Interview with Mark O. Hatfield, June 28, 1984
Project: John Sherman Cooper Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Senator Hatfield begins the interview by recalling how he first met John Sherman Cooper. Additionally, Hatfield talks of his and Cooper's role in the 1964 Republican National Convention. Hatfield evaluates why Cooper tended to vote independently of the Republicans. Hatfield also details Cooper's political ideology. The interviewee provides his views on New Deal politicians. Cooper's role in civil rights legislation is considered. Cooper's perspective on Cold War policy is discussed. Hatfield provides an overview of Cold War politics during the 1960s. Cooper's faults are also mentioned. Hatfield concludes the interview with an assessment of why Cooper did not vote for the Hatfield-McGovern amendment.Interview Accession
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Cooper, John Sherman, 1901-1991 Hatfield, Mark O., 1922-2011 Hatfield, Mark O., 1922-2011--Interviews Politicians Politicians--United States Politics and government United States--Politics and government Washington (D.C.) Voting New Deal, 1933-1939 Ideology Civil rights Civil rights movement Cold War Vietnam War, 1961-1975 CommunismInterview Rights
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Hatfield, Mark O. Interview by William Cooper. 28 Jun. 1984. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Hatfield, M.O. (1984, June 28). Interview by W. Cooper. John Sherman Cooper Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Hatfield, Mark O., interview by William Cooper. June 28, 1984, John Sherman Cooper Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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