Oral history transcript, Luther H. Hodges, Sr., interview 1 (I), 10/10/1968, by T.H. Baker

Title:

Oral history transcript, Luther H. Hodges, Sr., interview 1 (I), 10/10/1968, by T.H. Baker

Number of Pages:

32

Description:

Early relationship with LBJ; 1960 campaign; appointment as Secretary of Commerce; JFK leadership; Department of Commerce problems; JFK’s staff; LBJ and civil rights; LBJ and the Vice Presidency; JFK-LBJ friction; Business Advisory Council; relation to JFK assassination; LBJ-RFK friction; LBJ’s difficulty in delegating; B/P; foreign aid; business and government; resignation as Secretary; LBJ’s loss of public support.

Contributor:

Hodges, Luther Hartwell, 1898-1974

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 Luther H. Hodges, Sr.

Subject:

Assassinations; JFK Assassination; Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968; Foreign aid; 1960 campaign

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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

Interviewee:

Luther H. Hodges, Sr.

Interviewer(s):

T.H. Baker

Specific Item Type:

Oral history

Type:

Text

Format:

Paper

Identifier:

oh-hodgesl-19681010-1-74-61

Date:

1968-10-10

Time Period:

Presidential (Nov. 22, 1963-Jan. 20, 1969)

Citation

Oral history transcript, Luther H. Hodges, Sr., interview 1 (I), 10/10/1968, by T.H. Baker, LBJ Library Oral Histories, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed April 19, 2024, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/oh-hodgesl-19681010-1-74-61