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- LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh INTERVIEW II DATE: August 29
- Biographical information; 1941 campaign; World War II; 1948 campaign; Roberts joins staff; LBJ’s interest in details of office operation; LBJ’s varied responsibilities; office procedure; the Vice Presidency
- Oral history transcript, Juanita Roberts, interview 2 (II), 8/29/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Oral history transcript, William R. (Bob) Poage, interview 2 (II), 6/20/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
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- LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh INTERVIEW II DATE: June 20, 1977
- Oral history transcript, William R. (Bob) Poage, interview 2 (II), 6/20/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
- LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh INTERVIEW II DATE: May 18, 1987
- Oral history transcript, Emma Long, interview 2 (II), 5/18/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois
Oral history transcript, Dorothy J. Nichols, interview 2 (II), 11/1/1974, by Michael L. Gillette
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- it to carry the supplies in. II So I bought it, and it was pasteboard. And I put all this heavy paper in it, and I stuck in a bottle of bourbon, which we had left over from the weekend. We had very little time to have a drink during the week
- Oral history transcript, Dorothy J. Nichols, interview 2 (II), 11/1/1974, by Michael L. Gillette
- , 1978 INTERVIEWEE: W. ERVIN II REDII JAt1ES INTERVI HJER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: Mr. James' office, Houston, Texas Tape 1 of 2 J: I first met Lyndon B. Johnson sometime in the mid 1930s. I was a clerk in the old WPA. At that time Aubrey
- the 1948 primary that they started putting poll watchers in. The peculiar thing, it was known as the patron system, and it was just as--in fact, the subtitle of my manuscript, "George Parr in Duval County Politics," was "The Mesquite Pendergast. II He
- we'll get after it. II And then the kit was a black sock and a brown sock, not a pair but just one of order blanks. each~ one with a clock in it, a real fancy type, and So he set out three of them, and I thanked him. said, "That will be fifteen
- a lot in that Allred affair. They came in to see me one morning, and said, "We want you to manage Lyndon Johnson's campaign. II He had just announced the day before. I only knew him by newspaper accounts. I didn't know him personally. M; You had
- Oral history transcript, Claude C. Wild, interview 2 (II), 10/3/1968, by David G. McComb
- /exhibits/show/loh/oh :-'"_e'?-~ -~-. - !'ii:-- WEBB -- I -- 6 were working for Lyndon at that time. Because he would come over to San Antonio, and filaury just went crazy on the subject of saving that little historic spot there in San Antonio
- and to the socalled Parr machine, which there was in South Texas, many times. Of course, Coke Stevenson in his political life, most of the elections that I can recall, received the support of the George Parr "machine, in quotes. II Basically that was true because
- me that he had come down to Washington as a congressman, and he got in a fight with our people, I'm talking about the labor people, out in Texas. they should have supported him. us a contest. II He put his back up, and he gave He said, "I tell you
- Theater, which LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Roth -- II I -- 5
- Oral history transcript, Fenner Roth, interview 2 (II), 10/11/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
- this during World War II, or did he talk about--? N: No, I don't think so. Actually, World War II--the only helicopters that made it into World War II arrived almost at the end, and they arrived in the China-Burma-India LBJ Presidential Library http
- , sir. Yes, sir. I was going to school at Texas A&M when he died, and came home for the funeral. Shortly after that I joined the Marine Corps. F: Where did you serve? P: In the South Pacific. F: This was in World War II? LBJ Presidential Library
- Family background and biographical information; Parr's military service in WW II and Korea; Luis Salas' role in LBJ's 1948 U.S. Senate election; George Parr's contact with LBJ; George Parr's role in the 1948 U.S. Senate election; disagreement
- tried not to show his disappointment. His friends had urged him to contest it, but he said, "No. the way the ba 11 rolls. There'll be another day. II That's And so he 1et it go at that. Well, we go now to the matter of his security. One day he
- hundred back, and if you'd sto 1en two hundred votes, gi ve them back. That's all I can suggest. II "Oh no," he said. Now this is where some of the frightening stuff comes in. "No," he said, "I wouldn't dare change that certificate that I sent." I asked
Oral history transcript, O.C. Fisher, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
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- Pygmalion, as it were, we probably contributed a few ideas that he adopted and did something with. B: K: B: When you say we ," you mean yourself, do you not? II I think you also were in on it. Well, in a slight sense, but you were the brains
- mind," and he said, "What is it? II I said, "00 we call you Mr. President or Lyndon?" he turned on me and never answered, but I got the message. And He really LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B
- was elected anything, "You know, Lyndon is running night and day for president of the United States. to talk about. II He wants to be. And I know that was true. That's all he wants He had his eye on that job back ten years before he was ever elected
- had an office in the Littlefield Building at that time. I had been back practicing law for three years at that time. G: You had been in World War II? O: I was in the FBI from 1942 to 1945. I practiced law before that time here. G: Well, did
Oral history transcript, Everett D. Collier, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1975, by Michael L. Gillette
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- cousin. F· Well, people have said "yes, he's his cousin, II and others have said, "no, there's --L: That's it. He always kidded me, called me his country cousin. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B
- Mayborn -- I -- 10 Ninth Air Force PIO [public information officer], that worked for me when I was acting chief and assistant chief of SHAEF [Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force] public relations in World War II. This boy was the Ninth Air
- does, very \'Je II! PB: Harvey, I can appreciate that it was quite difficult to set up these helicopter landings in small towns and get him advertised, etc., and get a crowd out for the candidate, but when you went into a big town, your problems must
- Oral history transcript, Welly K. Hopkins, interview 2 (II), 11/14/1968, by Joe B. Frantz
- back here after World War II? D: Yes, I was ambitious. I decided a good way to meet people and build up my personal law practice would be to run for county attorney. The Lloyds wished me well and helped me. A strong character that was of great help
- ; the duties of county and district attorneys in Jim Wells County; practicing law in the Army during World War II; turnover of Jim Wells County officials in 1946; George Parr's influence in South Texas; Dean's support for LBJ in the 1930s and during LBJ's 1948
- ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh April II, 1969; Washington, D. C. F: This is an interview with Mr. Willard Deason, Commissioner of the Interstate Commerce Commission, in his office in Washington, D. C., on April 11, 1969, and the interviewer is Joe B
- you have learned that the public works bill is alive again. The pro- posed new dam at Waco will be up for consideration, and [he should] get busy and be ready to support it. II Why he didn't pi ck up the phone and call Bob Poage across
- Texas politics . B: Okay . Well, I started out as a reporter that was in 1941 in Tyler, Texas, but interrupted by World War II when I was in the air force . Right after I got out of the service in August of 1945, I went to work in Marshall, Texas
Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
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- background and how I got started in Texas politics, I was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and came to Texas during World War II. As a relatively young man and with very little interest in politics, I met my wife in Austin, Texas and went to law school
Oral history transcript, William Robert Smith, interview 1 (I), 11/9/1983, by Michael L. Gillette
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- at the Rice Hotel, and I called home a little after six in the evening to call my wife, see how she was getting along, and she said, "Oh, have the newspapermen gotten in touch with yoU?" about?" I sa id II No, what Well, she said, "It's something about