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Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 7 (VII), 9/19/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

for majority leader, and they were the powers of the Senate; in his days as majority leader they had the majority of the committees under their chairmanship. But all that said, he was a national Democrat, and national Democrats are pro-Jewish; they are pro

Oral history transcript, Bryce N. Harlow, interview 1 (I), 2/28/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of the committee on the Democratic side [said], "Mr. Chairman, I would like to propound a question to the staff member." "The gentleman from Texas," said the chairman. "Have you checked this with the RFC?" Well, I looked at this member, whom I didn't know, really
[For interviews 1 and 2] LBJ’s role as member of House Armed Services Committee; LBJ’s role as Democratic leader in the Senate; LBJ’s qualities of leadership; LBJ’s relationship with Eisenhower; White House-Congressional relations.

Oral history transcript, Gale McGee, interview 2 (II), 3/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Relations Committee? M: Well, yes, I did. The Foreign Relations Committee post opened up rather unexpectedly, to me at least. I had been kind of waiting in the wings for an opening on the committee for some time, since that was my primary area
Foreign Relations Committee; 1966 Vietnam trip; Tonkin Gulf Incident; schools of thought regarding LBJ; succeeding JFK; dean of the LBJ School of Public Affairs; investigation of chain store situation; Chicago convention

Oral history transcript, Charles S. Murphy, interview 1 (I), 5/7/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Council. That's right. Paul Butler was then the chairman of the Democratic National Committee. I was retained as special counsel by the Democratic National Committee. the committee voted to establish the advisory with the charter, the form of and so
[For interviews 1 and 2] Brief contacts with Senator Johnson during the Truman and Eisenhower administrations; Democratic Advisory Council establishment and opposition by LBJ and Sam Rayburn; Paul Butler; LBJ’s effectiveness as Senate majority

Oral history transcript, Fred Schmidt, interview 1 (I), 2/24/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Schmidt -- I -~ 7 electors and to have a national committeeman and a committeewoman and a state executive committee we knew was not in November going to switch over to the Republicans. That was our
Contact with LBJ in the 1940s; Democratic Advisory Council; Rayburn's role; Ralph Yarborough; 1956 state and national Democratic conventions and labor; CIO and Texas politics; Frankie Randolph; Texas Observer; committeeman/committeewoman controversy

Oral history transcript, Eugene McCarthy, interview 1 (I), 12/12/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to come. I got some financing, not much, from either the [Democratic] National Committee or the Senate Finance Committee, whichever one was doing it at that time. It wasn't very much, but I guess they didn't have much money at that time. It didn't
How McCarthy got to know LBJ; founding the Democratic Study Group; election against Senator Edward J. Thye; committee work; the Lewis Strauss nomination; LBJ as majority leader; telephone and transportation taxes; oil depletion allowance; campaign

Oral history transcript, William F. Knowland, interview 1 (I), 3/23/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Knowland -- I -- 2 attorney general of California. I served in the national committee from then until the time I went into the army in 1945. I
Knowland’s career before entering the Senate in the 1940’s, his Senate career in relation to that of LBJ, his relationship with Senator Tom Connally, the relationship between Democrats and Republicans, Eisenhower’s election and his view

Oral history transcript, Hubert H. Humphrey, interview 3 (III), 6/21/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Because Walter George was looked upon, he and Eugene Millikin of Colorado, as the kind of two prudent, frugal, responsible, sensible, conservative members, one a Democrat and one a Republican. They were on the Finance Committee, and George was chairman
Foreign Relations Committee; HHH’s 1955 success in establishing an arms control/disarmament subcommittee; defeat of Lewis Strauss nomination as director of the Atomic Energy Commission; Omnibus Farm Bill of 1954; Esma(?) Taft Benson; how LBJ

Oral history transcript, J.J. Jake Pickle, interview 3 (III), 3/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

against Coke Stevenson in 1948 and a closer winner in the State Democratic Executive Committee. Did you have anything at all to do with getting him legally certified , that is, in the litigatio n that followed? That was really left to Alvin Wirtz
for Democrats;" the "Port Arthur story" hurts Yarborough; LBJ-Yarborough relationship

