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  • . INTERVIEWER: THOMAS HARRISON BAKER June 18, 1969 B: This is the interview with Whitney M. Young, Jr. of the Urban League. Mr. Young, do you recall when you first met or knew anything about Lyndon Johnson? Y: I first met Mr. Johnson when he was in the Senate
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  • King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
  • Young, Whitney Moore, Jr., 1921-1971
  • Oral history transcript, Whitney M. Young, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/18/1969, by T.H. Baker
  • Whitney M. Young, Jr.
  • Reuther had been in to see either Califano or the President somewhere in that summer, picking up an intimation of what was then known as Demonstration Cities. M: What was Walter Reuther's interest in this? W: Walter, in a general social concern, had
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  • entir~ly with the different candidates: McGovern, and Humphrey. Seems to me like there was 'one can't particularly recall right now. McCarthy, m~re that I I thought there were four. F: I can't remember, now, who it was. S: But what I did
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  • King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
  • : Apparently, he was quite popular and respected among the members. Mc: Whom did you see as his close friends? F: His closest friends, I would say, from my viewpoint, were Sam Rayburn and Wright Patman. I'm sure there were others; he was quite friendly
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  • : http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Collier -- I -- 2 intense person with pent-up energies, as he was throughout his life. I can see him striding through those old halls at Sam Houston, towering over everyone else as the hall corridors were
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  • was frequently when I was mayor, and Cliff Carter wanted me to come in and see the Vice President. And I did. I spoke with him in his office right off the Senate chambers. I recall it very vividly because I remember he said, among other things, when he sat
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  • King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
  • 1954-58; memo 85th-93rd Congresses, 1st Dist. Minn.; memo com. edn. and labor. Recipient Young Man of Year award Minn. Jr. CofC, 1957; Distinguished Service award N.E.A.; Legislative Statesmanship citation Council for Exceptional Children, 1969
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