Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 1 (I), 9/14/1989, by Michael L. Gillette
Title:
Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 1 (I), 9/14/1989, by Michael L. Gillette
Number of Pages:
21
Description:
How Cronin was hired to go to work for Lister Hill in Washington, D.C.; Cronin's relationship with Marc Ray "Foots" Clement; Cronin's duties under Hill; Lister Hill's staff; Hill's work ethic; Hill's interest in education and health issues; Hill balancing his own interests and the popular sentiment in Alabama; comparing Hill to Senator John Sparkman and how Alabama politics changed from the 1950s to the 1980s; Hill's work with Mary Lasker, Florence Mahoney and Mike Gorman; Mary Lasker's political and financial influence; the American Medical Association's (AMA) opposition to health care legislation that Hill supported; Robert Taft's involvement in the Hill-Burton Act; Hill's relationship with other senators and with LBJ in the 1950s; LBJ's performance as majority leader; the Administrative Assistants Association and their White House event that LBJ attended; meeting with LBJ to request an additional judgeship for Alabama; Foots Clement's death.
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Interviewee:
Donald J. Cronin
Interviewer(s):
Michael L. Gillette
Specific Item Type:
Oral history
Type:
Text
Format:
Paper
Identifier:
oh-cronind-19890914-1-09-37
Date:
1989-09-14
Time Period:
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Citation
Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 1 (I), 9/14/1989, by Michael L. Gillette,
LBJ Library Oral Histories,
LBJ Presidential Library,
accessed April 24, 2024,
https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/oh-cronind-19890914-1-09-37