Oral history transcript, John A. Schnittker, interview 1 (I), 11/21/1968, by T.H. Baker

Biographical information; Democratic and political activity background; LBJ’s acceptance of VP nomination; Orville Freeman; positions on JFK/LBJ staffs; 1961 Grain Act; struggle with Congress; JFK assassination; appointment as Under Secretary; contact with LBJ; Lady Bird; access to the President; Kennedy Round; comparison of LBJ and JFK staffs; support of RFK after 3/31 announcement; LBJ request not to actively support a candidate; difference in general agricultural policy between LBJ and JFK administrations; agricultural legislation; Freeman’s “report and review” sessions; 1965 Food and Agriculture Act; BOB; price support program; Farm Bureau; Food for Peace Program (PL480); India; self-help feature; aid to Latin America; AID mission; relationship to poverty programs and area development; inter-departmental activity; small family farms; Departments of Agriculture name change proposal; Trade Expansion Act of 1962