Oral history transcript, Anthony J. Celebrezze, interview 1 (I), 1/26/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan

Title:

Oral history transcript, Anthony J. Celebrezze, interview 1 (I), 1/26/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan

Number of Pages:

39

Description:

Biographical information; choice of LBJ as VP; LBJ as chairman of EEO Commission; operation of HEW; liaison with Presidential staff; first cabinet meeting; assessment of cabinet meetings; poverty bill/program; ESEA; LBJ's assistance in passing legislation; Senate vote on Medicare testifying on the hill; civil rights bill; duties as Secretary; expansion of Office of Aging; women in government; appointment by Secretary; birth control report; surgeon general's report on smoking; LBJ and the press; urban problems; relationship with LBJ; 1963-1965 legislation; appointment as Federal judge; effect of Vietnam on domestic policies; participation in 1964 campaign; changes in administrative procedure at HEW; difficulties encountered as first member of ethnic group to be appointed to Cabinet

Contributor:

Celebrezze, Anthony J. (Anthony Joseph), 1910-

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with Anthony J. Celebrezze

Subject:

1964 Campaign; Department of Housing, Education, and Welfare; Vietnam

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted: see deed at end of transcript for details