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  • Series > Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories (remove)
  • Date > 1969-01-06 (remove)
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  • to President Truman. However, President Truman had made his commitment before Symington entered the race. So it was a very hard fought and vigorous campaign. At the time in question, Senator Johnson was in Missouri to specl( on behalf of Mr. Symington's
  • ; criticism that LBJ didn’t devote enough time to party’s political machinery
  • that is scary ; it could have been somet hing more serio us · than paint -fille d ballo ons. I don't know how you deal with a Dalla s-typ e probl em. I dontt know wheth er you'r e inter ested in sidel ights on Dalla s, but I was down there some time after
  • known then-Senator Johnson, he called upon me from time to time to advise him with respect to matters, frequently dealing with civil rights, which was not a particular expertise of mine except that I had worked on the restrictive covenant case which had
  • correct. F: Did you know Mr. Johnson before he became President? Had you ever met him? C: L had never met him personally. I'd shaken his hand a time or two. The first time I saw him at close-range was when I was testifying before the Senate Public