Reminiscences of Arnold Saltzman, 1996
Arnold A. Saltzman (Interviewee), Ronald J. Grele (Interviewer)
Childhood: Brooklyn, New York, Czechoslovakian ancestry, family reminiscences; Columbia College [CC], 1932-1936; B.A. political science and economics 1936, debate team, Jewish Students Organization president, Beta Sigma Rho chancellor; campus poitical environment; Premier Knitting Company: family business, sales manager, vice-president, factory unionization 1936; Office of Price Administration [OPA] 1940: general price administrator, price controls debates, War Production Board member, National War Mobilization effort; marriage 1942; Coast Guard ensign; Botany Mills vice-president; Seagrave Corporation president: national conglomerate, glass manufacturing, name change to Vista Corporation 1961; government activities: Atomic Non-Proliferation Treaty involvement; Central American diplomacy 1960s, Salvador, Guatemala, educational reform; Democratic Party campaigning, fund-raising; Kennedy and Johnson administration comparison; political impressions; Vietnam War
Manuscript, English, 1996