Oral history transcript, George McCarthy, interview 1 (I), 4/22/1981, by Michael L. Gillette

How McCarthy came to work with the War on Poverty task force; John Blatnik's involvement in Minnesota Job Corps centers; McCarthy's work with Job Corps; the organization of Job Corps; the Labor Department's work with the War on Poverty; initial problems with recruiting and placing enrollees in appropriate Job Corps programs; Job Corps training for women; comparing federal leadership at conservation centers to private/corporate leadership at training centers; the Gary Job Corps Center in Texas; Otis Singletary's leadership; factors in site selection for Job Corps centers; criticism of Adam Yarmolinsky; criticism of the cost of the Job Corps program; congressional support for, and opposition to, Job Corps legislation; the process of getting a budget approved; working with Congress to get support for War on Poverty programs; speaking to Senator James Eastland about "Doc" Harold Howe's role in OEO; problems with the Child Development Group of Mississippi; getting support for OEO from mayors; increasing local political control of OEO programs; LBJ's support and understanding of OEO programs.