Oral history transcript, James J. Reynolds, interview 2 (II), 10/1/1970, by Joe B. Frantz

Title:

Oral history transcript, James J. Reynolds, interview 2 (II), 10/1/1970, by Joe B. Frantz

Number of Pages:

24

Description:

Civil service federal union third party mediation; the unique issues of a federal worker union; how Reynolds’ became Undersecretary of Labor, 1967; Reynolds’ work in a commission to examine certain U.S. foreign and domestic policies; involvement with Mexican-American workers and braceros; exploitation of Mexican-Americans; Cesar Chavez; Memphis sanitation strike in 1968 and eventual wage increase resolution; Martin Luther King’s assassination; problems with communications workers, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and Chicago Belt Railroad threatened to halt Democratic National Convention.

Contributor:

Reynolds, James J.

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with James J. Reynolds

Subject:

Assassinations; King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted: see deed at end of transcript for details