Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 15 (XV), 6/23/1984, by Michael L. Gillette

Title:

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 15 (XV), 6/23/1984, by Michael L. Gillette

Number of Pages:

35

Description:

History and interpretation of the Taft-Hartley Act; Walter Reuther; the closed shop and the union shop; the building trades; picketing; the various unions; LBJ and labor legislation; Brown and Root and the union; interest of George Meany and David Dubinsky in reforms of the Taft-Hartley Act; Arthur Goldberg as chief counsel AFL-CIO; the Kennedy bill; McClellan bill of rights; secondary boycott provision; picketing; the conference committee; the Landrum-Griffin bill; barbecue at the Ranch for Lopez Mateos; LBJ’s presidential leanings in 1959; LBJ’s ambivalence during this period; western swing trip; the Washington campaign office; Senate’s interest in LBJ candidacy; comparison of LBJ’s and JFK’s voting records; LBJ and the press; liberals and the way the Senate works; history of Senate operations; LBJ’s leadership of the Senate.

Contributor:

Reedy, George E. (George Edward), 1917-1999

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 George E. Reedy

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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