Oral history transcript, Lee C. White, interview 3 (III), 3/2/1971, by Joe B. Frantz

Title:

Oral history transcript, Lee C. White, interview 3 (III), 3/2/1971, by Joe B. Frantz

Number of Pages:

44

Description:

LBJ's intellectual powers; his sources of advice; Abe Fortas; White's brief assignment as liaison in the counternarcotics effort; named special counsel in 1965; acting on the CAB's international air cases; the airlines' influence and the role of politics in the CAB; the Trans-Atlantic and Trans-Pacific cases; Watts riots and Joseph A. Califano Jr., Leroy Collins, Governor Brown, and Ramsey Clark; LBJ's skill at using events like Selma and Watts to achieve legislative goals; LBJ uses civil rights leaders on bills important to him; LBJ-MLK relationship; named head of the FPC after a persuasive interview with LBJ; LBJ maintains a hands-off attitude on FPC matters; background of dispute over natural gas in Southern California; pipeline safety; quality of LBJ's appointments to commissions influenced by Senator Dirksen; ethics in FPC-industry relations

Contributor:

White, Lee Calvin, 1923-2013

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 Lee C. White

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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