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  • Series > Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories (remove)
  • Date > 1984-02-29 (remove)

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Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 4 (IV), 2/29/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • of the people, they were ready to take over that convention hall. But Kennedy was smart. known. How they bribed Paul Butler I have never But Paul Butler was the chairman of the Democratic Party and he hated Johnson and Mr. Rayburn because they had been
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 13 (XIII), 2/29/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • the purpose of those? R: Just to bring them into camp. It was to make friends with them early. I remember Paul Butler and the civil rights controversy. "Johnsons and Alsops go fishing"--God! If you knew how funny that line was, "Johnsons and Alsops go
  • . Rebekah Johnson; Sherman Adams' resignation; crisis of Quemoy and Matsu; rally with Vance Hartke; Democratic sweep of Congressional election; Paul Butler and the Democratic National Committee; LBJ's address to the U.N.; LBJ's meeting with Lopez Mateos