Transcript of oral history, 1967-1969.

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Transcript of oral history, 1967-1969.

Interview with Lord, civic and welfare worker and U.S. representative to the Human Rights Commission of the U.N. Economic and Social Council, by John T. Mason, Jr., 1967-1969, as part of the Eisenhower Administration Project sponsored by the Oral History Research Office, Columbia University.

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