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Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 4 (IV), 2/29/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

begin with Adlai Stevenson and LBJ's attitude toward him. B: Adlai Stevenson in 1952, if my memory serves me correctly, was the governor of Illinois. Evidently Stevenson had been elected in 1948 when Truman had won, so he probably was serving out
Adlai Stevenson; 1952 presidential election; Dwight Eisenhower; Harry Truman; Gene McCarthy; John Sparkman; Amon Carter; Senator Richard Russell; Kentucky Derby; LBJ’s relationship with President Eisenhower; economics

Oral history transcript, Don Hummel, interview 1 (I), 10/22/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

by saying when I was a delegate in 1956 and Adlai Stevenson was the nominee for the Democratic Party, Arizona yielded for the nomination of Mr. Stevenson. Adlai Stevenson was a close personal friend of Dick Jenkins, who owned a ranch in Southern Arizona

Oral history transcript, Newton Minow, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: When I was a young lawyer, I was appointed law clerk to the Chief Justice of the United States, Fred Vinson, in 1951 and 1952. Then I \"ent to work for Governor Adlai Stevenson as his administrative assistant in Springfield [and] was with him during
Biographical information; meeting LBJ in 1955 on a visit to the Ranch; 1956 Democratic Convention; Stevenson/Kennedy campaign; Democratic Advisory Committee; 1960 convention and Stevenson’s hope for nomination; JFK’s consultation with Stevenson

Oral history transcript, A.S. Mike Monroney, interview 2 (II), 2/26/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

McSweeny. Senator, I'd like to begin our discussion this morning centering around 1960. And I'd like to ask you first since I am already aware that you were one of the principal backers in the "Draft Stevenson" movement if you can tell M: me a little

Oral history transcript, John Bartlow Martin, interview 1 (I), 1/30/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

consequence during the period before he was vice president in the 19505 or before? M: Not really importantly. I was with Adlai Stevenson in his campaigns in 1952 and 1956, but I had relatively little contact with President Johnson at that time. I do recall
Supporting Adlai Stevenson in the 1950’s and JFK in the early 1960’s; his work as a speech writer for LBJ in 1964 campaign; Vice President LBJ’s visit to Dominican Republic in early 1963; Dominican coup against President Juan Bosch in September

Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 6 (VI), 12/9/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

thought the advisory council was a rather useful thing, as a matter of fact. It had people like Acheson and Stevenson in there. Butler was a difficult fellow; you couldn't do anything with him. G: Did Johnson ever establish some lines of communication

Oral history transcript, Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., interview 2 (II), 8/1/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

said last time something about the exploitation that the Johnson people were clearly making of the Stevenson people in the campaign for that nomination. R: I think that's right, but I'd like to go back a little if I may on the '60 campaign

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 30 (XXX), 3/22/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that he did. The Democratic Convention in Chicago was one of the worst of the many fights that we have had. There were two delegations from Texas and two from Mississippi, and a regular donnybrook between them. At first, Adlai Stevenson was uncertain
Allan Shivers at the Democratic National Convention; pressure from constituents regarding which presidential candidate LBJ should support; the end of LBJ's friendship with Amon Carter; LBJ's opinion of, and support for, Adlai Stevenson; setting up

Oral history transcript, Allan Shivers, interview 1 (I), 5/29/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

it, and I supported him in that race. I frankly didn't think he was going to win it up until, oh, just very shortly before the second primary. As you'll recall the difference in the vote between him and Stevenson in the first primary, Stevenson had

Oral history transcript, Hale Boggs, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

[NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Boggs -- Interview II -- 4 pretty well tied up, that Stevenson would be nominated. B: Is there any chance in the politicking at that convention that Mr

Oral history transcript, Edgar L. Ball, interview 1 (I), 1/29/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

into the Stevenson headquarters during that campaign and worked as a volunteer in the headquarters during the campaign, and she got interested in the program of having a permanent organization. G: Was she interested, do you think, as a result of her support

Oral history transcript, Oscar L. Chapman, interview 1 (I), 8/15/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

measures under Eisenhower; relationship with LBJ; 1944 Democratic National Convention; Adlai Stevenson; Eisenhower; LBJ's leadership; McCarthy period; Johnson for President Committee, 1960; ethics; Johnson

Oral history transcript, Frederick G. Dutton, interview 1 (I), 8/4/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

to California, attended the University of California at Berkeley, Stanford Law School in the forties. 0: Right. B: Law practice in San Mateo, active in politics in California. You had important positions in the Stevenson campaign there in '56 and in Pat
Biographical information; Stevenson campaign; Pat Brown campaign; Washington in 1959-1960; Statler Hotel party to impress Dutton; LBJ, Rayburn Bobby Baker all for California votes; Brown on “Meet the Press” in 1959 said LBJ was too conservative