Oral history transcript, W. Marvin Watson, interview 2 (II), 12/19/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

with the Democratic National Committee. It had been LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 10 (X), 6/25/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and what my findings were, and sometimes they weren't very pleasant to hear. He attempted his own implementation at his end by having [Walter] Jenkins and others in the White House in contact with the [Democratic] National Committee trying to stir up
of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) when a Democrat is in office compared to when a Republican is in office; the tendency of presidents to utilize the people around them, overlooking other more appropriate sources of information and help; topics discussed

Oral history transcript, D.B. Hardeman, interview 3 (III), 4/22/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

: That question was raised at the time, and I was told that the Democratic National Committee paid for it. B: Some of the planes that were sent out for members of Congress on that occasion were military planes, weren't they? H: This was very interesting
JFK presidency; House Rules Committee 1961; Bobby Baker scandal; JFK legislative program; LBJ and John Connally; patronage appointments; Hale Boggs; agriculture bill; “Five O’clock Club;” Walter Jenkins; Bill Moyers; Democratic National Committee

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 32 (XXXII), 8/3/1982-8/4/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

a speech at the Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner for the eastern states and went to a reception for Adlai Stevenson, given by Averell Harriman. Steve Mitchell had been made chairman of the Democratic National Committee, being Adlai's choice. It ushered in--well
LBJ's election as Senate minority leader in 1953; the small numerical difference between majority and minority parties in the 1953 Senate; committee assignments; the Johnsons' social life in early 1953; the Eisenhower inauguration and related events

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 13 (XIII), 2/29/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. The Democratic National Committee for all practical purposes became a Kennedy preserve. And I remember looking at that announcement and realizing that what was going to happen here was that he was trying to put LBJ on an extreme spot. You see, when you get
. Rebekah Johnson; Sherman Adams' resignation; crisis of Quemoy and Matsu; rally with Vance Hartke; Democratic sweep of Congressional election; Paul Butler and the Democratic National Committee; LBJ's address to the U.N.; LBJ's meeting with Lopez Mateos

Oral history transcript, Robert Oliver, interview 2 (II), 11/29/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Commerce Committee . Present at that meeting were, for the most part, Democrats . Among them was Charlie Vanik of Ohio, [Joseph P .] O'Hara of Minnesota and a number of others . I think I was the only,non-congressional member of the coordinating
Deregulation of natural gas; 1965 national convention; LBJ’s relationship with JFK; depressed areas bill; federal pre-emption bill; question of Democrats caucusing.

Oral history transcript, Beryl A. (Mrs. Lloyd) Bentsen, interview 1 (I), 12/23/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

it is now. We were very democratic in the state, and so every man more or less ran his own race. We didn't receive any funds from a national committee or any national group whatsoever to help my husband finance his campaign. And I think
The Bentsens' friendship with the Johnsons; Texas politics in 1952 and 1956; 1968 Democratic Convention; Allan Shivers

Oral history transcript, William H. Darden, interview 2 (II), 3/27/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, and we still were working for Republicans and Democrats alike. That was a post-1968 development that I sort of deplored, as far as the Armed Services Committee at least. It was--as far as the staff was concerned, it was a very happy arrangement to work
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee hearings in the early 1950s relating to the draft; problems with drafting doctors for military duty; Darden's work under the Armed Services Committee; problem with drafting WWII veterans for service in Korea; how

Oral history transcript, W. Evans Buchanan, interview 1 (I), 2/7/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

/exhibits/show/loh/oh 8 B: I believe that is right . M: Even the National Committee he was poor with . B: Well, certainly locally . And it's the truth . Is that correct? The Democratic Party here in this region is split in three or four different
Biographical information; Democratic politics; contacts with LBJ; campaign fund raising; Johnson's organization on the state level; low income housing

Oral history transcript, Dr. Ralph K. Huitt, interview 1 (I), 7/12/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was at that time, I don't know what the term was, but the staff director of the Democratic Policy Committee. So I was placed over in the Senate Democratic Policy Committee office with George Reedy, and with Pauline Moore, and some other people working
Policy Committee: going to work for Senator William Proxmire in 1958 as a liaison between Proxmire and LBJ; Proxmire's and LBJ's different political styles; Senator John F. Kennedy gearing up for a national political role in 1958; Proxmire's committee

