Oral history transcript, Wright Patman, interview 1 (I), 8/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz
Title:
Oral history transcript, Wright Patman, interview 1 (I), 8/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz
Number of Pages:
53
Description:
LBJ’s civil rights interest; Sam E. Johnson; Ku Klux Klan issue in Texas legislature; farm to market roads; LBJ as secretary to Dick Kleberg; rural electrification; Russell Chaney; NYA; discussion with Rayburn regarding LBJ running for Senate in 1941; credit unions; Rayburn and LBJ’s strong Congressional leadership; Congressman Buchanan; Board of Education meeting; John Nance Garner; passage of the Veterans Bill; Robinson-Patman bill; Joint Economic Commission; REA projects; space program; Estes Kefauver; Paul Douglass; Federal Reserve Board under LBJ; 1960 convention; JFK at Texarkana; assassination; Andrew Brimmer; Rayburn Building; Federal Services Finance Company; CIA involvement with foundations; 1968 election; Vietnam War; civil rights issue; Nixon’s inflation of economy; LBJ’s sound ideas regarding national economy; interest rates; history’s judgment of LBJ’s presidency.
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Interviewee:
Wright Patman
Interviewer(s):
Joe B. Frantz
Specific Item Type:
Oral history
Type:
Text
Format:
Paper
Identifier:
oh-patmanw-19720811-1-74-97
Date:
1972-08-11
Time Period:
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Citation
Oral history transcript, Wright Patman, interview 1 (I), 8/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz,
LBJ Library Oral Histories,
LBJ Presidential Library,
accessed March 28, 2024,
https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/oh-patmanw-19720811-1-74-97