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Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, United Church Women Luncheon, 3/24/1965" (Item)

-FOR RELEASE UPON DELIVERY MARCH 24, 1965 -- 12:30 P• m. REMARKS BY MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON UNITED CHURCH WOMEN LUNCHEON Friends -- and, I know if the President were here, he would add - Allies in the War on Poverty: Thank you for your kind

Oral history transcript, R. Sargent Shriver, interview 5 (V), 11/29/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

as the War on Poverty was concerned, Adam was instinctively in favor of a struggle to help people who were poor. A huge percentage of his constituents were poor. 1 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B
Adam Clayton Powell’s role in Congress and his criticism of Shriver and the Office of Economic Opportunity; the political ramifications of dispersing federal funds without the input of local politicians; John Connally’s criticism of War on Poverty

Lady Bird Johnson's Daily Diary entry, 4/7/1966 (Item)

Oreole's and birthplace, Bailey Place. 8:23 Arrived main house. 8:30 Dinner: Pickles, Luci, Pat, Phyllis 9:15 Living room: "Poverty Tours of 1964" and "A War Within a War" 10:45 President to bed

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 31 (XXXI), 7/11/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Department and particularly the impetus for the War on Poverty as coming from the fact that a very large number of men were failing the physical and mental minimum [requirements] set up by the Selective Service system. C: I don't think that was the impetus

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Kentucky Federation of Women's Clubs Annual Convention in Lexington, KY, 5/21/1964" (Item)

on the outskirts of hope because they are too poor. That's why Lyndon's war on poverty bill, now in the Congress, is so important to the conscience and the future of this country. MORE .. , '\ There is no magic formula, no handy ready-mix l But by training

Oral history transcript, R. Sargent Shriver, interview 1 (I), 8/20/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and women, the outcasts of our society. Soup kitchens, they used to call them; I worked at soup kitchens down there. So my interest in poverty goes back to those days. After World War II, I was one of the people involved in the organization
for International Development; President John F. Kennedy’s work on what would become the War on Poverty; LBJ’s reputation for wanting to help people; how Shriver heard about LBJ’s "War on Poverty;" LBJ naming Shriver as head of the War on Poverty; how Shriver

Oral history transcript, Hyman Bookbinder, interview 3 (III), 6/30/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of specific poverty-labeled programs, but that we were to be the spur and the monitor and the examiner, the critic, of the whole range of government affairs, to see that they become more poverty-conscious and do things that will contribute to the War

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Vista Graduation, St. Petersburg, Florida, 2/26/1965" (Item)

the economic opportunity programs being launched, none better expresses the spirit of the entire war against poverty than the VISTA operation. I am pleased to meet you VISTA graduates in person and to see you at work -- as I will later in the day. You have

Oral history transcript, James Sundquist, interview 1 (I), 4/7/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

of the Uemocratic National Convention. Moreover, in 1964you were an active participant in Sargent Shriver's task force on the War on Poverty. To begin with, how did you happen to join up with the 1964 task force on the ~Jar Against Poverty, and what were
Working on the War on Poverty Task Force; JFK’s plans for “Widening Participation in Prosperity”; Economic Opportunity Bill; land reform proposal; extension service; urban vs. rural poverty; lack of support for rural communities; division

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

, 1969 INTERVIEWEE: STEPHEN POLLAK INTERVIEWER: THOMAS H. BAKER PLACE: National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 2 B: Sir, beginning in 1964 you served as counsel to the President's Task Force on the War on Poverty, I believe. Would
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

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

, especially in the early years of OEO, focused on the charge that war on poverty was a handout effort. How much Congressional opposition stems from a kind of ideological predisposition which opposes the basic concepts underlying the war on poverty? H: I
years; failure of OEO to coordinate total anti-poverty effort; charge that anti-poverty war raised expectations of poor without providing for means to fulfill their expectations.

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 57 (LVII), 12/12/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of the War on Poverty, and the President repeatedly saying, "We're going to end poverty; we're going to end poverty." And the reality of the difficulty of doing that [was], one, it was more difficult than we thought it would be, but, two, these gleaming

Oral history transcript, Herbert J. Kramer, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

either in the Peace Corps or in the War on Poverty. The War on Poverty had just moved over to its new headquarters in the Brown Building and we talked in a very barren comer office on the eighth floor. He had me meet people in the Job Corps and other

Oral history transcript, Adam Yarmolinsky, interview 2 (II), 10/21/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, 1980 INTERVIEWEE: ADAM YARMOLINSKY INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: Mr. Yarmolinsky's office, Washington, D. C. Tape 1 of 1 G: Let's start with your earliest involvement with the War on Poverty. Were you at all involved before Sargent

