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Advocates; Should Congress create a federal oil and gas corporation to compete with private industry?

Part of The Advocates.

01/24/1974

Moderator: Evan Semerjian Advocate: Fred Harris Advocate: Charls Walker Witnesses: Adlai Stevenson – (D) Illinois Lee White – Former Chairman, Federal Power Commission C. Jackson Grayson – Dean, Business School, Southern Methodist University John Swearingen – Chairman of the Board, Standard Oil of Indiana


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Series
Advocates
Program
Should Congress create a federal oil and gas corporation to compete with private industry?
Program Number

413

Series Description

A SERIES OF DEBATES with a moderator facilitating the discussion of national and international issues - using advocates who would introduce witnesses to support their point of view. Debates recorded at Boston's Faneuil Hall. Moderators included: Michael Dukakis; Marilyn Berger; Michael Harrington, Robert Maynard. (Premiered October, 1969; conceived by Prof. Roger Fisher.) Other participants included Barney Frank, Avi Nelson, Antonin Scalia, S.I. Hayakawa, Paul Simon, Albert Shankar, Richard Bolling, Pete McCloskey, Chester Crocker, John Anderson, Elmo Zumwalt, George Ball, John Kenneth Galbraith, William Colby, Eleanor Smeal, Phyllis Schlafly, Sam Ervin, Laurence Tribe, Daniel Schorr, Orrin Hatch, Morris Udall, Edward Kennedy, George McGovern, Jake Garn, Paul Tsongas, Alan Dershowitz. Series release date: 1969

Program Description

Moderator: Evan Semerjian Advocate: Fred Harris Advocate: Charls Walker Witnesses: Adlai Stevenson – (D) Illinois Lee White – Former Chairman, Federal Power Commission C. Jackson Grayson – Dean, Business School, Southern Methodist University John Swearingen – Chairman of the Board, Standard Oil of Indiana Produced by WGBH at Faneuil Hall. Bears WGBH copyright.

Duration

00:59:54

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Subjects
Walker, Charls E. (Charls Edward), 1923-
White, Lee C., 1923-
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1930-
Swearingen, John E. (John Eldred), 1918-2007
Harris, Fred R., 1930-
Grayson, C. Jackson (Charles Jackson), 1923-
Locations
Faneuil Hall, Boston, Massachusetts
Genres
Debate
Topics
Social Issues
Public Affairs
Contributors
Grayson, C. Jackson (Guest)
Stevenson, Adlai (Guest)
Harris, Fred (Guest)
Walker, Charls (Guest)
Semerjian, Evan (Moderator)
Swearingen, John (Guest)
White, Lee (Guest)
Publication Information
Supported by a grant from the Open Society Foundations.
Citation
Chicago: “Advocates; Should Congress create a federal oil and gas corporation to compete with private industry?,” 01/24/1974, GBH Archives, accessed March 28, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_0EE554D61F614A6E95C49782B4C9A900.
MLA: “Advocates; Should Congress create a federal oil and gas corporation to compete with private industry?.” 01/24/1974. GBH Archives. Web. March 28, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_0EE554D61F614A6E95C49782B4C9A900>.
APA: Advocates; Should Congress create a federal oil and gas corporation to compete with private industry?. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_0EE554D61F614A6E95C49782B4C9A900
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