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Oral history transcript, Samuel V. Merrick, interview 1 (I), 9/28/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in that committee for doing whatever we asked. It was easy, so we took our little slice. G: What role did Adam Clayton Powell play in the formation of the legislation? M: I know it went through his committee. Well, obviously he was sympathetic. I don't know
Biographical information; War on Poverty; Labor Department; President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency; Model Cities; Job Corps; Neighborhood Youth Corps; personal impressions of LBJ; Adam Clayton Powell; legislation

Oral history transcript, William G. Phillips, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

liaison; workload at OEO; meetings; backload of mail and its handling; regions set-up of OEO; Adam Clayton Powell and OEO; Job Corps; Community Action; Vietnam’s effect on funding; OEO legislative battles; Head Start Program; Neighborhood Youth Corps

Oral history transcript, A.S. Mike Monroney, interview 3 (III), 3/20/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

--and there are dozens of them--were adamant. They LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 8

Oral history transcript, Bayard Rustin, interview 1 (I), 6/17/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

with the Mr. Randolph, however, was the key figure. We also got fought by Adam Clayton Powell, who didn't want us to have them. B: I would like to go in, at an appropriate point, to your relationship with Dr. King and with Congressman Powell. I think
the JFK assassination; Civil Rights Bill of 1964; campaigning for LBJ in 1964; organization of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; introducing Martin Luther King, Jr. to the concept of non-violence; a King-Powell episode regarding Rustin

Oral history transcript, Ann Oppenheimer Hamilton, interview 1 (I), 10/22/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of what it was that we had proposed, and to put to rest any reservations they might have about that wisdom. G: I wonder how Phil Landrum happened to become the sponsor of the bill in the House. H: I don't know. G: Did Adam Clayton Powell present any
Biographical information; War on Poverty Task Force; membership; Christopher Weeks; Adam Yarmolinsky; Sargent Shriver; structure and activities of task force Community Action; Job Corps; legislative submission

Oral history transcript, William M. (Fishbait) Miller, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

parliamentary knowledge; John McCormack as majority leader and friend to Rayburn and LBJ; JFK’s assassination and funeral; LBJ’s first Presidential speech to Congress; voting rights bill signing ceremony; doorkeeper’s supervisory responsibilities; Adam Clayton

Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 4 (IV), 7/29/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Busby -- IV -- 17 so numerous. They weren't just a handful by any means. Adam Clayton Powell came to Austin in 1946, stayed at the home

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 52 (LII), 8/15/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

with Adam Clayton Powell on this. Powell seems to have been a somewhat shaky ally. C: Well, Powell always was a shaky ally and we recognized that, but increasingly, Powell was not a man of great power. He didn't have a lot of power in the House. End

Oral history transcript, Wayne L. Hays, interview 1 (I), 3/11/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

, and when we had a meeting of the minds, usually both of us got something and the bill moved. M: What about something that doesn't involve legislation? You chaired, for example, the investigation of Adam Clayton Powell. Did the White House or Mr
liability; press assassinated LBJ politically; JFK legislation; investigation of Adam Clayton Powell; Hays’ feud with Romney; briefing of Foreign Affairs Committee by Secretary of State; LBJ’s hostility toward Senate Foreign Relations Committee; advice

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 21 (XXI), 1/7/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

though he did make a couple of speeches. There was significance to the middle-level manpower thing. (Interruption) That was for the [Jamaican] Independence Day ceremonies. There are more stories in connection with that. Adam [Clayton Powell] and I
attending the Jamaican Independence Day ceremonies; Adam Clayton Powell's personality; LBJ's 1962 trip to the Middle East and Reedy's involvement in the trip; LBJ's activities in Lebanon and Iran; LBJ's bad mood in Turkey; LBJ's visit to Cyprus and Greece

Oral history transcript, Bertrand Harding, interview 2 (II), 11/25/1968, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

administered by this agency. G: So Mr. Goodell is not really an enemy at all. He would therefore find himself in opposition to the members of his own party and on that committee. H: Yes. G: Do you have any knowledge at all of the Shriver-Adam Clayton
Relationship with Shriver; Shriver leaving OEO; charge that OEO indulged in illegal lobbying practices; Shriver-Adam Clayton Powell relationship; opposition to the program; MLK; Poor People’s Campaign; program for auditing grantees; influence of BOB

Oral history transcript, Wilbur Mills, interview 2 (II), 3/25/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

backed off. I guess we just were adamant about it. Sometimes if they see you're adamant they back off. G: Let me ask you to just- M: My memory's not good on it. G: --in general to describe the kinds of give-and-take that you have when you've got
welfare amendments; residency requirements; JFK’s Madison Square Garden speech; JFK assassination; 1970 Nixon welfare program; 1972 election; the role of vice presidents; the Mills-Ribicoff bill; Adam Clayton Powell; meat quota bill.