Oral history transcript, Harry Ashmore, interview 1 (I), 1/31/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in the Stevenson campaign, not as active as I was to be in the 1956 campaign. There was some contact at that time. I was attending all the Democratic conventions through those years. As I say, there was no reason for any particu- lar sustained kind of contact
Bird in 1964 campaign; Pacem in Terris convocation in NY; Dominican crisis; Stevenson-Johnson relationship; second Pacem in Terris convocation in Geneva; role of Center for Study of Democratic Institutions in Vietnam conflict; mission to North Vietnam

Oral history transcript, Edmund Gerald (Pat) Brown, interview 1 (I), 2/20/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in California, and in '56 we were all for Adlai Stevenson at that time. In ' 6 0 , of course, it was hectic goings on. F: Let's talk a little bit about 1960, and the build-up to that convention. At the breakfast at Johnson's home, who was it--just you and Mrs

Oral history transcript, John E. Horne, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

influence if any I should try to play insofar as who got money. M: Right. In 1956 then, you were, I believe, assistant campaign manager for Mr. Stevenson's campaign. Is that correct? LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY

Oral history transcript, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., interview 1 (I), 11/4/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

intel lectual associated with Adlai Stevenson, for whom he did not have a high regard. F: Yeah. Did Jim Rowe or Phil Graham ever talk to you ab:>ut his Presi dential ambitions or their ambitions for him outside of wh1t you've already said? S
./Vietnam policy; Adlai Stevenson.

Oral history transcript, George Sandlin, interview 1 (I), 3/3/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

for it. But then at the 1952 convention--it was held, I believe, as I recall, in Amarillo, and it almost got out of hand. There were some there who did not want Adlai Stevenson--and now again I'm talking about the September convention. We had already been to the national
Adlai Stevenson in 1952; Rayburn's misunderstanding that Shivers' attendance at the Chicago convention was a commitment to support any Democratic candidate; LBJ choosing Sandlin to speak for him in Travis County rather than Mayor Tom Miller or Emma Long

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 31 (XXXI), 3/29/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

for Stevenson. He finally did. It was a beautiful statement, lost in the Texas papers to some degree. Somebody finally took out an ad about it. G: What arguments did he use with Russell, do you know? What selling points did he [use]? J: I don't remember
The presidential campaign in the fall of 1952 and LBJ's involvement; controversy surrounding LBJ's support for Adlai Stevenson; LBJ's travel to campaign for fellow Democrats; Lady Bird Johnson's miscarriage in the fall of 1952; Senator Ernest

Oral history transcript, Nadine Brammer Eckhardt, interview 2 (II), 3-21-84//19, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

you pick the wrong candidate.' LBJ goes to Lockhart for a Democratic rally where he and Rayburn deliver speeches. One newspaper reported that LBJ did not mention Adlai Stevenson or Estes Kefauver's name once during his speech." And then on 5 LBJ

Oral history transcript, Terry Sanford, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in the South is concerned. I liked Symington. I liked him. I liked Paul Douglas, And I perhaps liked somebody else--I can't remember any other candidates at the moment of that time. F: Stevenson was still around. S: I had about done all I could do

Oral history transcript, William J. Crockett, interview 2 (II), 8/19/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Sherwin J. Markman, interview 1 (I), 5/21/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

had been state executive director for Governor Stevenson's Presidential campaign in 1956. In 1960 I had served on Governor Stevenson's national staff for a period through his defeat in the Los Angeles National Democratic Convention. Mc
Biographical information; work on Credentials Committee at 1964 Democratic Convention; support for Adlai Stevenson at 1956 and 1960 Conventions; JFK’s nomination at 1960 Convention; becaming a State Dept. employee 1965; contact with Senator Robert

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

Oral history transcript, Oscar L. Chapman, interview 2 (II), 10/2/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, 1972 INTERVIEWEE: OSCAR CHAPMAN INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: Mr. Chapman's office in Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 F: In 1956, when he [Johnson] was kind of a dark horse against Stevenson. C: Yes, kind of. F: Stevenson ran in 1952
measures under Eisenhower; relationship with LBJ; 1944 Democratic National Convention; Adlai Stevenson; Eisenhower; LBJ's leadership; McCarthy period; Johnson for President Committee, 1960; ethics; Johnson

Oral history transcript, Fenner Roth, interview 1 (I), 9/23/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

only been there a short time and I told him I thought that he could get someone who was more knowledgeable with the people of South Texas or who was better known down there. Apparently, as you know, Mr. Stevenson had been a very popular Governor

Oral history transcript, James P. Coleman, interview 1 (I), 4/29/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

the word-vantage points in this situation. Did you have any opportunity that you remember to talk to either the Senator or to Governor Shivers about what going with Adlai Stevenson and Stevenson's views in the tidelands and so forth meant to this part
First meeting with LBJ in Washington, 1935 at Little Congress; closely associated in Democratic convention in 1952 and after; Mississippi vote for LBJ and presidential nomination in 1956; Kennedy-Kefauver race at 1956 convention; Adlai Stevenson