Oral history transcript, Josh H. Groce, interview 1 (I), 8/3/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

on his staff, the Democratic committee. He wanted me as his committeeman and Mrs. [Claude B.] Hudspeth as his committeewoman, which of course we got. The conservatives got the majority on that. I was named and Mrs. Hudspeth was named. G: Let me ask you
Beauford Jester asking Groce to be involved in his campaign for governor in 1946; Groce's involvement in 1946 and 1948 Texas state Democratic conventions; Bob Calvert's actions as 1948 chairman of the state executive committee which led to LBJ

Oral history transcript, Stanley L. Greigg, interview 1 (I), 12/5/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

for distribution around the world. There was opposition, of course, that was building to this, particularly if the feeling was that the particular area of the world where some of these might be going did not coincide with the views of this nation and its democratic
Biographical information; Greigg's congressional campaign in 1964; the Feed-Grains program; Democratic Party support for Greigg's campaigns in 1964 and 1966; how Greigg gained a seat on the House Agriculture Committee; a vote involving whether

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 10 (X), 10/14/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

as far as he possibly could. G: Okay. Now, right after this you gave LBJ some advice on handl ing the Democrats of Texas, the liberal group. It consisted of several sug- gestions: one, that he use his support by national labor leaders to exert some

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 1 (Ia), 12/12/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of policy in the original intended sense? R: '!here is no such thing. B: One wonders how such a thing would possibly conflict with the Democratic National Committee; if you wouldn't get on some pretty sticky political grounds. R: Well, Congress

Oral history transcript, Samuel H. Shapiro, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

committee, with everyone, with the National Committee, with each of the candidates. One of the things that the Rules Committee did: when they did away with unit rule, I think that was possibly the greatest thing that the Rules Committee has done in many
His political background; campaigning with LBJ in IL in 1964; Martin Luther King’s assassination and subsequent activities in Chicago; Shapiro’s involvement with the 1968 Chicago convention; the National Guard at the 1968 Chicago convention

Oral history transcript, Thomas H. Kuchel, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was highly controversial, but again, I do not recall Lyndon Johnson's part in that debate. You had Democrats on the Foreign Relations Committee leading the debate from this opposition point of view. I don't recall. G: Reportedly he was responsible
election; Wayne Morse; the Lewis Strauss nomination; the McCarthy censure and the Watkins committee; LBJ’s relationship with Richard Nixon; relationship between Republicans and Democrats in Senate; civil rights legislation; statehood for Hawaii and Alaska

Oral history transcript, Carl B. Albert, interview 3 (III), 7/9/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: CARL B. ALBERT INTERVIEWER: Dorothy Pierce McSweeny PLACE: Congressman Albert's office in the Capitol, Washington, D.C. Tape I of 1 M: In our last two sessions, we had brought the interview up in time to the 1964 Democratic National

Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 3 (III), 12/9/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the significant thing was that every report out of Truman's committee was unanimous by both Democrats and Republicans, and the same was true of Johnson's committee. I don't think there was ever one dissent in any report that came out of the Preparedness
LBJ’s election as whip; Senator Ernest McFarland; Senator Richard Russell; Preparedness Committee; Senator Estes Kefauver; Douglas MacArthur’s speech to Congress; natural gas bill; Tidelands bill; Walter Jenkins; LBJ’s love for the ranch and cattle

Oral history transcript, B. F. "Tom" Donald, interview 1 (I), 9/7/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Democratic Party for four or five years. After elections, the precinct election judges bring the tally sheets in to the county secretary, who takes them before the executive committee to have them certified. The tally sheets showed how many votes there were
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

Oral history transcript, Thruston Morton, interview 1 (I), 2/26/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

chairman of the National Committee in '59. M: That's correct. After the '58 election, which really was one of the worst debacles in the history of the Republican party. Here we had the White House, and we took a terrific beating in the Congressional

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 1 (I), 12/5/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

the Democratic Policy Committee of the Senate. How did you get that position? M: Through good luck. I had a cousin working on Senator Johnson's staff named Jack Hight, who was an administrative secretary to the Senator. He told me that Gerald Siegel, who
Biographical information; implication of Joe McCarthy era prompted him into law and public services; Democratic Policy Committee; General Counsel; calendar calls; LBJ’s degrees of interest in legislation; 1946 Legislative Reorganization Act; 1957

Oral history transcript, James W. Smith, interview 1 (I), 1/6/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of committeeman and committeewoman elected to the national Democratic committee. In particular those of us in organized labor were by that time completely loyal to LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson
Organization of Democratic Advisory Council; Sam Rayburn; LBJ and labor; the black community; Brown and Root; Harris County Democrats; Frankie Randolph; precinct organization; 1956 State Democratic Convention; committeeman/committeewoman controversy

