Biographical information; approach and success as Ohio State University president; first acquaintance with Sargent Shriver; circumstances of working with Job Corps planning task force; reason for his selection; various other members; degree of Republican opposition; Alden's role in task force planning in general; meetings with LBJ; interest in the problem of poverty; the Appalachian program; impression of Pat Moynihan; objection of Job Corps being to closely tied to military; handicaps and successes of youngsters who entered the Job Corps; Edith Green and Job Corps for women lobbying for program among Congress and the business community; business advisory group; selection of Otis Singletary to head Job Corps
Oral history transcript, Vernon R. Alden, interview 1 (I), 10/7/1981, by Michael L. Gillette
Citation
Oral history transcript, Vernon R. Alden, interview 1 (I), 10/7/1981, by Michael L. Gillette, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed September 1, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-aldenv-19811007-1-86-15