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

of thing. So he has been active. M: Did he support Allan Shivers? B: Yes, he did. M: He did support Allan S h i v e r s then when S h i v e r s B: Yes. M: Well, then, does it follow that he was against Stevenson when Adlai They are very good

Oral history transcript, Joseph J. Sisco, interview 1 (I), 11/6/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Cabot] Lodge, I worked with Adlai Stevenson and with Arthur Goldberg and othe rs, subsequently George Ball , for example, in the brief period he was there . Firs t of all, most of the men in that period of time that were appointed

Oral history transcript, George Ball, interview 1 (I), 7/8/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Stevenson in his campaigns of the fifties? Did you have any personal contact with Lyndon Johnson then at all? B: Very little. I knew him casually, not only because of my relationship with Stevenson, but because as a lawyer in Washington I had had some
; escalation decisions; bombing of Haiphong POL; Adlai-Stevenson-U Thant initiative; bombing pauses; peace efforts

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

Etsenhower had been reel ected for the second term. G: You worked in the Stevenson campaign in 1956, I understand. M: Well, we all did in Minnesota. The party endorsed him. I didn't work in it very much, but. G: Did you ever have a chance to observe
Humphrey; filibustering; nominating Adlai Stevenson; Alaska and Hawaii statehood; McCarthy's memory of various bills; Landrum-Griffin Act; the possibility that LBJ would choose McCarthy as a presidential running mate.

Oral history transcript, Kenneth M. Birkhead, interview 1 (I), 1/10/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)

a relationship . I had also been at the National Committee and at least knew the people in the National Committee and knew a lot of the people that were associated with the Stevenson campaign in 1952 . So the fact--not because I was any thing special but just

Oral history transcript, William S. White and June White, interview 3 (III), 7/21/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in running the [Adlai] Stevenson campaign in Texas. I ran into him by chance in the airport in Fort Worth. He took me in to the Fort Worth Club, and we were having a drink there in one of the rooms. He met one of the very famous Texas multimillionaires

Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 7 (VII), 10/11/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

who thought that he was the spokesman for the Democratic Party, and he had nothing but contempt for the congressional leadership. He had been a very strong advocate of Adlai Stevenson. So I think that the fact that Allan Shivers and Lyndon Johnson

Oral history transcript, Hubert H. Humphrey, interview 1 (I), 8/17/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

enough work for Adlai Stevenson, amongst liberals. Johnson always defended himself by pointing out that he did plenty of work for him in the South, particularly in Texas. I've forgotten just whether Texas carried that year for-- F: No, Eisenhower won
-Americans; Black Friday; Warren Court decisions; civil liberties fight; LBJ as a civil libertarian and a pragmatic liberal; relationship between the Humphrey’s and the Johnson’s; HHH as majority whip; Adlai Stevenson; illusion LBJ had of being VP; power

Oral history transcript, Gerri Whittington, interview 2 (II), 7/18/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

glad to see President Eisenhower in person. Johnson was over in his bedroom. (Interruption) W: The day he [Adlai Stevenson] died the news came to the White House and I remember President Johnson coming along with Bill Moyers and Okamoto to his

Oral history transcript, Thomas K. Finletter, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

efforts were concerned with Adlai Stevenson. M: I was going to ask you about that next, as a matter of fact. Did you remain fairly close to Mr. Stevenson during the time he became Ambassador to the United Nations? F: Yes, I did with this exception
Biographical information; Finletter Report; 70-group Air Force; George Mahon; Adlai Stevenson; Vietnam; decline in power of Democratic party; John Foster Dulles; NATO; meeting with LBJ on 4/10/64 on MLF; lack of support of MLF; Ottawa speech; Non

Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 2 (II), 10/31/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

a deal with Adlai Stevenson, who people wouldn't think would make a deal but he did, and he made a deal to deliver Michigan, New Jersey, California, and New York to Stevenson if Stevenson would throw the convention open, and that's the way Kefauver got

Oral history transcript, Tommie W. Glick and Sarah Taylor, interview 1 (I), 7/23/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh GLICK -- I -- 15 G: No~ Mrs. Roosevelt was dead then. But Lady Bird was a speaker~ Adlai Stevenson, Margaret Truman was there, and some of the Roosevelt men. Let's see, was James or John

Oral history transcript, Ruth Prokop, interview 2 (II), 2/1/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Eleanor Roosevelt died Adlai Stevenson was coming down to Washington to present a marble bust of Mrs. Roosevelt. President Johnson was scheduled to accept the marble bust on behalf of the nation. Jim Jones, a White House assistant, and I made all
presidential reelection campaign; Jeanne Vanderbilt's support for LBJ; Prokop's involvement with Adlai Stevenson presenting a marble bust of Eleanor Roosevelt to LBJ; 1966 meeting of congressional liaisons where LBJ spoke to them regarding his legislative

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