Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 1 (I), 10/21/1968, by T.H. Baker

Title:

Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 1 (I), 10/21/1968, by T.H. Baker

Number of Pages:

24

Description:

The importance of maintaining a high moral standard; proposed revision of the Administrative Procedure Act; Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) strategies to delay or expedite action to accomplish their intended goals; how to get a viewpoint heard and acted upon in Washington, DC; the effectiveness of Joe Califano and his staff; the Department of Justice's opposition to the 1968 highway bill; the legal power of the wording in a signing statement; the attorney general's and OLC's official interpretation of the Afroyim v. Rusk decision; an attorney general opinion involving the right of the General Accounting Office (GAO) and the comptroller general to overturn an Armed Forces Contract Board of Appeal decision; OLC's duty to review legislation and the president's messages to ensure conformity between the two; LBJ's request that OLC prepare legislation for submission; the work of drafting legislation.

Contributor:

Wozencraft, Frank M.

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 Frank M. Wozencraft

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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