Oral history transcript, Robert E. Jordan III, interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)

Biographical information; prosecuting White House sit-in demonstrators; Frank Reeves; Howard Reed; Ralph Roberts, clerk of the House, and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; David Dellinger and the March on the Pentagon; "Murphy" confidence games and the Mayor of Selma; J. Edgar Hoover and the Yarmouth Castle case; Secret Service-FBI merger issue; anecdote of LBJ's political acumen; Jim Wright an issue of constitutionality; dealing with civil disturbances; the M-16 rifle investigation; comparison of police and military units in controlling civil disturbances; the Chicago riots of 1968; police relations with the black community; The D.C. riots following the MLK assassination; reluctance to use federal troops; difficulties in planning the use of troops in domestic disturbances; the Chicago riots in 1968; the media and the riots; the National Guard and riot control; the Army Cemetery System; the Civil Works Program of the Corps of Engineers; Governor Branigan of Indiana; the Trinity River Project; description and evaluation of the Corps of Engineers and its operations; future of navigable waterways projects; the RFK funeral; the military as an instrument for social programs; Project 100,000; proportion of black soldiers in Vietnam; functions of the general counsel of the army