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During the turbulent 1960s, Lee C. White contributed in quiet ways to addressing and resolving the nation's most intractable civil rights problems, and played an early role in identifying and promoting environmental protection causes, as a Special Counsel to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Laced with anecdotes and humor, Government for the People is Lee White's story of his pursuits in the legislative and executive branches of government and in private legal practice.
Inspired by Senator George W. Norris, Republican of Nebraska, Lee White traversed the political lines of the legislative branch of government working for two of the most highly respected and admired United States Senators, John F. Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts, and John Sherman Cooper, Republican of Kentucky. He observed up close the workings of the Hoover Commission, charged with recommending policies to improve operations of the executive branch of government, as a right hand to former Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy. In the executive branch, White served, first, as a lawyer in the legal division of the Tennessee Valley Authority, and, later, as Chairman of the Federal Power Commission.
As a lawyer in private practice and a vigorous consumer advocate, Lee White led the Energy Policy Task Force of the Consumer Federation of America during the 1970s, advocating consumer interests before Congress and public forums. His many varied and challenging post-Government activities included having a ringside seat in the 1972 presidential election as campaign manager for George McGovern's Vice Presidential running mate, R. Sargent Shriver.
Based on a career devoted to the public interest aspects of legal and policy issues, and writing with as much political objectivity as he can garner, Lee White concludes his memoirs by contrasting the presidential administrations in which he served with that of President George W. Bush.
Contents
Part 1 List of Photographs
Part 2 Foreword
Part 3 Preface
Part 4 Acknowledgements
Part 5 Epigram
Chapter 6 Introduction
Part 7 I: My Early Career
Chapter 8 An Ideal First Job
Chapter 9 Legislative Assistant to Senator Kennedy
Chapter 10 The Hoover Commission
Chapter 11 Return to Senator Kennedy's Office
Chapter 12 The Senate Small Business Committee
Chapter 13 Senator John Sherman Cooper
Part 14 II: The Kennedy White House
Chapter 15 Joining the White House Staff
Chapter 16 The Legislative Agenda and The Legislative Process
Chapter 17 Domestic Programs and Policies
Chapter 18 JFK and Civil Rights
Chapter 19 The Assassination
Part 20 III: The Johnson White House
Chapter 21 The Johnson Years
Chapter 22 LBJ and Civil Rights
Chapter 23 Leaving the White House Staff
Part 24 IV: My Later Career
Chapter 25 The Federal Power Commission
Chapter 26 My Law Practice
Part 27 V: My Personal Life
Chapter 28 Family, Friends, and Heritage
Part 29 VI: Reflections of a White House Counsel
Chapter 30 Reflections on the Role of White House Staff
Part 31 Epilogue
Part 32 A Chronology of My Life, Work, and Times
Part 33 Abbreviations and Acronyms
Part 34 Index
Part 35 About the Editor
