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Oral history transcript, James R. Jones, interview 4 (IV), 1/28/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

on the suggestion of moving the [Democratic National] Convention from Chicago? J: No. There had been, early on, a lot of FBI reports on what to expect and all of that, and I think there had been some recommendations about considering another site and all
Democratic convention; LBJ’s relationships with Nguyen Cao Ky and Nguyen Van Thieu; LBJ’s 1969 farewell address to Congress; the Fortas/Thornberry Supreme Court incident; LBJ farewell get-together at the White House; LBJ’s problem with TV appearances; Robert

/loh/oh Jones -- I -- 5 when he was a young congressman in 1940, he was head of the House Democratic Campaign Committee. And after the 1940 elections in which President Roosevelt was reelected and the Democratic Congress was maintained, Drew Pearson
LBJ’s decision not to run for re-election in 1968; Martin Luther King’s death and LBJ’s view of King; LBJ on civil rights; open housing bill; trip to Chicago 4/1/68; the idea of moving the Democratic National Convention from Chicago; Chicago’s Mayor

of the detail work in that area was my responsibility. We had some political liaison work with the governors primarily, and the [Democratic] National Committee, and the state chairmen of the various states. That was out of Marvin's office. There again I handled

Oral history transcript, James R. Jones, interview 3 (III), 6/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

on that considerably even after he became defense secretary, but yet you would hear or read these things in the national magazines and the New York Times, how "Clark Clifford is trying to lead a dovish position, a change in policy on the war." The public print just

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