Oral history transcript, Ruth Prokop, interview 1 (I), 12/4/1974, by Michael L. Gillette

Prokop's career history; LBJ's vice presidential staff and Prokop's duties; LBJ's dissatisfaction with his vice presidency; how President Kennedy's staff viewed LBJ and his staff; Kennedy staff's lack of appreciation for LBJ's talents; why Prokop left the vice president's office and LBJ's response to her departure; how LBJ treated his staff; LBJ's view of the East Coast intellectual elite; LBJ's opinion of the Texas Observer; LBJ's willingness to help his staff with personal matters; Prokop leaving LBJ's staff to join the Commission on the Status of Women staff; Liz Carpenter's involvement in the Commission on the Status of Women; the early days of the women's movement; how the goals of the women's movement have changed; Eleanor Roosevelt's involvement in the Commission; opening the Office of Consumer Affairs and its the early work; Esther Peterson as head of Consumer Affairs; White House assistants interfering in program directors' access to the president; the relationship between the Department of Labor and the Consumer Affairs office