Reminiscences of Robert Wager : oral history, 1990.

Biographical Note

Lawyer, government executive.

Scope and Contents

Family background, education; association with Ribicoff staff, beginning 1966; establishment of Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Energy Agency, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Management and Budget, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Law Enforcement Assistance Act of 1969; Chicago Democratic Convention, 1968; Israeli conflicts of 1967 and 1973; effect of Pueblo incident on 1973- 1974 campaign; Supreme Court nominations, 1970; federal role in urban affairs; General Accounting Office role in evaluating weapons systems; Ribicoff stance on civilian and military drug abuse; reminiscences of Ribicoff and staff members; career following employment with Ribicoff staff.

Subjects

• Administrative agencies.
• Democratic Party (U.S.)
• Drug abuse.
• Federal-city relations.
• Government executives--United States--Interviews.
• Independent regulatory commissions.
• Interviews.
• Israel-Arab War, 1967.
• Israel-Arab War, 1973.
• Lawyers--Interviews.
• Oral histories.
• Ribicoff, Abraham, 1910-1998.
• Soldiers drugs.
• United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
• United States. Congress. Senate.
• United States. General Accounting Office.
• United States. Supreme Court.
• Wager, Robert, 1934-
• Zane, Sharon, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr

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