Oral history transcript, Dr. Ralph K. Huitt, interview 2 (II), 10/5/1972, by Joe B. Frantz

Education-related legislation in the 1950s and 1960s; Huitt's involvement in civil rights programs and the civil rights office within HEW; White House staff members with whom Huitt worked; difficulty coordinating the work of separate government departments and agencies; Huitt's role as assistant secretary for legislation at HEW under John Gardner; the annual process for developing legislative proposals; working with members of Congress and their staffs; the collaborative nature of legislative work; the bipartisan nature of HEW's work; Huitt's work on the International Education Act and getting funding for it; the effect of money going toward funding Vietnam involvement rather than domestic programs for education; Huitt's involvement with consumer bills; John Gardner's relationship with LBJ; what Huitt learned from LBJ regarding legislation.