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Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 2 (II), 12/4/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • : Was there discussion about how far you should go in challenging the Supreme Court's authority in this area? C: I don't remember ever getting to challenging the Supreme Court. We had staff meetings. We elected--Senator Sam Ervin was the head, as I recall
Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 4 (IV), 2/15/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • difficulty, gone the other way. I don't think it was a burning issue. I think once we had organization of course--Senator Sam Ervin was sort of our leader--once we decided a position, I think he 16 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL
Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 5 (V), 3/14/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • there. G: How did Senator Hill feel about Johnson's espousal of the Voting Rights Act? C: I think Senator Hill felt that there was some bit of hypocrisy there, not because a Dick Russell or a Sam Ervin or the southern group issued a statement