Oral history transcript, Orville Freeman, interview 2 (II), 3/12/1969, by T.H. Baker
Title:
Oral history transcript, Orville Freeman, interview 2 (II), 3/12/1969, by T.H. Baker
Number of Pages:
33
Description:
[For interviews 1, 2, and 3] LBJ as a liberal-conservative; LBJ record up to 1960; Democratic Advisory Committee; 1960 and 1964 conventions and elections; Freeman’s personal interest in the Vice-Presidency; JFK problems in Minnesota; LBJ and the Vice-Presidency; value of LBJ on the ticket; JFK and LBJ on agriculture; JFK/LBJ relationship; first cabinet meeting after the assassination; Freeman’s dissatisfactions; contrast of LBJ and JFK’s styles; Billie Sol Estes case; RFK-LBJ friction; cabinet members’ involvement in the 1968 campaign; Walker Report and the 1968 convention; Humphrey-Muskie campaign; DNC; HHH-LBJ relationship during the campaign; Vietnam; Wallace supporters; Nixon campaign; developing an agricultural policy; discussions with JFK and LBJ; rural-urban basis; White House involvement in agricultural programs; feed grain program problems; wheat referendum; Farm Bureau; relations with Congress; wheat program bill of McGovern; 1964 wheat-cotton program; debate regarding one price vs. two price; LBJ and agriculture legislation; 1965 farm program bill; Food for Peace; failings of AID; LBJ’s interest in India; FAO Convention in Rome; Madame Ghandi’s visit to the White House; Honolulu Conference; surpluses; European over-production; agricultural research.
