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Oral history transcript, Vann Kennedy, interview 1 (I), 11/xx/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

of the Democratic Party for a good many years. Mr. Kennedy, what is your present vocation? K: I am president and general manager of television station KZTV and [rad~o s ta t ion] KS I X• B: I should note that prior to establishing radio and television
Biographical information; Jimmie Allred; Franklin Roosevelt's court packing plan and LBJ's 1938 election; tabulating primary election votes and the work of the state Democratic Executive Committee; administration of the Democratic party in Texas

Oral history transcript, Oren Harris, interview 1 (I), 9/3/1973, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh You're Judge Oren Harris. You served as Democratic representative in the House of Representatives in Washington from 1940 until February 1966, when you became a U. S. district judge
; Sherman Adams; Congressman Morgan; Schwartz; Mr. Moulder; Bernard Goldfine; Jack Anderson; Bob Bartlett; 1960 Democratic convention; Arkansas Valley Development; Senator McClellan; JFK’s VP decision; federal judgeship; Attorney General Katzenbach; civil

Oral history transcript, Robert W. Calvert, interview 1 (I), 5/6/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

of the State Democratic Executive Committee, 1946-48. I've held various otherm.inortype jobs, like president of the Hillsboro School Board for a period of time and things of that sort. I was nominated in the Democratic primary in 1950 for an associate justice

Oral history transcript, Thomas G. Corcoran, interview 1 (I), 7/26/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

) just the general disenchantment of any administration in office, that the Democrats would lose still more and I know Congressman Johnson wanted to be two things: he wanted to be secretary to the Democratic National Committee and also he wanted
and Pedernales River Authority; preparing for FDR's 1940 presidential campaign; Corcoran's work on LBJ's 1948 election to the U.S. Senate; how LBJ became Senate minority leader; the 1956 Democratic National Convention; LBJ's and Corcoran's relationship

Oral history transcript, J.C. Looney, interview 1 (I), 10/3/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

always a lot of people wanting to talk to him and it was hard to move on and meet your appointments. F: He never has been one to stay on schedule. L· No, and it's hard to keep him going. F: Were you involved in that State Democratic fight up
Biographical information; 1941 and 1948 campaigns; LBJ’s rapport with Latinos; use of helicopter; interest in Valley drought; LBJ’s role in location of Falcon Dam; 1952 and 1956 State Democratic Conventions; 1960 and 1968 Democratic Conventions

Oral history transcript, O.C. Fisher, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

in the drafting of that legislation. Lyndon Johnson supported the Taft-Hartley Act, whereas, Sam Rayburn did not. speech against it. He made a So Johnson was not hidebound to the so-called liberal side. He was flexible on occasions, as indicated by his action

and Democratic national conventions and the campaigns to follow. The President said at that time that he was giving very serious consideration as to whether or not he should run. The President was keenly aware of the problems that were besetting the nation

Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 3 (III), 4/11/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

; served some in New Orleans; I served Some in the Atlantic and some in the Pacific. My last tour of duty was at Kwajalain in the Pacific; I was there when the Japanese surrender took place. And as quick as I could get passage, I carne back to America

in the Capitol when he was Minority and Majority Leader. It was a more important office really when he was Minority Leader, because nobody else had an office in the Capitol. none of the Democrats. They all came up there when they wanted a little snort

. Then we had the time that the Texas Democrats wouldn't put Adlai Stevenson and Senator Sparkman--or didn·'t want to put them on the ballot as Democrats. The Texas party wanted to put them on as something else and they went to court over that. We were
; Coke Stevenson; involvement in Washington litigation while LBJ was Senator; the Leland Olds case and the Texas oil industry; Allan Shivers, Adlai Stevenson and Sam Rayburn in the 1952 election; getting the Adlai E. Stevenson/John J. Sparkman Democratic

Oral history transcript, Welly K. Hopkins, interview 2 (II), 11/14/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

the Democratic campaign committee functioning through its representative in the House was in deep trouble. Some very fine Congressman, I think from Virginia, was supposed to be in charge of the Democratic campaign for reelection of those members of the House

Oral history transcript, Frank W. Mayborn, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

on in connection with the election and the vote and how it turned out and the controversy and the fact that it had been thrown back by the courts, I guess, onto the [State Democratic Executive] Committee, of which I was a member but not very active at that time
1948 election and the State Democratic Executive Committee; Byron Skelton; HST and General Marshall collaborate on the Truman Committee; the 1960 convention in Los Angeles; meeting JFK at Hyannis Port after the convention; Ted Dealey insults JFK

. P: Mrs. Taylor, during his vice presidency--well, let me back this up--in 1960 during the campaign did you work in that campaign? T: I was with the Democratic Policy Committee then, of which he ,vas chairman. And of course I was with the girls

Oral history transcript, Fenner Roth, interview 2 (II), 10/11/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Roth -- III -- 29 that has come has been people who were jealous of him rather than who were dissatisfied with his actions or what he did. G: To your knowledge, did he have pretty good relations with Congressman Kleberg

Oral history transcript, Homer E. Dean, interview 1 (I), 1/12/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

/show/loh/oh Dean -- I -- 12 Wells County, and George Parr in Duval County, and Manuel Raymond in Laredo. They were like Chinese warlords, each with his own domain. G: Now then, let's go to 1948. You had assumed some prominence in the Democratic
in Precinct 13 in 1948; Dean's role as county attorney in the 1948 Senate election; the makeup and role of the county Democratic Executive Committee; Coke Stevenson going to Texas State Bank to examine the poll list; the location of the ballot boxes; the grand

of that third term issue, the conventions, and Lyndon Johnson's role there? P: No, I didn't attend conventions in 1940, and I guess I wasn't taking too big a hand in things. No. I don't have any particular recollec- tion of Lyndon's actions there. He

Oral history transcript, Robert W. Murphey, interview 1 (I), 11/22/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

crossed swords, so to speak, with Governor Rainey at the University of Texas simply on a constitutional basis, which most of Mr. Stevenson's actions were based on. He was a great constitutional lawyer, a good lawyer, and he adhered in all of his

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