Oral history transcript, Wilbur Mills, interview 1 (I), 11/2/1971, by Joe B. Frantz

Title:

Oral history transcript, Wilbur Mills, interview 1 (I), 11/2/1971, by Joe B. Frantz

Number of Pages:

52

Description:

His working relationship with LBJ in the House and Senate; how LBJ became interested in entering primaries for presidential nomination; working in the JFK/LBJ campaign in 1960; differences between president and vice-president; legislative and economic changes after LBJ became president; Mills’ easy access to LBJ and JFK; the signing of the Medicare Bill; Vietnam; financial/economic issues; effects of 1967 European gold run on LBJ’s thinking; LBJ’s decision not to seek re-election; how appropriations are decided; SCLC and Reverend Jesse Jackson demonstration in May 1968; LBJ’s Vietnam advisors; Comparisons of staff from Roosevelt to Johnson; comparison of presidents Roosevelt to Nixon.

Contributor:

Mills, Wilbur D. (Wilbur Daigh), 1909-

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 Wilbur Mills

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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