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1021. Warren Burger, Chief Justice of the United States, addressing the American Bar Association Convention in New Orleans

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Burger states his belief that fifty percent of American trial lawyers are incompetent. Constitutional lawyer Sam Ervin reacts to that statement.
Date Issued:
1978-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:
G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

1022. Louis Garcia discusses his career as frontline worker and manager at REO Motor Car Company and Diamond REO Trucks, Inc

Description:
Louis Garcia discusses his career as an assembly worker, press operator, and manager at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc, in Lansing, Mi, between 1946 and 1975. Garcia talks about his Hispanic heritage and his childhood spent as a migrant farm worker. He says that in his early years at REO he was singled out and "tested" by other workers and management because of his ethnicity, but still excelled in the workplace, becoming a journeyman and later a supervisor. Garcia also talks about Francis Cappaert’s ownership of REO, the company bankruptcy, loss of the worker pension fund, the final days of plant operations, and employee depression and suicide. Interviewers are Shirley Bradley and Lisa Fine. Recorded as part of the REO Memories oral history project.
Date Issued:
1992-01-28T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:
G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

1023. Rethinking the packaging of the products you buy

Description:
Professor Susan Selke delivers a talk titled, "Rethinking the Packaging of the Products You Buy - Is There Hope to Reduce Waste?" Selke talks about the Packaging school at Michigan State University, the utility of packages, minimizing packaging materials, and recycling. She explains the communication function labeling performs, how packaging has changed, and how other countries monetize the costs of waste in the cost of the packaging. Sleke also describes the value of recycling as a cost reduction method when there is a use for the material. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Environmental Series, held at the MSU Main Library.
Date Issued:
2013-02-13T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:
G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

1024. Pete Tullis and the Civilian Conservation Corps

Description:
Wilbur (Pete) Tullis graduated from Ohio State University in 1934 and came to Grand Haven in 1938 to be an agronomist in the new Soil Conservation District of Ottawa County, the first east of the Mississippi River. In this interview, he talks extensively about sand dune erosion in the Grand Haven area and describes the environmental problems Grand Haven Township experienced in the 1930s. Pete recalls what it was like to live in a Civilian Conservation Corps camp between 1939 and 1941. Later, Tullis was employed as a professional farm manager with Opekasit Farm Management and retired in 1958 from J. Sawyer Company. He was a member of the Grand Haven Rotary and a Paul Harris Fellow.
Date Issued:
1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:
G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

1025. U.S. President Barack Obama urges the House of Representatives to pass immigration reform

Description:
Speaking before a group of business owners and immigration reform supporters, President Obama urges the House of Representatives to pass immigration reform that's good for the country's economic and national security, and says that it should be done this year.
Date Issued:
2013-10-24T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:
G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

1026. U.S. President Barack Obama honors America's military service members on Veterans Day

Description:
President Barack Obama honors America's military service members on Veterans Day. Obama reflects on the service and sacrifices of military personnel and their families. He promises "unprecedented support to our veterans" to provide a range of health care services and other benefits the veterans have earned. Held at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.
Date Issued:
2013-11-11T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:
G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

1027. Robert Hilliard, an American actor in scenes from A Fool There Was, Hilliard's famous success

Date Issued:
1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:
G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

1028. George Bush answers questions in a press conference following his naming of Jack Kemp as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Description:
In a press conference following his naming of Jack Kemp as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, George Bush answers questions about nuclear energy, privatization of inner city housing, attitudes toward Yasir Arafat, the introduction of "new faces" into the cabinet, and the amount of money he intends to put into housing programs. Jack Kemp also tells of his intention to work for adequate housing for the homeless as well as on affordable housing for the other classes.
Date Issued:
1988-12-19T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:
G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

1029. Address to the Foreign Policy Conference for Education at the State Department Auditorium in Washington

Description:
Address is given prior to the emergency session of the U.N. General Assembly. Introductory remarks by Secretary Dean Rusk.
Date Issued:
1967-06-19T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:
G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

1030. George Bush celebrates the twenty-fifth anniversary of President Johnson's civil rights law, reaffirming support of minority outreach and affirmative action programs

Description:
Bush celebrates the twenty-fifth anniversary of President Johnsons civil rights law, reaffirming support of minority outreach and affirmative action programs.
Date Issued:
1989-06-30T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:
G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection