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  • , Speaker McCormack, the Kennedy boys being protégés of his, or his being a mentor of theirs, obviously was behind [it]. I don't want to say who it was in this group that wasn't-- G: [Mike] Mansfield I would suspect, coming from Montana. B: Yes, but I
  • , and for that reason had a difficult time. G: Let's talk a little about politics surrounding this period of time. Both Mayor [Richard] Daley and Mike Mansfield and a number of others cited the possibility of a draft, that even though LBJ would remove himself from
  • with letters: "You can't stop people from defending themselves," "You can't stop people from hunting," "It's a sport." G: I think [Mike] Mansfield was one of those who opposed his effort here. B: I can't remember. [inaudible] G: He asked for eleven