Cronin's view of Vietnam policy in the mid-1960s; public opinion of the Vietnam War in 1967; Senator Tom Dodd's 1967 censure; ethics among senators; the Presidential Campaign Fund Act and the election reform bill; the 1967 expansion of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA); an alliance between Republicans and Southern Democrats in the Senate, and Everett Dirksen's influence on that alliance; Tommy Corcoran; the Hill-Burton Act and ESEA legislation that favored poorer states.
Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 7 (VII), 4/17/1990, by Michael L. Gillette
Citation
Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 7 (VII), 4/17/1990, by Michael L. Gillette, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 28, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-cronind-19900417-7-09-43