Oral history transcript, Leon Keyserling, interview 1 (I), 1/9/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

priorities-to education, to health, to a war against poverty, and so forth. Now, the budget does this in a limited way, but the economic report has to do it in a broader way. Now, it is only when you have what might be called a ten- year national economic
Employment Act of 1946, its intended and eventual uses; tax reductions of 1964; regulating the federal budget; the war against poverty and its failures; local control of education; planning in a free society; President John F. Kennedy; rising

Oral history transcript, William M. Capron, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Report of the President which laid the groundwork for what came to be known as the War on Poverty. That work was begun in the spring of 1963 by Bob Lampman, who was and remains one of the distinguished experts in the field of income distribution. 1 LBJ
agency would function; the decision to put the Job Corps under the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO); the relationship between Sargent Shriver and Adam Yarmolinsky in the development of the War on Poverty task force; a Christmas 1963 meeting of cabinet

Oral history transcript, Kermit Gordon, interview 4 (IV), 4/8/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

of category? G: Not really, because the phrase "the war on poverty" does relate to a quite specific and concrete program purpose. In a sense, I think, it was less grand--it was certainly a grand phrase--but a less grand phrase than the Great Society

Folder, "August 9, 1967 - 6:40 p.m. President's meeting with labor leaders," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

of catastrophy are a always had prophets of doom. Some assistance versus domestic growth. for a war against aggression. abroad standard American fare. We have say that it is a matter of foreign I believe we have a responsibility and a war against poverty at home
Welfare and War on Poverty

Folder, "October 17, 1967 - 5:35 p.m. Congressional Leadership," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

before I sent the budget to the Congress. I have about "imaged out." If Mills has an answer then let's see it. I understand that you are even considering a 30% cut in foreign aid. Congressman Albert: I do know that it looks as though poverty will be cut

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 60, 1 June 1995," LBJ Library (Item)

a peaceful resolution to some of the conflicts raging around the world. Some of the points in his address: ... There are more wars on earth now than at any other time in history more than 100 conflicts. almost three dozen of which are major wars. ... Almost

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

, creative new mechanisms, for how to channel the public and private sector, as well as effective programs. I think most of the programs that ultimately ended up in the War on Poverty came out of the experimental programs developed by Mobilization for Youth
to the programs; Shriver's work as head of the War on Poverty; congressional support for programs with immediate results; Hackett's belief that problems addressed by the OEO would have been better served by a coordinated federal effort involving more than one

Oral history transcript, Robert A. Levine, interview 1 (I), 2/26/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

: Almost nil? L: I had heard from informed citizens, idea of what the war on poverty was, period. it. I was interested in the idea, but I hadn't followed At RAND I had been working on international and military and arms control matters. I was feeling
Amendment; poverty; racial inopportunity problems; critical evaluations; Bert Harding; CEA; hostility toward OEO; Adam Clayton Powell; Yarmolinsky; Job Corps; evaluation of Head Start; BOB; John Forrer; Kermit Gordon; Scultze; Zwick; Cannon; Cary; Senator

Folder, "[September 1, 1967 - 1:40 p.m. Meeting with Business Leaders]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

of tre world, and living up to the SEATO treaty. He discussed the program of the war, pointing out the charts show a gradual increase in population under government control, and other evidence that there is no stalemate. Jay Wells questioned the President

Oral history transcript, Milton P. Semer, interview 1 (I), 10/22/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

on the recorder, how these preceded and were more significant than the legislative enactments of the 1960s. S: I think that the War on Poverty was started in the legislative branch and not in the executive branch, both as to ideas and leadership. There are two
Early ideas and leadership in Congress that led to the War on Poverty; getting the depressed areas bill, also known as the area redevelopment bill, passed in 1961; administration and funding of the area redevelopment programs; housing legislation

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

by the Peace Corps. I wanted a job in the international-type field in Washington. G: Do you recall the circumstances of getting involved with the War on Poverty task force? H: Yes. That, too, was accidental. I had sometime previously arranged to leave
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

Folder, "McNamara, Robert," Office Files of Fred Panzer, Box 379 (Item)

most statements of Soviet the nature party of that threat it, over of a new war the Communist concern because II that Lenin's of the new means is the question words . question "resound to be one of the entitled Communist the next
Vietnam War, 1961-1975

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

INTERVIEWEE: ROBERT LAMPMAN INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Dr. Lampman's residence, Madison, Wisconsin Tape 1 of 2 G: Let's start, Dr. Lampman, by asking you to trace the beginning of your involvement with what became the War on Poverty. L
Initial involvement with the War on Poverty; work with the Council of Economic Advisers; income distribution; tax cut; 1964 campaign and poverty problem; meetings on poverty issue; differences in concept of poverty; key people involved; rejection

