Interview with Scott Miller, Jr., March 6, 2006
Project: Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Miller (Senate, 1958-1972; 36th district; Republican) recounts growing up during the Great Depression, his family's socio-economic status, and his views of the New Deal. He describes life during World War II, listening to the radio, rationing, and eventually joining the Navy. He details his experience heading the Kentucky Un-American Activities Committee during the sixties. He recounts campaigning for John Sherman Cooper, campaigning for his own seat, his early years in the legislature, his views on Vietnam, civil rights, Lyndon B. Johnson, and lobbyists. He gives his impressions of Georgia Powers, Marlow Cook and Wilson Wyatt. Part 2 of 2.Interview Accession
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Appalachian Volunteers, Inc. Communism Cook, Marlow W. (Marlow Webster), 1926- Cooper, John Sherman, 1901-1991 Discrimination--Law and legislation--Kentucky Frymire, Richard L. Jefferson County (Ky.) Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 Kentucky. Supreme Court King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 Latta, Clifford Legislators--Kentucky--Interviews Lobbyists Manual High School (Louisville, Ky.) McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957 Miller, Scott, Jr., 1927- Miller, Scott, Jr., 1927- --Interviews Morton, Thruston B. (Thruston Ballard), 1907-1982 New Deal, 1933-1939 Political campaigns--Kentucky Powers, Georgia Davis, 1923- Social security United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964 United States. Works Progress Administration. Wetherby, Lawrence W. (Lawrence Winchester), 1908- World War, 1939-1945. Wyatt, Wilson W. (Wilson Watkins), 1905-1996--InterviewsInterview Rights
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Miller, Scott, Jr. Interview by Jan Romond. 06 Mar. 2006. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Miller, S., Jr. (2006, March 06). Interview by J. Romond. Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Miller, Scott, Jr., interview by Jan Romond. March 06, 2006, Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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