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  • LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTEBVIEWEE: RICHARD S. 11CACTUS: 1 PRYOR INTERVIEWER: PAUL BOLTON PLACE: Mr. Pryor's office, Austin, Texas
  • See all online interviews with Richard S. (Cactus) Pryor
  • Pryor, Richard
  • Oral history transcript, Richard S. (Cactus) Pryor, interview 1 (I), 9/10/1968, by Paul Bolton
  • Richard S. (Cactus) Pryor
  • : Yarborough never was really part of the southern group. B: No. Well, neither he nor Johnson joined the southern caucus. Johnson and Senator [Richard] Russell of Georgia, of course, worked hand in glove on everything. They were very close to each other
  • ; Texas delegation luncheons; "Rayburn Board of Education;" JFK-LBJ relationship in Senate; 1960 Democratic convention strategies and LBJ's nomination for vice presidency; LBJ's Berlin visit as vice president; visits to LBJ ranch; LBJ's frustrations
  • was vice president that you recall? H: I don't belfeve so. No, in the sense of projects per se I don't at the moment recall anything. worth recalling. But the 1961 "Berlin Crisis" is perhaps Kennedy faced a fundamental decision as to whether
  • JFK oral history project; first contact with LBJ; JFK press briefing breakfasts; biographical information; LBJ as VP; SST; 1961 Berlin Crisis; JFK assassination; transition; Eliot Janeway; poverty program; tax cut; Christmas meeting at the Ranch
  • . Johnson meet Mr. Berlin, the president of the Hearst Corporation, and got him to recommend that the San Antonio Light support Johnson for the Senate in '48, which they did. F: Did you ever meet Coke Stevenson, his opponent? \01: No. F: When it c~e