Oral history interview with Paul J. Kilday, 1965 August 28.

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Oral history interview with Paul J. Kilday, 1965 August 28.

Interview with Paul J. Kilday concerning his experiences as an attorney, judge, and former U.S. Congressman from San Antonio from 1939-1949. Kilday discusses neutrality legislation, selective service legislation, Lend-Lease, conscientious objectors, the atomic bomb, demobilization, the Marshall Plan, and the Truman Doctrine. He also talks about the creation of the Atomic Energy Commission, the Unification Act of the Armed Services, the creation of the Department of Defense, and his campaign for Congress against Maury Maverick in 1938.

92 leaves ; 29 cm.

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