Oral history transcript, Melvin C. Winters, interview 3 (III), 3/3/1987, by Ted Gittinger
Title:
Oral history transcript, Melvin C. Winters, interview 3 (III), 3/3/1987, by Ted Gittinger
Number of Pages:
46
Description:
A.W. Moursund's 1946 district attorney campaign; the death of Mrs. Johnson's Aunt Effie Pattillo; LBJ supporting Dwight Eisenhower in the 1948 presidential election; LBJ's 1948 U.S. Senate campaign against Coke Stevenson; Winters' offer to shear Stevenson's sheep so Stevenson would have time to debate LBJ; LBJ using helicopters in his 1948 Senate campaign; Homer Thornberry's 1948 campaign; Harry Truman campaigning in San Antonio in 1948; LBJ's and Winters' opinion of the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947; Winters' opinion of unions and a 1961 incident in Beaumont, Texas, related to unions; Winters joining the LCRA Board at the request of Allan Shivers; friction between the LCRA and the Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC); LBJ's civil rights stance in the late 1940s; John Connally leaving LBJ's staff in 1949 to work for Sid Richardson; LBJ seeing a dermatologist about his hands; Winter's involvement in buying KVET as competition for Mrs. Johnson's KTBC; Winters' attendance at numerous social events; Winter's involvement in LBJ purchasing the Ranch property from his aunt; work at the Ranch on the roads, fences, and house done by Winters, Marcus Burg, and Max Brooks; Wesley West's and Arthur Godfrey's planes; Ranch foreman Julius Matus; LBJ's cattle; LBJ smoking; Shivercrats in 1952; LBJ's relationship with Ralph Yarborough; dedication of the Alvin Wirtz Dam in Marble Falls; the 1952 Democratic National Convention; the Johnsons acquiring a permit to start operating a television station in Austin; the 1952 Texas flood; LBJ and Lloyd Bentsen flying to Austin to make sure Mrs. Johnson was safe during the flood; Winters taking Mrs. Johnson to safety; LBJ's decision to accept the minority leadership position; Warren Woodward's resignation; LBJ's uncle, Tom Johnson; 1953 rumors that Allan Shivers might run for LBJ's seat in the Senate; the Texas drought that started in 1953; LBJ as director of Citizens State Bank in Johnson City; LBJ convincing Winters to sell the bank; LBJ and A. W. Moursund buying First Llano Bank; Wesley West's ranch; LBJ giving away spicy sausage; betting on poker and dominoes with LBJ.
