Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 22 (XXII), 8/23/1981, by Michael L. Gillette

Title:

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 22 (XXII), 8/23/1981, by Michael L. Gillette

Number of Pages:

35

Description:

A women's rally to organize LBJ's 1948 Senate campaign while LBJ was still at the Mayo Clinic; arranging for LBJ to campaign while traveling by helicopter; what it was like to campaign by helicopter; LBJ's efforts to plan for the future; LBJ's relationship with the oil industry; the Taft-Hartley Act; Marietta Brooks' leadership in the women's division; the work of the female volunteers; the increased role of women in campaigns; the work of LBJ's advance men; LBJ's campaign locations and audiences; how the campaign stops and speeches were planned; LBJ's ability to mimic Coke Stevenson; press coverage of LBJ's campaign; LBJ's strengths and advantages over Coke Stevenson; Mrs. Johnson's life as a political wife; cities and towns LBJ visited in June and July; the helicopter pilots; the exhausting nature of LBJ's campaign; campaign speech themes, including preparedness, peace, and progress; references to LBJ's opponent, Coke Stevenson; LBJ's relationship with Houston Harte, Rhea Howard, Charles Marsh and other newspaper men; effort to avoid alienating Senate candidate George Peddy and his supporters; support for LBJ among African-Americans; waiting for election results at the Driskill Hotel in Austin; LBJ's loss and the prospect of a runoff against Stevenson; strategy going into the runoff.

Contributor:

Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007

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 Lady Bird Johnson

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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