Oral history transcript, Willie Day Taylor, interview 1 (I), 11/29/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Title:
Oral history transcript, Willie Day Taylor, interview 1 (I), 11/29/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Number of Pages:
44
Description:
Meeting and working for LBJ during the 1948 campaign; LBJ’s campaign staff; going to Washington D.C. to work for LBJ; Christmas with the Johnsons; Taylor’s tasks on LBJ’s staff; LBJ’s views on the UMT bill and General MacArthur hearings; Taylor’s relationship with Lynda and Luci; Lynda’s illness; the girls’ early education and personalities; Mrs. Johnson; the day of JFK’s assassination; LBJ’s 1955 heart attack; Marshall McNeil; the press; 1954 campaign for re-election; LBJ’s aspirations; 1960 convention; Sam Rayburn; LBJ’s mother and brother; Lynda and Luci’s relationship with their family; religion and the Johnsons; the Johnson treatment and Mary McGrory; the Vice-Presidential period; Asia trip with LBJ; Taylor’s work in the Presidential years and with the press office; LBJ’s interaction with the press; LBJ/JFK relationship; LBJ’s treatment of his staff; LBJ’s decision not to run for re-election and public and family reaction; Lynda’s and Luci’s weddings and gifts; LBJ’s personality over the years.
