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  • and Astronautics Committee was set up, Overton Brooks became its first chairman. Did you know Brooks? F: No. M: Well, Brooks was from Louisiana. [Overton] Brooks was the ranking Democrat under Vinson on the committee on Armed Services. fellow who did
  • closely interwoven with the Johnson campaign. we planned a few things together. India Edwards and I met, and I came to Washington several times, and I advised with him, and he took none of my advice. G: Had you committed yourself? T: I committed
  • Address; LBJ’s 1963 Gettysburg speech; Jack Brooks; Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; critics of LBJ.
  • --Congressmen Gonzalez and Brooks and Thomas and Thornberry, as I recall, were there, and a number of congressmen on the trip. Congressman Thomas had flown to San Antonio and came in with President Kennedy on his plane. Then they all filed in to a big ovation
  • in the House delegation, in those days Brooks Hays, who was a leader in the House side. All the Arkansas people, particularly Brooks Hays and Wilbur Mills, were very close to Sam Rayburn, whom I knew very well. They were .part of Mr. Sam's orbit and that made
  • with Mayor [Robert F.] Wagner that rIm not sure- ... G: That was this trip. N: That was in October? Yes, we met with Mayor Wagner at the time. G: It was Jack Brooks that went along. N: Jack Brooks, that's right, absolutely. There's nothing like
  • INTERVIEVJEE: JAMES L. SUNDQUIST INTERVIEHER: STEPHEN GOODELL PLACE: Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 2 G: This is an inte~v~2W with Mr. James L. Sundquist, who is presently at the Brookings institute in Washington, D.C. author of the book entitled
  • of floating around. Jim Sundquist from Brookings was there and playing an important role I gather, and he expressed some appreciation for this sort of effort to avoid flamboyant statements that sounded good but which weren't necessarily in all aspects
  • sort of thought of him as that--Johnson sort of towering over all of these a bunch of Texas congressmen behind him: people~ There were Homer Thornberry, Jack Brooks-- LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT