Oral history transcript, Hubert H. Humphrey, interview 3 (III), 6/21/1977, by Michael L. Gillette

Title:

Oral history transcript, Hubert H. Humphrey, interview 3 (III), 6/21/1977, by Michael L. Gillette

Number of Pages:

17

Description:

Foreign Relations Committee; HHH’s 1955 success in establishing an arms control/disarmament subcommittee; defeat of Lewis Strauss nomination as director of the Atomic Energy Commission; Omnibus Farm Bill of 1954; Esma(?) Taft Benson; how LBJ interacted with people; LBJ and Everett Dirksen; strategies used by HHH, LBJ, and Everett Dirksen to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964; LBJ’s refusal to sign the Southern Manifesto; strategies in passing the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty; Tom Dodd; education bills in 1950’s; Construction and aid to impacted areas; LBJ’s interest in education; LBJ’s position on “liberal” issues; LBJ’s impact on Eisenhower’s foreign policy; LBJ’s instructions to HHH in political maneuvering/timing.

Contributor:

Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978

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 Hubert H. Humphrey

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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