Oral history transcript, Hale Boggs, interview 2 (II), 3/27/1969, by T.H. Baker
Title:
Oral history transcript, Hale Boggs, interview 2 (II), 3/27/1969, by T.H. Baker
Number of Pages:
17
Description:
[For interview 1 and 2] Biographical information; Rayburn-Johnson relationship; early signs of leadership in the House; meetings to coordinate Senate and House leadership; 1956 and 1960 conventions; role of Democratic Advisory Council; 1957 Civil Rights Bill; LBJ’s acceptance as VP; issues of Kennedy’s Catholicism; LBJ during VP years; death of Rayburn; Kennedy legislative program; JFK’s trip to Texas; William Manchester’s book; leadership meetings; Wheat Sales Bill; Warren Commission; LBJ’s interest in passage of legislation; RFK; 1964-1965 legislative success; Congressional briefings on Vietnam; compromise on seating of the Mississippi delegation; LBJ’s political speech in New Orleans; inactivity of the DNC; media image of LBJ; assessment of Johnson; personal opinion of LBJ’s civil rights program; discussion with LBJ on the race problems in cities.
