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  • Series > Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories (remove)
  • Subject > Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968 (remove)

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  • forgotten what it was, it wasn't Gary, it was one of the big towns in Indiana--"but only on the condition that I not tell the press or the politicians." [inaudible] He was a hard fellow to work for. G: Did his relationship with Senator [Mike] Mansfield
  • Plans for the 1968 campaign; working with LBJ; disagreement during 1960 campaign; 1964 campaign involvement; LBJ and Mike Mansfield; LBJ and the Democratic Party; LBJ and RFK; LBJ’s withdrawal; Theodore White; LBJ and HHH during the 1968 campaign
  • . Are you going to run for office? H: No. I toyed with it. F: I'm not trying to put you on the spot. H: I thought of it at one time when Mike Mansfield said he was going to make this his last term. But since then Mike has said that he's not going
  • Humphrey became as sistant floor leader and the man who really got things done there in the Senate. Mike Mansfield is a fine person, imild and considerate, and all too often apathetic. He seemed willing to drift along. So when Lyndon wanted things
  • there, and then we had a little ceremony with Senator Mansfield, Senator Dirksen, all the people, and we paper and hung it up there . all signed a piece of But it wouldn't have come back if he hadn't helped . F: After he became president you have a campaign