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Interview of U.S. Representative Jamie Whitten
Identifier
whitten_audioreel_62
Creation Date
1966
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Description
Interview with U.S. Representative Jamie Whitten. Includes discussion of committee assignments; the Appropriations Committee; overriding President Eisenhower's 1959 veto on public works appropriations; Whitten's position as chair of the Agricultural Appropriations Subcommittee; relationship of Congress with the president and the Supreme Court; committee investigations; Whitten's book on pesticides, That We May Live; and Whitten's background in public office as district attorney and the Mississippi legislature
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Whitten, Jamie L.; United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations; United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Agricultural Department; United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on National Security; United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Public Works Appropriations; Pesticides
Relational Format
video recording
Extent
15:32
Original Format
reels
Original Collection
Jamie L. Whitten Collection (MUM00732), Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
Finding Aid
Rights
This media file is owned by the copyright holder and may not be reproduced, re-posted, captured or saved. Due to copyright concerns, the recordings in this collection can only be accessed by arrangement with the Department of Archives and Special Collections.
Comments
container label: Copy - 7 1/2, R-1, TV Program; Date is approximate: 1966-1995