Oral history transcript, J. Graham Sullivan, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1968, by Monna Clark

The inability to evaluate the effect of changes in the education system; 1965-1968 education-related legislation; the need for the U.S. to put a high priority on necessary education; policy providing advance funding through the appropriation process by Congress; providing opportunities for planning of education programs through long-term legislation; Public Law 874 and 815; vocational education acts; state grants; relationship between the Office of Education, state and local education agencies; congressional opposition to regionalization; future consolidation of legislation; internal Office of Education problems and divisions; Educational Research Information Centers (ERIC); relationship between the private foundations and the Office of Education; relationship between the Office of Education and the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and the need for independence.