ILLINOIS STATECRAFT Joseph Immel (1913-1987), Johnson Kanady (1914-1989), and Frederic B. Selcke (b. 1914) Immel, Kanady and Selcke discuss their relationship with Illinois Governor William G. Stratton (1953-1961). Immel, member of the Republican party, discusses his role as Governor Stratton's campaign manager in the Chicago area, Stratton's bid for governor, campaign style, press relations, and the campaign staff; he also discusses the Stratton administration, relationship with the legislature, and the creation of Illinois tollroads, hospitals, and the state personnel code. Johnson Kanady, a reporter for the Chicago Tribune and later Governor Stratton's press secretary, recalls his work with the Stratton administration and members of the press corps. Frederic Selcke, Superintendent of Registration and Education under Governor Stratton, recalls Stratton's administration, the Orville Hodge scandal, and other administrators and legislators during Stratton's two terms as governor of Illinois.

3 tapes, 198 mins., 78 pp., plus index Interviews by Marilyn Huff Immel, 1981 OPEN See collateral file under individual names: interviewer's notes and photographs. See individual names for tapes