Oral history interview with Howard Alexander Smith, 1963

Biographical Note

Senator, lawyer

Scope and Contents

Boyhood in New York, N.Y.; Princeton, Columbia Law School; Colorado practice, 1905; United States Food Administration, Herbert Hoover, World War I; executive secretary, Princeton, 1920-1930; Chairman, Republican Party, New Jersey, Member Republican National Committee, 1939; United States Senate career, 1944-1958: primaries and campaigns, labor reform legislation, party reorganization, refugee problems, Taft-Hartley Act, Voice of America, Smith-Mundt Act; extensive travel in Europe and Far East; Republican Policy Committee, 1951; Douglas MacArthur hearings; Japan Peace Treaty; Senate Labor Committee; Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, 1954; health legislation; civil rights; impressions of many political figures

Subjects

• Hawkins, John W., interviewer.
• Interviews.
• Legislators--United States--Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Princeton University.
• Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
• Smith, H. Alexander (Howard Alexander), 1880-1966--Interviews.
• United States--Politics and government--20th century.
• United States. Congress. Senate.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1972