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- Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968
- that you could or should do. B: That announcement that the Cabinet would not be considered was interpreted in the press at the time as a rather elaborate way to not name Robert Kennedy as vice president. Was that the general opinion among those of you
Oral history transcript, Orville Freeman, interview 4 (IV), 11/17/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
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- LBJ's views on the food stamp program; the connection between civil rights and food programs; President Kennedy's involvement in food-related aid; funding and congressional support for the food stamp bill; Department of Agriculture involvement
- and Robert Kennedy went down to Mississippi and I think they met with you when they came back. Can you describe that sequence of events in your. . . ? F: I don't remember too vividly. We were doing everything we could, and step by step that thing
- of overtones, a lot of politics, a lot of areas where the legislative body is at its worst rather than at its best. And so after a lot of thought on this, we concluded, and I so recorrunended to President Kennedy, that rather than to recommend a farm program
- the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. During his tenure as agriculture secretary Freeman helped to establish food stamps and school breakfast programs for the poor, and pushed to expand global markets for American farmers. He also promoted loans and grants
- . And this was felt So the potential of these programs in terms of development tool was not given very much attention. It began to change very early in the--almost irrrrnediately I would say, with the advent of President Kennedy. I took a trip around the world