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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

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

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