Oral history transcript, James Roosevelt, interview 1 (I), 8/16/1985, by Michael L. Gillette

Title:

Oral history transcript, James Roosevelt, interview 1 (I), 8/16/1985, by Michael L. Gillette

Number of Pages:

47

Description:

LBJ's election to Congress in 1937 and Franklin Roosevelt's (FDR's) appreciation for his support in Texas; LBJ's appointment to the Naval Affairs Committee and FDR's feelings regarding the appointment; Roosevelt's duties with regard to members of Congress; Jim Rowe; Abe Fortas; FDR's decision to run for a third term as president in 1940; FDR's opinion of LBJ's military service in World War II; Eleanor Roosevelt's opinion of LBJ; Roosevelt's work with civil rights legislation; the 1960 Democratic convention in Los Angeles; LBJ's campaign enthusiasm; Sam Yorty's involvement in the 1964 presidential election; Roosevelt's role in defeating the Bolton Amendment; Adam Clayton Powell as chair of the House Committee on Education and Labor, and the work of committee members and staff, including Edith Green, Phil Landrum, Carl Perkins, Frank Thompson, Hugh Carey, Peter Frelinghuysen; Arch Moore, Albert Quie, Charles Goodell and John H. Dent; the Economic Opportunity Act and the War on Poverty; efforts to raise minimum wage; the work of congressional liaisons under Presidents Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and LBJ; the expansion of the Rules Committee; Roosevelt's trip with LBJ to Adlai Stevenson's funeral; Roosevelt leaving Congress to work with Ambassador Arthur Goldberg at the United Nations (UN); a UN resolution regarding the rights of individual countries to control their own natural resources; Roosevelt's experience working with the UN; Roosevelt's opinion of Lady Bird Johnson; the Watts Riots in 1965.

Contributor:

Roosevelt, James, 1907-1991

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 James Roosevelt

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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