Oral history transcript, Roy Millenson, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1990, by Michael L. Gillette

Millenson's work for Jacob Javits and the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare from 1949-1959; how Millenson became aware of LBJ as Senate majority leader; staff organization in the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare; how committee reports were submitted; working with majority and minority committee members; disagreements in the committee over allocation formulas to states; the Hill-Burton formula; the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965; disadvantages to starting federal programs immediately after the authorizing legislation was passed; the role of the minority party and lobbyists; the increase in lobbying and associations in Washington D.C.; political debates based on politicians' home state rather than political party; Millenson's involvement in the Clinical Lab Act in 1965.