Oral history transcript, Frederick O'Reilly Hayes, interview 2 (II), 10/10/83, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of Congress affect the likelihood of the grant being approved, the application being approved? For example, if it were a group in Adam Clayton Powell's or Carl Perkins' district, would that influence the [decision]? H: I would say we had two types
; outreach to encourage grant submission; congressmen, such as Carl Perkins and Adam Clayton Powell, getting involved in grant applications; mayors' involvement in CAP; problems with Chicago Mayor Richard Daley; White House involvement in CAP

Oral history transcript, Norbert A. Schlei, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to ,were [Adam] Yarmolinsky and Shriver and perhaps occasionally somebody who was responsible for the memo or speech or whatever it was, the basis of the proposal in a particular area. But the people I remember talking to mainly were Shriver
; maximum feasible participation; legislation; problems; input from the Cabinet members; land reform proposal; separation of church and state; funding level; Peace Corps experience; VISTA; Adam Yarmolinsky affair; Adam Clayton Powell; Edith Green; legal

Oral history transcript, Stephen J. Pollak, interview 2 (II), 1/29/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Pollak -- II -- 15 recall sessions with Congressman [Adam Clayton] Powell and his staff. Of course, it was his committee . . S: P: Helpful
Presidential Task Force on the War on Poverty; drafting War on Poverty bill; Shriver’s dual responsibilities; Community Action; Adam Yarmolinksy episode; problems of the new agency; Legal Service problems; return to the Justice Department

President's Daily Diary entry, 9/7/1966 (Item)

for night reading Joe Califano to office Bob Wallace. Special Assistant to Secry of Treasury , (b-4--only last part of call) Cong. Adam Clayton Powell- -(b-5) Returning the Congressman's call of earlier in the evening while President was still with guests

President's Daily Diary entry, 7/22/1965 (Item)

Mayor o f Jersey City ) -Ou t @6:1 0 p Marvin — Watso Clark Clifford n >_* ' July 22 22,, 196 5 White Hous e Secy Dean Secy Rusk McNamara Jack Valenti McGeo Bundy Cong Adam Cong To Thursday Hale the Clayton Powell Boggs Mansion

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 8 (VIII), 4/8/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

legislation the State Department had an interest in. Adam Yarmolinsky would fit into that category too: tremendous on substance, extremely able, but not necessarily the fellow who would be pounding on doors on the Hill. He'd be awfully good at committee
to Adam Clayton Powell's Education and Labor Committee; testimony before Congress from Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley and businessmen regarding the poverty bill; Job Corps; whether or not Congress understood Community Action Programs; criticism of Adam

Oral history transcript, Edith Green, interview 1 (I), 8/23/1985, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)

be a part of the legislation. K: I bring this up, and I'm not sure that I should, but I do recall that Adam Clayton Powell, who was chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, became very upset with you over this proposed amendment, taking
Biographical information; teaching career; candidacy for Congress; support of JFK; Wayne Morse; impression of LBJ as a Senator; education legislation; federal aid to education; opinion of Sam Rayburn; parochial school question; Adam Clayton Powell

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 9 (IX), 2/7/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

House for a party, and I talked with him. The House had just voted that afternoon on Adam Clayton Powell, on the question of whether to seat him or not, and Bob Eckhardt had voted to seat him. He said, "You know, you read the Constitution: he is twenty

Oral history transcript, George McCarthy, interview 1 (I), 4/22/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

members of Congress and how they influenced or supported or opposed particularly the Job Corps legislation. How about Adam Clayton Powell? He was chairman of the committee. M: Yes, of course Adam was a hard one to fathom because you didn't really know
; Otis Singletary's leadership; factors in site selection for Job Corps centers; criticism of Adam Yarmolinsky; criticism of the cost of the Job Corps program; congressional support for, and opposition to, Job Corps legislation; the process of getting

Oral history transcript, Wilbur J. Cohen, interview 3 (III), 5/10/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

with [Abraham] Ribicoff and I spent a lot of time with Adam Clayton Powell and the others and congressman [Phillip] Landrum, but as I look back on the period my greatest contribution to the whole area is the contribution which I really felt helped to unravel

Oral history transcript, S. Douglass Cater, interview 1 (I), 4/29/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

of that and the clarifications, I had to work very closely with some of the key people on the education committee. M: And who were these people? C: In the House there was Chairman Powell--Adam Clayton Powell. The subcommittee chairman was Perkins of West Virginia--Carl
-state issue, segregation, and the poverty impact formula; working with Adam Clayton Powell, Carl Perkins, Phil Landrum, Emanuel Celler, Wayne Morse, John Brademas, Hugh Cary, Edith Green, Joe Clark, Jack Forsyth and Charles Lee; lobbying the Congress

Oral history transcript, Jack T. Conway, interview 1 (I), 8/13/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of the Community Action Program. and I worri.ed about that. The whole Adam Yarmolinsky-southern reaction to this thing, civil rights reaction, was. involved in this, and I, of course, had been working on the civil rights legislation very actively before. so it's
; implications of poverty program; Congress; Adam Yarmolinsky

