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Oral history transcript, Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., interview 1 (I), 7/30/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Stevenson. I think Coke Stevenson was the incumbent governor running against Johnson for the Senate. very close. I remember seeing Tom Corcoran one evening during the summer a nd hi s s ta tement that Johnson. It was '\.oJ e' ve got to ra i se a 11
His work on the Johnson-Stevenson case; Leland Olds; the way LBJ became Majority Leader; the Filibuster Rule; Johnson’s and Sam Rayburn’s relationship; the Civil Rights Acts and LBJ’s involvement with them; LBJ’s role in the McCarthy period; Rauh’s

Oral history transcript, James W. Smith, interview 1 (I), 1/6/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of a conviction that Lyndon would make a far better senator for the state and for the nation than his opponent. If memory serves me right it was Coke Stevenson. G: He didn't take a position one way or another I gather, Stevenson. S: Well, he didn't have

Oral history transcript, Melvin C. Winters, interview 1 (I), 2/18/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, or what were you doing? W: Well, I was trying to help him get elected every way I could. G: You said you loaned him your airplane. W: Yes, he used my plane when he needed it. It was available to him. One time, he was trying to get Coke Stevenson
campaigns, including an offer to shear Coke Stevenson's goats so Stevenson would be available to debate LBJ; a watch LBJ gave to Winters; Winters' involvement in LBJ's land purchase near Johnson City; LBJ as a rancher; LBJ's lack of popularity in Gillespie

Oral history transcript, Cameron McElroy and Lucille McElroy, interview 1 (I), 3/11/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

thing, Longhorn Ordnance Works. G: Coke Stevenson had a lot of support in East Texas, didn't he, in 17 1948? M: Yes. We were for Johnson, and I'm trying to think who the biggest were for Coke Stevenson. where. But he went out fast. He went out

Oral history transcript, Melvin C. Winters, interview 4 (IV), 3/12/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

to name Coke Stevenson to replace him. Do you recall that? W: No. I probably knew about [it], but I don't know any of the details. G: Do you have any recollections of Christmas of that year? I don't have any notes on Christmas of 1956. W: I don't

Oral history transcript, Byron G. Skelton, interview 1 (I), 10/15/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

the nominees of the Party to the LTexa~/ Secretary of State who would in turn put their names on the ballot for the election. Coke Stevenson announced that he was going to take a contest of the election to the State Democratic Executive Committee which meets

Oral history transcript, L.T. (Tex) Easley, interview 1 (I), 5/4/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. There was a lot of opposition to him--he was running against Coke Stevenson, and Coke Stevenson of course represented and was a symbol of conservatism. It was a close fight as you know by the closeness of that famous vote. So Lyndon was put in the position

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

election returns showed the contest for the United States Senate between Governor Coke Stevenson and Congressman Lyndon Johnson was very close and even in doubt, this created a great deal of interest and attention on the part of the executive committee

Oral history transcript, John V. Singleton, Jr., interview 2 (II), 7/15/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

if he lost held be out completely? S: Right. Held come so close in 1941. Then of course most of the LBJ supporters were really anti-Coke Stevenson. I mean, they really didn't like Coke Stevenson and didn't believe he would make a very good senator

Oral history transcript, W. Ervin James, interview 1 (I), 2/17/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Now I practiced law in Montgomery from 1947 until 1953. LBJ ran for the Senate against Coke Stevenson. I In 1948 I'm struggling to make a living, practicing law and supporting my wife and three children-maybe there were two at that time

Oral history transcript, Malcolm G. Bardwell, interview 1 (I), 10/17/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

: He didn't lend help or assist in his-- B: No, not at all. P: That brings us just about up to the '48 election when Mr. Johnson ran against Coke Stevenson and won by the famous 48-vote victory and gained the name "Landslide Lyndon." You said

Oral history transcript, James L. Noel, interview 1 (I), 6/10/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

. As a matter of fact, I didn't act as promptly as my intuition indicated, but I felt early that it was his time to move, even though he would have to run against a very popular governor, Coke Stevenson. I felt that Coke Stevenson was vulnerable in many respects

Oral history transcript, Raymond E. Buck, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

or reported . become Coke Stevenson, who was then lieutenant governor and would governor if O'Daniel was elected because he [O'Daniel] was at that time the governor of Texas, was a strong supporter of O'Daniel, and the strength that he was able to deliver

Oral history transcript, Woodrow Bean, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of editor of the El Paso Herald Post--his name was Ed Pooley; I'm sure that you've heard of him. F: That's P-O-O-L-E-Y. B: P-O-O-L-E-Y. Ed Pooley detested Coke Stevenson. He thought that Coke Stevenson was the biggest fraud and crook that had ever come
and the involvement of Judge Clarence Martens, Coke Stevenson, and George Parr; Bean's 1947 House of Representatives campaign; Bean's relationship to Judge Roy Bean; Bean's proposed legislation to raise taxes on sulphur, oil, and gas in 1947; the 1956 state Democratic

