Oral history transcript, W. DeVier Pierson, interview 2 (II), 3/20/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)

Title:

Oral history transcript, W. DeVier Pierson, interview 2 (II), 3/20/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)

Number of Pages:

35

Description:

FTC; dealings with Labor Department and Wirtz; tax surcharge; balance of payments; formation of DOT; assessment of Secretary Trowbridge and C.R. Smith; relationship of Trowbridge and Smith with LBJ; regulatory agencies; furor over final invitation to Clark Clifford’s luncheon for the President; personal political philosophy; LBJ’s theory of giving the same assignment to more than one person; Congressional relations; young men on LBJ’s staff; LBJ’s rapport with his staff; demanding boss; telephonitis; the Johnson treatment; books written about LBJ’s Presidency; friction between the Kennedys and LBJ; press relations and criticisms; cause of LBJ’s unpopularity; LBJ’s interest in polls

Contributor:

Pierson, DeVier, 1931

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 W. DeVier Pierson

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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