Oral history transcript, Mary Rather, interview 5 (V), 9/9/1982-9/10/1982, by Michael L. Gillette

Title:

Oral history transcript, Mary Rather, interview 5 (V), 9/9/1982-9/10/1982, by Michael L. Gillette

Number of Pages:

25

Description:

The Johnsons buying their home at 4921 Thirtieth Place in Washington D.C. and the layout of the house; LBJ moving to a bigger office space in the Old House Office Building in 1943; LBJ's work as chairman of a subcommittee to investigate Navy personnel; LBJ's relationship with Congressman Carl Vinson, the Naval Affairs Committee Chair; the Big Inch pipeline; how Lady Bird Johnson got the money to buy the KTBC radio station; Mrs. Johnson's Aunt Effie Pattillo; LBJ's early talk of buying a small town newspaper; Harry Coles and Don Cook working for the Naval Affairs Committee; LBJ's assistance to Ernest Kurth of Southland Paper Company; LBJ's 1943 work-or-fight bill to eliminate absenteeism in the war industries; Rather's brother's work in the navy after Pearl Harbor; the U.S. government leasing Camp Mystic in Texas to use as a rehabilitation and recovery camp 1943-1945; Tom Clark's position as assistant attorney general; KTBC station managers; celebrities at a bond rally LBJ organized; LBJ's relationship with Austin mayor, Tom Miller, and his response to the Johnsons buying the Dillman Street property in Austin; J.J. "Jake" Pickle's first wife, Sugar; LBJ playing dominoes; the Johnsons' decision regarding disclosure of their personal finances.

Contributor:

Rather, Mary Alice, 1912-1990

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 Mary Rather

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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