Oral history interview with Howard Alexander Smith, 1963
Other Titles
Reminiscences of Howard Alexander Smith, 1963
Abstract
Boyhood in New York, N.Y.; Princeton, Columbia Law School; Colorado practice, 1905; United States Food Administration, Herbert Hoover, World War I; executive secretary, Princeton, 1920-1930; Chairman, Republican Party, New Jersey, Member Republican National Committee, 1939; United States Senate career, 1944-1958: primaries and campaigns, labor reform legislation, party reorganization, refugee probl ems, Taft-Hartley Act, Voice of America, Smith-Mundt Act; extensive travel in Europe and Far East; Republican Policy Committee, 1951; Douglas MacArthur hearings; Japan Peace Treaty; Senate Labor Committee; Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, 1954; health legislation; civil rights; impressions of many political figures
Legislators--United States; United States Politics and government 20th century; Smith, H. Alexander (Howard Alexander), 1880-1966; Princeton University; Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ); United States. Congress
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
1963
Physical Description
595 pages
Note (Biographical)
Senator, lawyer
Note (Funding)
Digital reproduction funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Note
Digitized by Safe Sound Archive, Philadelphia, 2010