Oral history transcript, Thruston Morton, interview 1 (I), 2/26/1969, by Joe B. Frantz

Title:

Oral history transcript, Thruston Morton, interview 1 (I), 2/26/1969, by Joe B. Frantz

Number of Pages:

39

Description:

Biographical information; assessment of LBJ in House and Senate; Geneva Summit Conference; Herbert Hoover, Jr.; Nixon; Senator Earle Clements; LBJ’s heart attack; LBJ’s support of Eisenhower’s policies; nomination of Lewis Strauss and Abe Fortas; 1960 and 1964 elections; civil rights legislation; Dirksen/LBJ relationship; Medicare; LBJ’s foreign policy; Senator Mansfield; LBJ-Nixon transition; 3/31 announcement; War on Poverty in Kentucky; decision to retire; political parties; Ray Bliss.

Contributor:

Morton, Thruston B. (Thruston Ballard), 1907-1982

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 Thruston Morton

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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