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Oral history transcript, Frank Denius, interview 1 (I), 6/9/1968, by Paul Bolton
Austin attorney and business executive active in Texas Democratic Party; describes make-up of Texas Democratic Party-factions and their components; historical background of faction leaders since the late 1940's; Texas delegates controversy at the1956…
Oral history transcript, William DePuy, interview 1 (I), 10/28/1985, by Ted Gittinger
DePuy's work as Director of Special Warfare under Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans; forming special forces in the army; White Star Team operations; Operation Switchback; DePuy's work as Director of Plans and Programs under the Assistant…
Oral history transcript, Claude J. Desautels, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1980, by Michael L. Gillette
Set-up of White House Congressional liaison office; handling of Congressional mail; comparison of Eisenhower, JFK and LBJ liaison offices; procedure; leadership agenda; guest lists; bill signings; meetings with agency liaisons; intervention of Larry…
Oral history transcript, William R. Desobry, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1983, by Ted Gittinger
Desobry's military career before going to Vietnam in 1965; Vietnam as a learning experience; Desobry's duties as a senior adviser in IV Corps; Robert McNamara's visits to Vietnam; how the military was prevented from defeating the enemy in Vietnam;…
Oral history transcript, Nancy Dickerson, interview 1 (I), 8/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz
Washington career background from 1951; contacts with LBJ when Senator; LBJ's relationship with Washington and White House press corps; LBJ's control and selection of Lady Bird's wardrobe; early days in Washington as correspondent; impressions of…
Oral history transcript, Charles Diggs, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
LBJ's commitment to civil rights; 1967 Detroit riots; opposition to Vietnam bombing policy; reorganization of the District of Columbia
Oral history transcript, C. Douglas Dillon, interview 1 (I), 6/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Appointment as Secretary; relationship with LBJ during Eisenhower administration; State Department Appropriation Bill and Foreign Aid Bill in 1959 and 1960; LBJ's role as VP; Cuban Missile Crisis; differences between LBJ and JFK; budget; balance of…
Oral history transcript, Everett McKinley Dirksen, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1968, by William S. White
Recollection and historical analysis of LBJ's House and Senate days; working relationship between LBJ, as Senate Democratic leader and Dirksen as Senate Republican leader; concept of support of Commander-in-Chief (when LBJ was President, in relation…
Oral history transcript, Everett McKinley Dirksen, interview 2 (II), 3/21/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Discussion of issues associated with LBJ's political service; federal aid to public schools; Supreme Court appointments
Oral history transcript, Michael V. DiSalle, interview 1 (I), 2/4/1969, by T.H. Baker
Biographical information; Senator McFarland; Sam Rayburn; relationship between Truman and Senator Johnson; Paul Butler; 1956, 1960 and 1964 conventions and campaigns; JFK; Jim Rowe; Hubert Humphrey; Abe Ribicoff; RFK; LBJ as Vice President; DNC; 3/31…
Oral history transcript, Floyd E. Dominy, interview 1 (I), 11/14/1968, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; Nelson Rockefeller; "no new start" policy under Eisenhower; 91st Congress authorized the most reclamation; Reclamation Fund; Newland
Oral history transcript, B. F. "Tom" Donald, interview 1 (I), 9/7/1984, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; Donald's duties in Jim Wells County during the 1948 Democratic U.S. Senate primary; Coke Stevenson's efforts to see the voting records; suspicions regarding the final 200 names on the Jim Wills County voting/poll list; the…
Oral history transcript, Owen Donley, interview 1 (I), 6/8/1989, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; Senator George McGovern's interest in food programs; how McGovern's interest moved from international to domestic food issues; the Senate Agricultural Committee; Bob Choate and Ben Stong's involvement in the creation of the…
Oral history transcript, Dixon Donnelley, interview 1 (I), 1/14/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Biographical information; first association with LBJ; Estes Kefauver; Douglas Dillon; Pierce Salinger; Joseph Laitin; Horace Busby; George Reedy; Henry Fowler; Bill Moyers; Bob McCloskey; Frederick Deming; George Christian; relations with the White…
Oral history transcript, Helen and Seth W. Dorbandt, interview 1 (I), 11/23/1983, by Ted Gittinger
Mrs. Dorbandt’s vote in the 1948 Democratic Executive Committee meeting that certified LBJ as the senatorial nominee; bringing Charlie Gibson in to break the tie in the 1948 Senate Executive Committee meeting.
Oral history transcript, Dudley T. Dougherty, interview 1 (I), 12/27/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
Post-WWII background; University of Texas; family oil interests; county politics and 1948 meeting with LBJ; Johnson-Stevenson race in 1948; George Parr