Oral history transcript, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., interview 1 (I), 11/4/1971, by Joe B. Frantz

Title:

Oral history transcript, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., interview 1 (I), 11/4/1971, by Joe B. Frantz

Number of Pages:

36

Description:

Meeting LBJ; the relationship between LBJ and JFK; the 1960 campaign; LBJ’s role as Vice-President; LBJ’s Berlin trip in 1961; tension between LBJ and RFK; the Committee for Equal Employment Opportunities; why JFK went to Texas in November 1963; the effect of LBJ keeping some of JFK’s staff and the quality of the new members of LBJ’s staff; Eric Goldman; Schlesinger’s involvement with the Dominican Republic; LBJ campaigning for Robert Kennedy in the 1964 New York Senate race; White House Art Festival; LBJ and Dean Rusk; Hubert Humphrey and his role as Vice-President, compared to LBJ as Vice-President; LBJ as a bully; LBJ’s dependence on advisors in foreign affairs; Robert Kennedy’s reason for running against LBJ in 1968; the evolution of U.S./Vietnam policy; Adlai Stevenson.

Contributor:

Schlesinger, Arthur M. (Arthur Meier), 1917-

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 Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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