Oral history transcript, James W. Symington, interview 2 (II), 9/17/1969, by Joe B. Frantz

Title:

Oral history transcript, James W. Symington, interview 2 (II), 9/17/1969, by Joe B. Frantz

Number of Pages:

22

Description:

Symington’s limited contact with LBJ after 1960; relationship between LBJ and RFK; 1964 campaign; the Poverty Program; Dave Hackett; how Symington became the Executive Director of the President’s Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and his work to get the Committee into order; how Labor, Justice and HEW’s programs related to the Committee’s work; disseminating information about juvenile delinquency; becoming chief of protocol; reports from the Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice, the Kerner Commission and the Juvenile Delinquency Committee; options for helping juvenile delinquents and the connected costs; the demise of the Juvenile Delinquency committee; executive orders that are no longer being carried out.

Contributor:

Symington, James W. (James Wadsworth), 1927-

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 W. Symington

Subject:

1964 Campaign; Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968; Crime and law enforcement

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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