Scope and Contents ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM Robert W. McCarthy, Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives 1954-61 and the Illinois State Senate 1961-1977, discusses his involvement in a variety of legislative issues: reapportionment, abolishment of the death penalty and anti-subversion issues, judicial, legislative, and fiscal reforms, financial institutions, civil rights, and labor legislation. Also discusses the years before election to the General Assembly: family,...