Oral history transcript, Charles J. Zwick, interview 2 (II), 8/1/1969, by David G. McComb
Title:
Oral history transcript, Charles J. Zwick, interview 2 (II), 8/1/1969, by David G. McComb
Number of Pages:
41
Description:
Impact of the Vietnam War on the budget; the surcharge issue; the Ways and Means Committee demands a budget cut; Congressman Tom Curtis; Wilbur Mills and George Mahon work out a compromise with LBJ, Fowler, and Zwick; Wilbur Mills evaluated; budget involvement in air pollution and water quality programs; the ESEA; Model Cities; the JOBS program; LBJ has misgivings about food programs; the social security expansion; the librarians' lobby; the growing public role of the budget director; the controversy over PPBS; J. Edgar Hoover; LBJ evaluated in some detail; the Labor Department reorganization infuriates LBJ; LBJ characterized as to temper, language, schedule, intelligence, energy, vigor; Califano, McPherson, Levinson, Cater evaluated; the RMN transition.
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Interviewee:
Charles J. Zwick
Interviewer(s):
David G. McComb
Specific Item Type:
Oral history
Type:
Text
Format:
Paper
Identifier:
oh-zwickc-19690801-2-79-68
Date:
1969-08-01
Time Period:
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Citation
Oral history transcript, Charles J. Zwick, interview 2 (II), 8/1/1969, by David G. McComb,
LBJ Library Oral Histories,
LBJ Presidential Library,
accessed April 28, 2024,
https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/oh-zwickc-19690801-2-79-68