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Oral history transcript, Joseph C. Swidler, interview 3 (III), 7/26/1988, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-swidlerj-19880726-3-13-21.pdf
The effort to reduce wholesale utility rates in a way that would benefit the consumer; jurisdiction and fairness of earnings issues; how often to inspect power companies between rate cuts; regulation to bring rates down but still allow for company…

Oral history transcript, Joseph C. Swidler, interview 2 (II), 7/11/1988, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-swidlerj-19880711-2-13-20.pdf
How the Federal Power Commission (FPC) became more difficult for individual congressmen to manipulate but more amenable to congressional control; dealing with the expiration of hydro and other licenses; Commissioner Howard Morgan's criticism that the…

Oral history transcript, Joseph C. Swidler, interview 1 (I), 3/11/1988, by Michael L. Gillette

http://www.lbjf.org/txt/oh/oh-lbj/27500879-oh-swidlerj-19880311-1-13-19.pdf
How Swidler met the Johnsons; LBJ's attitude toward oil and gas regulation while he was still a senator; Lee White, Swidler's successor as chairman of the Federal Power Commission (FPC); an incident regarding authorization of the Securities and…