Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 3 (III), 6/26/1970, by Joe B. Frantz

Title:

Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 3 (III), 6/26/1970, by Joe B. Frantz

Number of Pages:

42

Description:

March 31 speech, the process of drafting it, and speech-writer Harry McPherson; radios in the White House cars; calling people to forewarn them of the speech’s contents; White House activity following the speech; LBJ’ hopes that the speech could help bring an end to the war in Vietnam; LBJ’s interest in reactions; Governor Rockefeller; MLK assassination and the subsequent Washington riots; the process by which a President can get the help of federal troops; D.C. Mayor Water Washington; LBJ’s impatience; MLK and Resurrection City; Ramsey Clark and his relationship with LBJ; wire-tapping; J. Edgar Hoover; Robert Kennedy’s assassination; getting Secret Service protection for Presidential candidates; the Commission on Violence; Lloyd Cutler; Eisenhower/LBJ relationship.

Contributor:

Temple, Larry E., 1935-

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 Larry Temple

Subject:

Assassinations; King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968; Vietnam; Civil disorders

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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