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of, or announced his intention to nominate, Francis [X.] Morrissey [Sr.] to the federal bench in Massachusetts in September 1965. C: Let me just do one thing. G: Okay. C: Kennedy very much wanted Morrissey. Teddy Kennedy wanted him. I noticed here that Bobby

; the missal used by LBJ when taking the oath of office on November 22, 1963; appointments of Thurgood Marshall and James Coleman; James Eastland as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee; Charles W. Halleck's appointment; Francis Morrissey's relationship
O'Brien, Lawrence F. (Lawrence Francis), 1917-1990

Oral history transcript, Aaron E. Henry, interview 1 (I), 9/12/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)

in the 1940's; went to Xavier University, got a degree in pharmacy and own the Fourth Street Drug Store here in Clarksdale, and have been state president of the NAACP through all the 1960's and still are. H: That's true. You know more about me than I think I
white leaders in Civil Rights: Hodding Carter III, Bill Reedy, Claude Ramsey, Father Phillips McCloone and Father William Morrissey; SCLC base in Alabama; opinion of Kennedy men; LBJ’s administration involved in voting rights, public accommodation

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 3 (III), 6/29/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

on the October thing that you mentioned. One, the appointment of Francis Morrissey, which was a Kennedy appointment. K: We did talk about that. I can't put my finger on the whole sequence, but I remember that he felt that the Kennedys had pressed too hard
October 1965 visit to the Ranch; LBJ’s relationship with the press; activities at the Ranch; LBJ’s desire to pay off Democratic National Committee debt and Krim’s involvement; Cliff Carter; John Criswell; political discussions at the Ranch; Francis

calling me. They must have stopped keeping track of the hot line. My hunch is it was in the paper on the morning of the fifteenth and the President called me. The fifteenth. You know the [Francis] Morrissey thing was going on at the same time? I don't know

Bobby,"--which among other things included a judgeship fight-G: This was the Morrissey--? O: No, this was New York and this was the feeling that he didn't support Frank O'Connor enthusiastically. G: I see. O: "There's a general feeling," I
O'Brien, Lawrence F. (Lawrence Francis), 1917-1990

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 2 (II), 5/17/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

for the first time, and her gentleman friend, and Cissy Morrissey of Life magazine. This was the first time we had been in a helicopter with the President, and so I recall it as an exciting trip for us. When we arrived at Camp David it was our first glimpse

Oral history transcript, Harold Barefoot Sanders, interview 1 (I), 1/1/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

saying he killed JFK as a part of a Communist conspiracy; Jim Bowey; Henry Wade; Jack Miller; Waggoner Carr; Tim Timmons; Appointment as Assistant Deputy to Ramsey Clark; Presidential appointments to federal courts; Morrissey; Appointment to Assistant

Oral history transcript, Leon Jaworski, interview 1 (I), 12/23/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

, and of the appointments that he made. He didn't have anybody turned down that I know of; now there may have been early in his regime some--oh yes. He at the request of the Kennedys appointed Morrissey; and that was done because he did not want to go back

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 1 (I), 10/8/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

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