Oral history transcript, Dr. Ralph K. Huitt, interview 3 (III), 11/29/1977, by Michael L. Gillette

Title:

Oral history transcript, Dr. Ralph K. Huitt, interview 3 (III), 11/29/1977, by Michael L. Gillette

Number of Pages:

13

Description:

LBJ's 1958 interview with Paul Ringler of the Milwaukee Journal; LBJ's practice of making telephone calls while people were in his office; Senator LBJ's ability to get information from people on the telephone; LBJ's tactics to gain Senate passage of a 1958 labor bill supported by Senator John F. Kennedy; how LBJ would gain votes for other senators' bills; LBJ's ability to get Republican senators to vote in support of Democratic plans; Senator Bill Langer's vote; how opposing senators would help each other for partisan reasons; Senator William Proxmire; Estes Kefauver and Proxmire's private vs. public personas; LBJ's relationship with Richard Russell.

Contributor:

Huitt, Ralph K.

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 Dr. Ralph K. Huitt

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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