Reminiscences of Joel W. (Jay) Solomon : oral history, 1981

Biographical Note

Government executive

Scope and Contents

Family history; involvement of the Solomon family in the political campaigns of Senator Sasser and Jimmy Carter; Director, General Services Administration, 1977-79: first impressions, areas under its control, Deputy Director Robert T. Griffin, fraud inherent in the bureaucracy, changes in operational policies, attempts to correct fraud and waste, reinstating whistle blowers; Carter cabinet personalities, including Bert Lance, Jerry Rafshoon, and Frank Moore; reactions of Jimmy Carter and his Cabinet to fraud in the General Services Administration; return to civilian life; 1980 Presidential campaign; reactions to the Reagan Administration

Subjects

• Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
• Edwin, Ed, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Government executives--United States--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Political corruption.
• Presidents--United States--Election--1980.
• Solomon, Joel Warren, 1921-
• United States--Politics and government--1977-1981.
• United States. General Services Administration.

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Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1988