Oral history transcript, George L.P. Weaver, interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Title:
Oral history transcript, George L.P. Weaver, interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Number of Pages:
29
Description:
Biographical information; first contact with LBJ in 1952; meetings with LBJ while he was a Senator; assisted LBJ in run for reelection; trip to Texas to estimate amount of support within Labor and Negro leadership; Swifty Davis; Hobart Taylor; campaigned in Texas in every election since 1954; 1957 Civil Rights Act; LBJ’s philosophy of the art of the possible; labor issues; 1960 support of Symington; Lady Bird; Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt; comparison of Labor Department under JFK and LBJ; LBJ’s contribution to civil rights struggle; comparison of JFK and LBJ in appointment policy of minorities; generation differences within civil rights movement; JFK’s staff serving in LBJ Administration; served as U.S. representative in ILO; 1962 amendment to trade bill; LBJ’s interest in ILO; Southeast Asia policy effects; RFK assassination; LBJ’s interest and involvement in traffic negotiations; settling disputes between agencies; labor attaches in embassies; Alliance for Progress; LBJ’s immigration program; criticism that LBJ didn’t devote enough time to party’s political machinery
