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Oral history interview with Alanson Willcox [electronic resource], 1966

Creator: Willcox, Alanson Work, 1901-1978
Project: Social security project.
(see all project interviews)
Phys. Desc. :Transcript: 140 pages sound file : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit)
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Lawyer.

Scope and Contents

Drafting Social Security Act, 1935-36; legal adviser, Social Security Board, 1938; General Counsel, Federal Security Agency, 1947; Murray-Wagner-Dingell bill; philosophy of social security; evaluation of legislation; Medicare: positions of American Medical Association, Blue Cross, and American Hospital Association. Impressions of Jack Tate, Tom Eliot, Wilbur Cohen, and others.

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Copyright by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1976

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