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  • of functions there? C: To a degree, but I always regarded my role as being less concerned with systematic administration. For example, Califano and some of his staff assistants like Jim Gaither took active interest in education matters and on occasion would
  • brightest people around were the staff that Joe Califano assembled. Larry Levinson had a lot of direct contact with the President, although he functioned through Joe on a number of things--quite a few things. But people like Jim Gaither, Matt Nimetz
  • of the Mississippi Summer Project? H: Well, it's really hard to say who thought of it. In the beginning there was Robert Moses of SNCC; there was Tom Gaither of CORE; there was Al Lowenstein with everybody. We had nobody from the Urban League. We were in constant
  • ,still has them, Jim Gaither, I guess he ,vas still here at that time, who couldn It have been more than t""enty-seven or twenty-eight. twenty-five at that time. Tom Johnson was It was a very young, very alert staff. Cater, I guess, was the old man
  • in Joe Califano's office at one time with Jim Gaither, and in effect- - Califano was in there for a little while in the meeting--but in effect the attorney general was asked to give his opinion as to my various legal opinions and programmatic opinions