Telephone conversation # 13114, transcript, LBJ and JAMES MCCROCKLIN, 6/6/1968, 12:30PM (Item)

Welfare and War on Poverty

Press release, "Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson's Remarks at Crow-Cheyenne Welcoming Ceremony, Tribal Community Building, Crow Reservation, 8/14/1964" (Item)

last January, he promised that your needs and concerns would be a primary part of the agenda concerned with the war on poverty. I assure you he has not forgotten. As you know, Secretary Udall has directed the Interior De partment to chart a ten-year

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Thomasville, Georgia, 10/8/1964" (Item)

total powe r - - economic, social, and milita ry - - years heralding the defeat of the age -old enemies of poverty that cripple bodies and m inds -- years of changing the national climate from fear and distrust to courage and faith. My main reason

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Biloxi, Mississippi, 10/9/1964" (Item)

dollars and cents evidence of good economic management by this Democratic administration, whose objectives and programs -- including the poverty program - has been to help assure that all Americans share more equitably in these gains in the future

Press release, "Arrival Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Newark Airport, 8/12/1965" (Item)

spot may come, my friends, a Sandburg, a Lincoln, a George Washington Carver - - all would have been eligible for Head Start. Governor, New Jers ey was the fo:irst state to enlist in the War On Poverty. I know how much of your own leadership you have

Oral history transcript, Frederick O'Reilly Hayes, interview 1 (I), 10/7/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: FREDERICK O'REILLY HAYES INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: Mr. Hayes' Office, Lexington, MA G: I want to ask you how you first became involved with the War on Poverty task force operation. H: That is a long and complicated story
How Hayes became involved with the War on Poverty task force; early ideas on how to combat poverty; tension between task force director Sargent Shriver and people who worked on poverty issues before the task force was formed; staffing the Community

Oral history transcript, John A. Baker, interview 2 (II), 12/11/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, 1980 INTERVIEWEE: JOHN A. BAKER INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: Mr. Baker's residence, Arlington, Virginia Tape 1 of 2 G: Mr. Baker, l e t ' s start today on the War on Poverty task force. Let me just ask you how you got
Biographical information; War on Poverty task force; rural conservation centers; Job Corps vs. CCC; rural anti-poverty program land reform; migratory farm work; task force meetings; maximum feasible participation; OEO legislation; SWAFCA (Southwest

Oral history transcript, Carl B. Albert, interview 3 (III), 7/9/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

--the Open Housing Bill; the War On Poverty Bills, particularly on funding I think this was a major area of problem; the Demonstration Cities in this year which-- A: There was a lot of opposition to Demonstration Cities. The Poverty Bill

Oral history transcript, Morris Abram, interview 2 (II), 5/3/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

committed because he sees the thing in an ideological framework in which Israel is part of the defense against the Soviet Union. G: Interesting point. Let's shift to domestic policy and the War on Poverty. A: I was on the Council of Economic Opportunity
in 1966 and Robert Kennedy’s involvement; a connection between U.S. support for Israel and Jewish support of Vietnam; LBJ’s Middle Eastern policy; the War on Poverty; the HARYOU-Act Program; Patrick Moynihan’s report on the black family; War on Poverty’s

Folder, "Pepper, Claude (Senator) [1947]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 29 (Item)

the Republican dominate~ Ways and Means Committee of the House has already resolved to carry on all of the s.o called luxury taxes, a group of sales taxes, imposed during too war. They said they were going to cut personal income taxes, but now

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 34, 15 July 1985," LBJ Library (Item)

" Moderator: Douglass Cater Panelists: James MacGregor Bums James Farmer Barbara C. Jordan Nan Robertson 11:00a.m. "'fl1e J#:zrOn Poverty" Moderator: Ray Marshall Panelists: Arthur I. Blaustein Rossie D. Kelly Lawrence F. O'Brien Otis A. Singletary R. Sargent

Oral history transcript, Christopher Weeks, interview 1 (I), 12/10/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, 1980 INTERVIHJEE: CHRISTOPHER WEEKS INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: Cosmos Club, Washi~9ton, D.C. Tape 1 of 2 G: Mr. Weeks. let's start with your involvement in the War on Poverty Task Force. lid like to ask you to trace your earlier
Budget Bureau position; Peace Corps involvement; War on Poverty; LBJ’s early support of the poverty program; Bill Moyers’ involvement; appointment of Shriver; task force on the War on Poverty; Community Action Program; maximum feasible participation

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

: Press briefing #508- Aindicated the following: "Mr. Shriver discussed with the President both the national progress of the War against poverty and the Texas tour that he is completing. The President expre ;se his great pleasure at the progress being made

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