Discover Our Collections


  • Series > Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories (remove)
  • Date > 1977-06-20 (remove)

2 results

Oral history transcript, William R. (Bob) Poage, interview 2 (II), 6/20/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . respect. I never thought of Lyndon in that We've had some members who I hav~ thought of as populists, but I never really thought Lyndon was a populist. In those days we thought of him as a New Dealer and not the old term of populist, I guess. G: I
  • LBJ’s association with President Roosevelt; LBJ as a New Dealer compared to Maury Maverick as a populist; LBJ turning to Sam Rayburn for advice and support; LBJ urging Poage to run against O’Daniel for a Senate seat; the 1948 election; Poage’s
Oral history transcript, Hubert H. Humphrey, interview 2 (II), 6/20/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Dealer. In the real sense of the Roosevelt tradition--Social Security, yes, minimum wage, yes, the kind of economic legislation for depressed areas, yes, education, yes--he was a Rooseveltian Democrat, and the Social Security issue was hotly debated