Reminiscences of Kenneth Williamson : oral history, 1967.

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Reminiscences of Kenneth Williamson : oral history, 1967.

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California health insurance program, 1930-33; work with Blue Cross and American Hospital Association; impressions of American Medical Association leaders; Wagner-Murray bill; work with federal government, 1945-67; Health, Education and Welfare; Public Health Service; Forand bill; Medicare; President John F. Kennedy's concern for health programs and aid to the aged; Special Committee on Aging. Impressions of Nelson Cruikshank, Andrew Biemiller, Nelson Rockefeller, Wilbur Cohen, Wilbur Mills, Alanson Willcox, and others.

Transcript: 240 leaves.Tape: 4 reels.

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

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