Oral history transcript, Booth Mooney, interview 1 (I), 4/8/1969, by T.H. Baker
Title:
Oral history transcript, Booth Mooney, interview 1 (I), 4/8/1969, by T.H. Baker
Number of Pages:
48
Description:
Biographical information; first meeting LBJ; LBJ’s liberal and New Deal identification; Gerald Mann; President’s court packing plan; 1948 bitter campaign; Taft-Hartley Law; Horace; Busby; Roy Wade; Walter Jenkins; John Connally; Sam Houston Johnson; illegal election; burning of the ballots; LBJ certified by one vote (Charlie Gibson’s); Henry Benge Crozier; Walter Jenkins’ campaign; Gerald Cullinan; Russel’s handicap; Mooney duties; LBJ’s behavior during Jenkins’ incident; Joe Kilgore; Policy Committee; Gerry Siegel; LBJ’s staff members; Sam Rayburn; 1956 fight between Shivers and LBJ; Byron Skelton; Mrs. Loyd Bentsen; Mrs. Frankie Randolph; The Lyndon Johnson Story; LBJ had to work for the 1960 campaign; convention politics; H.L. Hunt’s suggestion that LBJ take the VP nomination; bitterness between JFK and LBJ’s staff members; Sid Richardson; improvement of LBJ’s speeches; JFK’s staff didn’t make full use of LBJ’s abilities; JFK assassination; Mooney didn’t want a White House position; odd jobs and errands for the President; advice for LBJ’s press relations; Bill Moyers; LBJ’s treatment of George Reedy; Jenkins held LBJ in respect but not afraid to disagree with him; 1964 campaign; Mississippi delegation; Mooney’s admiration of LBJ; Eric Goldman; Arthur Krock.
