Oral history transcript, Woodrow Bean, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1974, by Joe B. Frantz

Title:

Oral history transcript, Woodrow Bean, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1974, by Joe B. Frantz

Number of Pages:

82

Description:

Biographical information; Bean's educational background and notable people Bean grew up with; the first time Bean met LBJ; Bean's political career in the early 1940s and after his return from WWII; Bean's work as a Texas state legislator; working on LBJ's 1941 U.S. Senate race; support for LBJ in the El Paso area and among Mexican-Americans; LBJ's work to improve living conditions through electricity and water; LBJ's 1948 U.S. Senate election; the Box 13 ballots of Jim Wells County in 1948 and the involvement of Judge Clarence Martens, Coke Stevenson, and George Parr; Bean's 1947 House of Representatives campaign; Bean's relationship to Judge Roy Bean; Bean's proposed legislation to raise taxes on sulphur, oil, and gas in 1947; the 1956 state Democratic convention; the Democrats of Texas organization; Mrs. Frankie Randolph; the 1956 National Democratic Convention; Bean's invitation to JFK to visit El Paso in 1956; LBJ's effect on the 1956 Ralph Yarborough/Price Daniel primary run-off for Texas governor; LBJ's behavior at a 1956 event for JFK in El Paso; Bean's efforts to build a new port bridge along the El Paso/Juarez border; LBJ's involvement with the bridge in El Paso; the Chamizal agreement between the U.S. and Mexico and its relation to the port in El Paso and LBJ's power; the 1960 presidential campaign; LBJ's and JFK's popularity with Mexican-Americans; Bean's tax problems in 1962; Bean's campaign for congressman-at-large in 1962; LBJ's influence on Bean's sentencing for not paying taxes; the 1964 presidential campaign; Bean's return to law practice as Johnny Cash's lawyer; Tony Lama's connection to Bean and boots for LBJ; LBJ's delay in supporting civil rights legislation; Bean's opinion of Lady Bird Johnson.

Contributor:

Bean, Woodrow

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with Woodrow Bean

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted: see deed at end of transcript for details