Oral history transcript, Frederick G. Dutton, interview 1 (I), 8/4/1969, by T.H. Baker

Title:

Oral history transcript, Frederick G. Dutton, interview 1 (I), 8/4/1969, by T.H. Baker

Number of Pages:

33

Description:

Biographical information; Stevenson campaign; Pat Brown campaign; Washington in 1959-1960; Statler Hotel party to impress Dutton; LBJ, Rayburn Bobby Baker all for California votes; Brown on “Meet the Press” in 1959 said LBJ was too conservative; tongue lashing by LBJ then and later in Washington; Earle Clements; George Killion; India Edwards had dinner at Fairmont Hotel for LBJ who did not show; power broker technique; Stevenson boom in California; an LBJ move to stop JFK; the surprise of the VP nomination for LBJ; Vietnam; Laotian compromise; JFK’s assassination; LBJ in the White House; détente; lost opportunity to go down in history as a great man.

Contributor:

Dutton, Frederick G., 1923-

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 Frederick G. Dutton

Subject:

Assassinations; Vietnam

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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