| Title: |
Ruth Young Watt
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
U.S. Congress. Senate. Historical Office
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| Collection: |
Senate Oral History Project
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| Series: |
Item 4 of Series Ruth Young Watt
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| Description: |
As chief clerk of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Ruth Watt managed the hearing rooms, made arrangements for witnesses and investigators, took care of the subcommittee's finances, issued its subpoenas, supervised its records, and in general handled its paperwork. She worked closely with subcommittee chairmen from Joseph R. McCarthy to Henry M. Jackson, and with staff members who included William P. Rogers, Roy Cohn, Robert F. Kennedy, Pierre Salinger and Carmine Bellino. She also offers candid reminiscences of such colorful witnesses as Howard Hughes, Jimmy Hoffa, and Joe Valachi.
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| Extent: |
21 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/watt_interview_4.pdf
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
1955 to 1965
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| Speaker: |
Watt, Ruth Young, 1910-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
26-Feb-1910
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Brooks, ME; Maine; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Chief clerk
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| Age at speaking: |
69
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| Document date: |
05-Oct-1979
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| Interviewer: |
Ritchie, Donald A.
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| People discussed: |
Joseph Raymond McCarthy; Kennedy, Bobby; Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968; Kennedy, Robert Francis; McCarthy, Joseph Raymond, 1908-1957; RFK; Robert F. Kennedy
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| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. Congress. Senate; U.S. Congress. Senate. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
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| Locations discussed: |
District of Columbia; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
District of Columbia; Federal government; Joseph Raymond McCarthy; Kennedy, Bobby; Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968; Kennedy, Robert Francis; Law--United States; Legislative bodies--United States; Legislative hearings--United States; Legislators--United States; McCarthy, Joseph Raymond, 1908-1957; North America; Oral history; Political science--United States; Politicians; RFK; Robert F. Kennedy; U.S. Congress. Senate; U.S. Congress. Senate. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations; United States; United States--Officials and employees; United States--Politics and government; Work; Work environment
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Army-McCarthy hearings
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0022112-23119
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