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Oral history transcript, Melvin C. Winters, interview 3 (III), 3/3/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • for the Senate in 1948? Did he talk to you about that decision? That was when he ran against Coke Stevenson. W: He talked to everybody about that. G: He did? Did he have trouble making up his mind, do you think? W: Well, he knew it was going to be a tough
  • A.W. Moursund's 1946 district attorney campaign; the death of Mrs. Johnson's Aunt Effie Pattillo; LBJ supporting Dwight Eisenhower in the 1948 presidential election; LBJ's 1948 U.S. Senate campaign against Coke Stevenson; Winters' offer to shear
Oral history transcript, Melvin C. Winters, interview 2 (II), 2/25/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • , Stevenson. G: Stevenson. W: Coke Stevenson. That was the hottest race he ever had. G: Of course, this was the one he lost; this was the only campaign he lost, in 1941. 12 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT
  • ; LBJ joining the navy; construction contracts during World War II; construction work in Central America; the effect of World War II on Winters' business; LBJ's 1946 campaign against Hardy Hollers and 1948 campaign against Coke Stevenson; how A.W
Oral history transcript, Melvin C. Winters, interview 1 (I), 2/18/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • , or what were you doing? W: Well, I was trying to help him get elected every way I could. G: You said you loaned him your airplane. W: Yes, he used my plane when he needed it. It was available to him. One time, he was trying to get Coke Stevenson
  • campaigns, including an offer to shear Coke Stevenson's goats so Stevenson would be available to debate LBJ; a watch LBJ gave to Winters; Winters' involvement in LBJ's land purchase near Johnson City; LBJ as a rancher; LBJ's lack of popularity in Gillespie
Oral history transcript, Melvin C. Winters, interview 4 (IV), 3/12/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • to name Coke Stevenson to replace him. Do you recall that? W: No. I probably knew about [it], but I don't know any of the details. G: Do you have any recollections of Christmas of that year? I don't have any notes on Christmas of 1956. W: I don't
Oral history transcript, Melvin C. Winters, interview 5 (V), 3/18/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • of MacArthur? W: No, I don't. G: Let me just clear up something you said in your last interview. You said that he supported Eisenhower over [Adlai] Stevenson, and I'm wondering if you meant that he felt personally favorable, or if he actually privately