; origin of rent supplement idea; paper on accomplishments of preceding year in urban affairs; Model Cities task force; appointment; conflict between cost and tax requirements of Great Society and Vietnam War; significance of “Model Cities is Dead” meeting; shift in phrasing “Demonstration Cities” to “Model Cities;” problem in formation of DOT and HUD over mass transit; rat extermination bill

Contributor:

Wood, Robert Coldwell, 1923-2005

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. Wood

Subject:

Great Society; Vietnam

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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