| 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 5 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: |
41 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/watt_interview_5.pdf
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
1960 to 1979
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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: |
09-Nov-1979
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| Interviewer: |
Ritchie, Donald A.
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| Organizations discussed: |
Black Panther Party; U.S. Congress. Senate; U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services; U.S. Congress. Senate. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
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| Historical events discussed: |
Vietnam Conflict, 1955-1975
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| Locations discussed: |
Asia; District of Columbia; North America; United States; Vietnam
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Armed Forces; Asia; Black Panther Party; Civil rights movements--United States; District of Columbia; Federal government; Law--United States; Legislative bodies--United States; Legislative hearings--United States; Legislators--United States; North America; Oral history; Political science--United States; Politicians; U.S. Congress. Senate; U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services; U.S. Congress. Senate. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations; United States; United States--Officials and employees; United States--Politics and government; Vietnam; Vietnam Conflict, 1955-1975
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0022113-23121
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