Oral history transcript, Robert Q. Marston, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1969, by Stephen Goodell

Biographical and professional information; appointment as Associate Director of National Institute of Health and director of Division of Regional Medical Programs; problems of regional medical cooperation; 1967 decision to move Regional Medical Programs to Health Services and Mental Health Administration with Marston moved to directorship of the latter; comparison of Secretaries John Gardner and Wilbur Cohen; NIH fiscal constraints beginning in 1964-1965 causing problems between federal government and health community; inconsistency in annual federal funding leading to decline in medical research; conflicting opinions on research Marston's contacts with President LBJ; LBJ's interest in health; contacts with Congress; Regional Medical Program's work with poverty programs; how interest in health and health issues is growing.