Scope and Contents Tape 5, Side 1, through Tape 6, Side 1. In the fourth interview session, conducted on August 30, 1990, Springer discusses managing U.S. Senator Dick Neuberger’s Oregon office from 1956 to 1960. She talks about the staff at the Oregon office, and about how the Oregon and Washington, D.C., offices differed. She discusses legislation Neuberger worked on, particularly bills regarding forest management and environmental conservation; talks about his role in negotiating the Columbia River Treaty;...

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Tape 6, Side 2. In the fifth interview session, conducted on September 6, 1990, Springer continues to discuss managing U.S. Senator Dick Neuberger’s Oregon office from 1956 to 1960. She speaks further about the senator’s work on legislation regarding forest management and environmental conservation, particularly a bill to protect what later became the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. She talks about Dick Neuberger’s death during his re-election campaign in 1960.