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Johnson to be his assistant. Now very few people know this. And the reason was that he, being a former schoolteacher, knew that Lyndon Johnson was the ablest man in our crew to be there, and two, because of his intellectual superiority plus LBJ

: At the time he had the heart attack, there really, other than in the Texas papers, had never been any talk of his being a presidential candidate. It just was never thought of. I don't think any of the people associated with him talked about him being
; defense appropriation bill; Senator Earle Clements; LBJ’s drinking and smoking; LBJ’s heart attack and its effects on him; 1956 Democratic National Convention; Mrs. Johnson; LBJ’s insurance and Don Reynolds; LBJ’s success in business; LBJ’s secret office

of the delegates at a national convention. So a lot of people [wanted to nominate Eisenhower]. Olin Johnston from my state of South Carolina flew over to talk to Eisenhower about Eisenhower being the Democratic nominee. And there were a lot of stories

instantly becomes a world expert. can cause you a lot of problems. And they These are the kind of people that would support Pappy Lee Q'Daniel, Martin Dies--they loved to associate with crackpots. And Johnson and Rayburn had a big problem. They were

was the Democratic nominee for the vice presidency, along with a telephone lineman and myself in a helicopter for two people, whereby that we had to get out and go through the cockleburs to hitchhike a ride over to my classmate, who presently is the lieutenant

in on the secrets of any important bills. Any that you remember particularly, how they were done. So much of that is just not in the record, and unless we get it from people like you, who were part of it, we just don't know. about Tidelands legislation at all. I
Tidelands legislation; admission of Alaska and Hawaii as states; East-West Center in Honolulu; space program; Senate committee assignments; Estes Kefauver, John Kennedy, and the Foreign Relations Committee; 1960 Democratic National Convention; LBJ’s

thought it was in our national interest to invade Red China. And I think because of the wisdom of President Eisenhower and people of the stature of Lyndon Johnson and Senator George and Senator [William] Fulbright and others, we saved the Republican Party

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