Name
Altmeyer, Arthur J. (Arthur Joseph), 1891-1972 (Interviewee)
Corning, Peter A., 1935- (Interviewer)
Title
Oral history interview with Arthur J. Altmeyer 1967
Abstract
Education, background in health insurance movement, John R. Commons; Committee on Economic Security, 1934-1935; Assistant Secretary of Labor, 1934; Advisory Council, National Conference on Health, 1938; administrative problems and policies in Social Security; training, relations with Congress, Treasury Dept., Internal Revenue Service; influence of organized labor and professional associations. Imp ressions of Frances Perkins, Edwin Witte, Wilbur Cohen, Isidore Falk, and others.
Collection Name
Social security project
Subjects
Government executives; Labor unions; New Deal, 1933-1939; Health insurance; United States Politics and government 1933-1945; United States Economic policy 1933-1945; Altmeyer, Arthur J. (Arthur Joseph), 1891-1972; United States. Social Security Administration; United States. Committee on Economic Security
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
1967
Physical Description
231 pages
Note (Biographical)
Administrator.
Note
Interviewed by Peter A. Corning in 1967.
Note (Provenance)
Arthur J. Altmeyer, Gift 1966
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Catalog Record
13555383
Also In
Oral History Archives at Columbia
Time-Based Media
Time-Based Media
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-grwb-p775
Related URLs
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