Oral history transcript, Stuart Morrison Long, interview 1 (I), 8/13/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

Committee for a good many years, were you not? SL: Yes, the State Committee, and I've been a Democratic Precinct Chairman since 1946. PB: still am, in fact. And you took part in various other political activities all down through the years in addition
Biographical information; first memories of LBJ; political activists; Veteran’s Housing Council; socialized housing; Balcones Research Center; LBJ’s Senate candidacy; interest in party politics; loyal Democrats and Dixicrats; 12-vote majority

Oral history transcript, Roy Millenson, interview 3 (III), 8/1/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the Republicans in the House pushed and they had Democratic allies in the committee was that the predominant thing should be aid for the students. Now I'm going to get mixed up on the years on that and that's why I'd like to look into my records, but this really
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and its amendments; equitable distribution of ESEA funds among public and private schools; Millenson's involvement in a committee report regarding ESEA; conflict regarding whether funding should go

Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 7 (VII), 2/25/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

base with their key people anyway. The chairman of that committee was [William C.] Dawson of Illinois. The ranking Republican was Congresswoman [Florence P.] Dwyer of New Jersey. The key Democrat on the committee was Chet Holifield of California
of Representatives; Wozencraft's work with the Democrats and Republicans on the Government Operations Committee; the opinion of Treasury and HEW administrators; House subcommittee hearings; Congressman Jack Edwards and Johns Erlenborn's initiation of a floor fight

Oral history transcript, Elliot Richardson, interview 1 (I), 1/31/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. that legislation. We had a massive coalition supporting I brought about the creation of a committee which called itself the Emergency Committee for the National Defense LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B
First awareness and first meeting with LBJ; on staff of Senator Leverett Saltonstall; LBJ on the Senate floor and handling Senate affairs; Lister Hill; National Defense Education Act; partisanship; Felix Frankfurter's law clerk; LBJ's relationship

Oral history transcript, Carl B. Albert, interview 4 (IV), 8/13/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

there that everybody knew was going to support Humphrey. M: I mean those in control of the convention. You mean the members of the Democratic National Committee running the convention? A: No. When I say I know the Johnson forces, I meant that I knew that a majority

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 11 (XI), 7/24/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. A commitment that had been made by the Democratic Party and by us in the Kennedy-Johnson period had not been fulfilled. Go back to the five-vote margin to expand the Rules Committee. There was further change in procedure in subsequent years, but he moved from
to Hubert Humphrey; Long's objection to changing the membership of the Senate Finance Committee; Mendel Rivers succeeding Carl Vinson as chair of the House Armed Services Committee; changes in the House Rules Committee; the addition of three Democrats

Oral history transcript, Gerald W. Siegel, interview 3 (III), 2/11/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

· '. for the Democratic Policy Committee until after ·the election_ of · Mr. Johnson as Democratic Leader and.my recollection. is, until after , ·most of ·the committee assignments had been made. So your first three items I have nothing really to say much about. On item
amendment; the Gore Amendment; St. Lawrence Seaway; Hawaiian and Alaskan Statehood; Communist Control Act; the McCarthy censure; committee assignments for senators; LBJ’s chances of being a serious candidate as a Southerner; tax bill of 1955; Capehart

Oral history transcript, William Hunter McLean, interview 1 (I), 5/11/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

, on other usual campaign things. It disappointed a lot of my staff, disappointed some of the local people, but we wound up with a little surplus instead of a deficit, and I was able to send the Democratic national committee about $35,000 at the end. And I
1941, 1948, 1954, 1960 and 1964 campaigns; Tarrant County politics; 1956 Texas Democratic fight; relationship of LBJ to local political groups

Oral history transcript, Grace Tully, interview 1 (I), 10/1/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: How did you get to know Nr. Roosevelt? T: r worked in the Democratic National Committee in 1928, when Al Smith ran for the presidency. And President Roosevelt was active as--the Business- men's group, I think, is what he had. He and Louis Howe ran
FDR’s death and coming to work for LBJ in 1955; Democratic Policy committee procedures and how members were chosen; comparison of how the Policy Committee ran under Senator Johnson and then Senator Mansfield; LBJ’s work on civil rights legislation

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