An interview with Rosalyn Carter - 1977-02-18
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[0:00] you office in the house so close here
[0:02] come just to get away from it it's
[0:03] important we went last night how was it
[0:06] was it good it was pretty good mhm was
[0:08] night before we went downstairs and bow
[0:10] three games can't believe it was fun are
[0:15] we
[0:17] ready
[0:24] you okay we're doing some wi St
[0:28] okay you were very very active in mental
[0:32] health in Georgia and I wondered in
[0:34] terms of what you'd actually been able
[0:35] to accomplish there how optimistic you
[0:38] are about what you're going to be able
[0:40] to accomplish here I'm really optimistic
[0:42] about it um I worked with Jimmy
[0:45] appointed me to the governor's
[0:47] commission to improve services to the
[0:48] mental and emotionally handicap in
[0:50] Georgia and I worked with that
[0:52] commission and we presented our
[0:54] recommendations to him and he
[0:56] implemented them in his government
[0:58] reorganization
[1:00] um it it just is unbelievable the um
[1:05] outpouring of um people that want to
[1:10] help the letters and the telephone calls
[1:12] and the the people that just want to
[1:13] help with this commission it really has
[1:15] been exciting I think it's going to be a
[1:16] good commission and and I believe that
[1:18] if we come up with some good specific uh
[1:22] recommendations for Jimmy that um we can
[1:25] get them implemented I hope you say get
[1:27] them implemented are you concerned at
[1:29] all about getting Congressional
[1:30] cooperation for some of the things you
[1:31] may want to do well we've already talked
[1:34] with some of the congressmen who are
[1:35] interested in mental health and um um I
[1:40] think that if we can come up with a
[1:42] program right now there's really no
[1:44] inventory of what w