Oral history transcript, Donald M. Baker, interview 2 (II), 3/5/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

to be a crony of Adam Clayton Powell. G: I think the Black Arts Theatre group was a part of a Project U p l i f t , which again I guess came under Har-You. In this kind of package deal, where Project U p l i f t didn't simply develop jobs but engaged

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 14 (XIV), 9/11/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

be interpreted as being heavy-handed. But we were comfortable with it. G: Was [Adam Clayton] Powell himself in this particular bill, working as an agent of the White House or did he have his own--? O: Basically, he was cooperating with the White House. We

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 8 (VIII), 11/20/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, the Adam Clayton Powell amendment, that was always put up and always voted down. It was one of those things that brought about an obligatory several speeches on both sides, and then there would be a vote and it would be excised with the explanation

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 6 (VI), 5/16/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

like the [Adam Clayton] Powell Amendment were offered to it. The Powell Amendment was what was regarded as some great black beast in those days that could destroy all kinds of good legislation. What the Powell Amendment was is what is now Title VI

Oral history transcript, Christopher Weeks, interview 2 (II), 9/28/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

on the committee? \;J: Oh, yes. tee. Edith Green was a very, very powerful factor on the commit- I would say after Phi.l Landrum and the committee chairman, Adam Clayton Powell, she was probably the next most powerful person on the committee, for several

Oral history transcript, Dr. Ralph K. Huitt, interview 2 (II), 10/5/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

subcommittee, so Chairman Powell, who was the head of the full committee . . . F: This is Adam Clayton. H: Yes, Adam Clayton Powell, this is one of those things which he did very well. One of the reasons why he was successful as a chairman was that he knew

Oral history transcript, Dr. Samuel Halperin, interview 1 (I), 2/24/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

Committee on Education and Labor, Adam Clayton Powell, during the first six months of 1961; and then with Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon, who was also the new Chairman of the Subcommittee on Education of the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

Folder, "King, Martin Luther, 1966-67 [2 of 2]," Aides Files of Mildred Stegall, Box 32 (Item)

. The purpose of the meeting would be to issue a joint statement by this Negro leadership indicating that they do not condone Congressman Adam Clayton Powell's misconduct and arrogance. Congressman Powell is a United States Representative from New York

Oral history transcript, Robert Lampman, interview 1 (I), 5/24/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that you had done one on poverty and unemployment. Did you see that and that a draft went to Adam Yarmolinsky, or AY as abbreviated? L: I see. one. Yes, live got that one here I think. This may have been the I gave some memorandum, a kind of a talk

Oral history transcript, David L. Hackett, interview 1 (I), 4/15/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of conflict between both HARYOU and, at that time, ACT, which was Adam Clayton Powell's group, and at the end of the eighteen-month period they merged into one organization and had on paper an excellent program. Therefore the confrontation here was between
department; the President's Task Force in the War Against Poverty; the concept of maximum feasible participation; Title II problems; the necessary components of the Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime Committee's plan; Adam Yarmolinsky's role on the task

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 12 (XII), 10/29/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

perceiving that the bill was going to help large numbers of black kids. Billy Graham became--a lot of things became important. I can remember [Johnson] saying to Adam Clayton Powell, "You've got to get the hell out of this country." Powell was chairman

Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 2 (II), 6/7/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that you worked on? The program was expanded quite a bit to over three billion dollars. J: I don't remember anything about that. G: You would have, I assume, worked with Adam Clayton Powell since he was chairman of the House committee you dealt with. J
the Kennedy family; Adam Clayton Powell; a party LBJ hosted for congressional aides; staying at the LBJ Ranch; the telephone system used by LBJ and staff; radio communication at the Ranch; having picketers near the Ranch arrested and later invited to the Ranch

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 10 (X), 5/13/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

rights-tainted legislation, as well as the legislation itself; education legislation that was tainted by civil rights, by the so-called [Adam Clayton] Powell amendment, that would deny federal funds for any federal program that supported discrimination

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 47 (XLVII), 6/13/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

on the Hill for Adam Clayton Powell and others to try and get control over the school lunch programs. But I believe they were all done--that the Child Nutrition Act went through the Agriculture committees. I don't remember anything about the Tower thing

Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1956" (Item)

. Not intended to be complete or definitive. discoverlbj.org rights generally. Participants include Rep. Jim Roosevelt of LA, Dick Bolling of Kansas City, Adam Clayton Powell of NYC, and Charles Diggs of Detroit. They reportedly decided on strategy to abandon

Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1960" (Item)

Convention of the Junior Chamber of Commerce. After his speech, LBJ holds a press conference and later he and CTJ attend a reception at the Johnson for President headquarters. While in Houston, LBJ also meets with Gilbert Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Hobart Taylor, Sr

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