| 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 4 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: |
19 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/McClure4.pdf
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
1950 to 1969
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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: |
70
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| Document date: |
28-Jan-1983
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| Interviewer: |
Ritchie, Donald A.
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| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. Congress. Senate; U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor, Education, and Public Welfare
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| Historical events discussed: |
National Defense Education Act, U.S., 1958
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| Locations discussed: |
District of Columbia; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Bills, Legislative; District of Columbia; Education; Federal government; Law--United States; Legislative bodies--United States; Legislators--United States; National Defense Education Act, U.S., 1958; North America; Oral history; Political science--United States; Politicians; U.S. Congress. Senate; U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor, Education, and Public Welfare; United States; United States--Officials and employees; United States--Politics and government
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0022131-23155
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