Oral history transcript, Sherwin J. Markman, interview 1 (I), 5/21/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Title:
Oral history transcript, Sherwin J. Markman, interview 1 (I), 5/21/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Number of Pages:
79
Description:
Biographical information; work on Credentials Committee at 1964 Democratic Convention; support for Adlai Stevenson at 1956 and 1960 Conventions; JFK’s nomination at 1960 Convention; becaming a State Dept. employee 1965; contact with Senator Robert Kennedy and staff in 1965 over an anti-Vietnam speech; work at the White House as a House of Representatives liaison and assistant to Marvin Watson; Chicago and Philadelphia ghetto experiences and ghetto reports to LBJ; rise of black power; White House relationship with Congreess during LBJ’s presidency; shepherding bills through Congress; meat inspection act, War on Poverty and OEO; LBJ’s meeting with Kosygin at Glassboro, N.J.; work towards LBJ’s nomination before his March 1968 withdrawal; Markman’s reaction to withdrawal decision; details in planning LBJ’s 1966 travel; LBJ as 'captive president' due to anti-war demonstrations; FBI investigation of potential White House appointments/employments and summaries of files for president; assessment of LBJ; White House staff; assessment of LBJ’s presidency.
