As Engineer met LBJ, the NYA director; WPA started by Roosevelt, NYA started by Mrs. Roosevelt; NYA tagged onto WPA for financing through Congress; WPA located in San Antonio, NYA in Austin; LBJ as state of Texas administrator of the NYA; Griffith's engineering office separate from LBJ's in Littlefield Building in Austin; Senator Wirtz on Advisory Committee; Gibb Gilchrist's Texas Highway Department; helping with red tape and paperwork supervising NYA boys on jobs; first roadside park at Onion Creek; Mrs. Roosevelt's visit; idea spread over Texas and the nation
Oral history transcript, Llewellyn B. Griffith, Sr., interview 1 (I), 8/15/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
Citation
Oral history transcript, Llewellyn B. Griffith, Sr., interview 1 (I), 8/15/1978, by Michael L. Gillette, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 29, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-griffithl-19780815-1-80-25