Oral history transcript, Charles J. Zwick, interview 1 (I), 4/25/1969, by David G. McComb

Biographical information; developing the Mekong project; Shriver tries to get Zwick into OEO; named assistant budget director; surmise that Vietnam would not last long; the task force to create the Department of Transportation; role of J. Califano; the highway safety question; the inland waterways issue; the maritime issue; the aviation safety issue; the Coast Guard issue; the urban mass transit issue; LBJ and Califano "saddle" Alan Boyd with John Robson and Everett Hutchinson; operation of the Troika; Nancy Teeters; the Quadriad; Dan Brill; W. Martin and the Federal Reserve raise the interest rate; the Deming Group; preparing the budget and the economic report of the president; the budget director as a witness before Congress; Zwick is appointed budget director; Shriver meets LBJ in Austin to resign.