ILLINOIS STATECRAFT Marsh, attorney, recalls his experiences as Special Counsel to Illinois Governor Richard B. Ogilvie (1969-1973). He recounts activities as a chief advisor and trouble-shooter for Ogilvie, dealing with matters such as the institution of a state income tax, fiscal reforms, the 1970 Constitutional Convention, the governor's legislative efforts, transportation projects, and Ogilvie's failed re-election campaign against Dan Walker. He also recalls attending law school at Harvard, work in Washington as legislative assistant to Edward Kennedy, Illinois Secretary of State Paul Powell and the "shoebox" scandal, Ogilivie's relationships with the directors of state departments and agencies, and relations with the General Assemby and the press. He also recalls his dealings with state political figures including Lt. Gov. Paul Simon, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley (Sr.), Senators Alan Dixon and Charles Percy, W. Russell Arrington, George Dunne, Michael Howlett, Willard Ice, John Lewis, Maurice Scott, and others.

18 tapes, 1560 mins., 256 pp. Interview by Cullom Davis, 1982. OPEN