Oral history transcript, John G. Feild, interview 2 (II), 7/23/1984, by Michael L. Gillette

Plans for Progress controversy; Bobby Troutman; EEO-1; requirement that individual facilities report statistics; corporate Plans for Progress office; how Bobby Troutman generated conflict between LBJ and RFK; volunteerism vs. mandatory compliance; the creation of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; how Jerry Holleman became executive vice chairman and changes following his resignation; Jerry Holleman's involvement with Billie Sol Estes; Billie Sol Estes' possible involvement in a dinner hosted by Arthur Goldberg to honor Vice President LBJ; Hobart Taylor, Jr.; refusing to relax the EE requirements as a political favor; Donald Cook; John Wheeler; Silliman Evans; public utilities' exemption from executive order; cutting off Houston Light and Power; Herbert Hill; examples of Hill's cases against non-compliant companies, including Southern Bell, General Motors, California Light and Power, Mississippi Light and Power; Hobart Taylor, Jr.; why Feild left the committee; NASA compliance issues; RFK's meeting behavior; James Webb; RFK's feuds with LBJ.