| Title: |
Stewart E. McClure
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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 1 of Series Stuart E. McClure
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| Description: |
When the Russians launched Sputnik, Stuart McClure as Chief Clerk of the Committee on Labor, Education and Public Welfare suggested that an education bill currently being considered might stand a better chance of passage if it were packaged as a defense measure. From his memo was born the National Defense Education Act. Having previously served as Administrative Assistant to Senator Guy Gillette (an Iowa Democrat), McClure became Chief of Staff of the Labor Committee in 1955 under the chairmanship of Senator Lister Hill, and again in 1971 under the chairmanship of Senator Harrison Williams. He recounts the avalanche of domestic legislation that the committee handled during the Great Society and offers candid assessments of the internal politics and stresses of committee life during those years.
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| Extent: |
22 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/McClure1.pdf
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
1913 to 1951
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| Speaker: |
McClure, Stewart E., 1913-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
11-Mar-1913
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Omaha, NE; Nebraska; 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: |
08-Dec-1982
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| Interviewer: |
Ritchie, Donald A.
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| People discussed: |
Gillette, Guy Mark, 1879-1973; Guy M. Gillette; Guy Mark Gillette
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| Organizations discussed: |
Amherst College, Amherst, MA; U.S. Congress. Senate
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| Historical events discussed: |
World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
District of Columbia; Europe; France; Nebraska; New York; New York, NY; North America; Omaha, NE; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Amherst College, Amherst, MA; Antisemitism; Biography; District of Columbia; Education; Education, Higher; Europe; Family; France; Gillette, Guy Mark, 1879-1973; Guy M. Gillette; Guy Mark Gillette; Journalism; Nebraska; New York; New York, NY; North America; Omaha, NE; Oral history; Political activists; Political campaigns--United States; Political science--United States; U.S. Congress. Senate; United States; Work; Work environment; World War II, 1939-1945; Writing
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0022128-23149
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