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Oral history transcript, Carl D. Perkins and Donald Baker, interview 1 (I), 5/12/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • for something, I'm sure that he would try to accommodate them. I wouldn't say there were no deals any time, but he knew how to accommodate people and get things done. G: I wanted to ask you about the Community Action Program and how you yourself -- P
  • leadership with legislation; the Community Action Program; the church-state issue; the Appalachian program; the Job Corps; Edith Green; Sargent Shriver; LBJ steers bill through Rules Committee; Perkins’ election as chairman of the House Education and Labor
Oral history transcript, Donald M. Baker, interview 2 (II), 3/5/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • and perhaps not as fully as could be. And that is, in the formulation or putting together of guidelines, for example, in Community Action, does the general counsel's office participate in that kind of endeavor? B: Very much so. It varies from subject
  • Biographical information; Community Action; LBJ and the poverty program; Sargent Shriver; the Yarmolinsky episode; Baker's responsibilities; the Employment Service; Head Start Program; OEO's mission and future; Legal Services program; 1967 riots
Oral history transcript, Donald M. Baker, interview 1 (I), 2/24/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • had been, I don't recall right offhand, had been discussed earlier. The Community Action was the newest. It bore obviously some imprint from the juvenile delinquency program which contributed both to some of its strengths and some of its weaknesses
  • Biographical information; Community Action; LBJ and the poverty program; Sargent Shriver; the Yarmolinsky episode; Baker's responsibilities; the Employment Service; Head Start Program; OEO's mission and future; Legal Services program; 1967 riots