Reminiscences of Arthur S. Flemming : oral history, 1964.

Biographical Note

Lawyer, government official; interviewee b. 1905.

Scope and Contents

Value of legal background for administrative positions; work on UNITED STATES DAILY; development of American University's School of Public Affairs; establishment of federal right to control states' Social Security policies; Civil Service Commission, 1939-1948; evolution of National Institutes of Health's institutional grant mechanisms; interrelationships of agencies in research policies; cooperation of National Institutes of Health and Office of Education; importance of dissemination of research results; balancing control and research freedom.

Subjects

• American University. School of Public Affairs.
• Flemming, Arthur S.
• Government executives--United States--Interviews.
• Health services administration.
• Interviews.
• Lawyers--Interviews.
• National Institute of Health (U.S.)
• Oral histories.
• Phillips, Harlan B., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Public health--Research.

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