Reminiscences of Wilbur Joseph Cohen : oral history, 1974.

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Reminiscences of Wilbur Joseph Cohen : oral history, 1974.

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Work with Edwin Witte and President's Committee on Economic Security, 1934; drafting Truman health message, 1945; Hill-Burton Act, 1946; studies undertaken as Research Director, Universal Military Training Commission; roles with Commission on Social Security; Professor, School of Social Work, University of Michigan, 1956-61; passage of 1965 Medicare bill; Assistant Secretary, Health, Education, and Welfare, 1961-68; Secretary, Health, Education, and Welfare, 1968-69; observations of United States politics, 1930s-70s; impressions of Samuel Rosenman, Theodore Sorenson, Arthur Altmeyer, Lyndon B. Johnson.

Transcript: 245 leaves.Tape: 2 reels, 1 cassette.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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