Biographical information; CAB appointment; Northeastern Airlines decisions; air congestion and stacking over airports; role as the Under Secretary of Commerce for Transportation; contact with Vice President Johnson; maritime strike; establishment of the Department of Transportation; Urban Mass Transit; Maritime Administration; National Transportation Safety Board; appointment as Secretary and confirmation; reflections on LBJ; domestic legislative achievements; international relations; effects of Vietnam War; format of his department in regards to staffing and salaries; jurisdiction of Assistant Secretaries; Coast Guard; expansion of uses of Highway Trust Fund;
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Citation
Oral history transcript, Alan S. Boyd, interview 2 (II), 12/18/1968, by David G. McComb, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 31, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-boyda-19681218-2-74-181-b