Oral history transcript, John H. Crooker, Jr., interview 1 (I), 11/28/1969, by Joe B. Frantz

Title:

Oral history transcript, John H. Crooker, Jr., interview 1 (I), 11/28/1969, by Joe B. Frantz

Number of Pages:

68

Description:

Biographical information; high school debate interactions with LBJ; LBJ's 1948 campaign; Crooker's naval service; LBJ's 1956 campaign; LBJ's chances of being made the Democratic presidential candidate in 1960; the Harris County LBJ for President office; preparations for the 1960 state and national Democratic conventions; Crooker's work with Woodrow Seals; setting up the Kennedy-Johnson campaign headquarters in Houston and staffing it; Texans' response to LBJ accepting the vice presidential nomination; division among Harris County voters; the Harris County JFK-LBJ campaign headquarters' finances; the JFK inauguration; the Bruce Alger/Adolphus Hotel incident in Dallas; Crooker's work as a presidential elector; JFK's assassination; Crooker's duties in LBJ's 1964 campaign in the Office of Regional Coordinators at the Democratic National Committee; monitoring public support at campaign headquarters; Crooker's nomination to membership on the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB); staffing Crooker's law firm's office in Washington, D.C.; Crooker's nomination, confirmation, and work as chairman of the CAB; the work of the CAB compared to that of the Federal Aviation Administration or Department of Transportation; Crooker's accomplishments while with the CAB; efforts to relieve airport congestion; approving airline routes and passenger fares; the relationship between the CAB and the airlines; Crooker's resignation and the future of the CAB.

Contributor:

Crooker, John Henry, Jr., 1914-2007

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

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Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with John H. Crooker, Jr.

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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