Reminiscences of Howard C. Green : oral history, 1974.

Biographical Note

Canadian politician.

Scope and Contents

Personal background, World War I experiences: Western Front, occupation of Germany, Canadian-British cooperation; demobilization; British Columbia law practice; career in Conservative Party: Young Conservative Association, 1935 election to House of Commons, veterans affairs, 1940 and 1945 national elections, defense interest, post-war reconstruction, role of civil servants in legislature, alliances as opposition party leader; 1956 Conservative Party Leadership Conference, 1957 and 1958 dissolutions of Parliament; ministerial posts; Columbia River Treaty; impressions of Richard B. Bennet, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Christian Herter.

Subjects

• Burg, Maclyn, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Canada--Politics and government--20th century.
• Green, Howard C.--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Politicians--Canada--Interviews.
• Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
• World War, 1914-1918.

Access Conditions

Interview is in public domain, 1977.