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 9 (IX), 8/16/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of Shivers' hands, and once that had been accomplished, then they were ready to fly off in all sorts of different directions, I think mostly to Adlai Stevenson. Now, I think that if he had been a bit more gracious in his treatment of them, they would have
Democratic National Convention, 1956; VP candidate decision; Adlai Stevenson; 1956 Presidential campaign; earlier Fort Worth state convention; NATO conference; legislative issues in 1956

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

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 21 I sat in some backyard sessions on that, too, and some of his friends advised him that it would be too difficult; said Coke Stevenson had been a very popular Governor and Coke had already announced that he was running

Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 9 (IX), 11/18/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, William R. (Bob) Poage, interview 2 (II), 6/20/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

announced. G: What about in 1948? Did you help him then when he ran against Coke Stevenson? P: Oh, yes. I supported Lyndon. I don't mean that I was ever any big factor in any of those things, but I mean that I was openly for him. After all, I I liked

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 9 (IX), 9/22/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

besides Parr wanted forgotten who he supported was a what Johnson district it because attorney was--and recommending. he or Whoever was mad at Coke something, district appointed somebody Stevenson appointment would have

Oral history transcript, Carl B. Albert, interview 1 (I), 4/28/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

for his political future. I remember those things, and everybody wondered whether he could beat--was it Coke Stevenson at that time. M: Yes. A: And a lot of members of the Texas delegation didn't think he could beat him. They thought he would sort

Oral history transcript, Paul Bolton and Dolly Bolton, interview 2 (II), 4/8/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

- II - 2 1 of the then-Governor Coke Stevenson and was appointed by Stevenson as chairman of the Texas Employment Commission . active in the 1948 campaign . You ask if he was I assume he was, but did not keep up with who was and who wasn't active

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 1 (I), 8/14/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

as a little bit too liberal for them, I know. J: I'm sure it caused some problems for some of his liberal associates in Washington. F: It took away, in a sense, one of the campaign possibilities that Coke Stevenson would have had because organized labor--I

Oral history transcript, Jerry Holleman, interview 1 (I), 4/19/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

: As a matter of fact, no. The old CIa supported Lyndon Johnson; the AF of L supported Coke Stevenson. t1: How can you explain that? LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID

Oral history transcript, Robert L. Phinney, interview 1 (I), 9/19/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

be a better Coke Stevenson, of course, whom he ran against, was a real well-known individual, but he was also known as a "sitter" and not a "doer." So I think that was one of the things that made up our mind, that after all, Lyndon Johnson also was well
Station; LBJ "Lyndon's Boy Johnson" Billboards; Hardy Hollers; Mrs. Ouida Nalle; Postmaster appointment; 1948 Senate race; Coke Stevenson; W. Lee O'Daniel; Hatch Act; more lies told about LBJ than any one man; IRA Commissioner; John Dunlap; Jim Cheatham

Oral history transcript, Cecil E. Burney, interview 1 (I), 11/26/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

, we ought to contest that evil result over there in East Texas ." You remember Coke Stevenson was trying to get to be governor by shoving O'Daniel upstairs to the Senate . And so all of the East Texas maneuvering in those days-- the evil areas

Oral history transcript, Terrel Maverick Webb, interview 1 (I), 1/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

[worked]. When was Lyndon, elected to the Senate? F: '48. H: Yes. F: H: Dates get me, Joe. That \'/as against C:Jke Stevenson. . And he also ran against [George] Peddy in the . Well, \'/e "Jorked for Lyndon. I did. . . The whole [time], every

Oral history transcript, Charles K. Boatner, interview 2 (II), 5/21/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

did he get along with Amon Carter? B: He got along real well with Mr. Carter. F: They were strong-minded men. B: They got along real well until the [Adlai) Stevenson campaign, and then Mr. Johnson had a commitment to Mr. Rayburn to introduce

Oral history transcript, Crawford Martin, interview 1 (I), 5/4/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

as much about Mr. Johnson as you'd like to know. Mr. Coke R. Stevenson was governor and, prior to being governor, he was lieutenant governor and prior to being lieutenant governor, he was speaker of the House. close friends. Mr. Stevenson and my father
Biographical information; meeting LBJ through National Youth Administration; LBJ’s 1938 campaign for Senate and decision not to contest the loss; details of 1948 Texas Democratic Convention Executive Committee’s certification of LBJ over Stevenson

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 4 (IV), 5/21/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

a steel allocation for construction of the Lone Star Steel plant. That was the eel ebrated occasion I guess when LBJ produced the letter that Germany had written in behalf of Coke Stevenson in 1948. R: No. It vias a very anti-Johnson letter. Do you

Oral history transcript, Anthony Buford, interview 1 (I), 6/20/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

relationship with Bob, too. He was a good lawyer and a true friend. (Interruption) G: Let me ask you about the 1948 campaign. Lyndon Johnson ran against Coke Stevenson for the Senate, and this was that very narrow victory of 87 votes. You have a letter

Oral history transcript, Allie T. Hughes and Lorena D. Hughes, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1965, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)

they do for fun? AH: Not much. They would walk over to the Bob Cat and drink a coke and sit and talk. The Bob Cat was sort of a local gathering place. A little cold drink fountain, just off the campus. Right at the campus entrance. There wasn't

Oral history transcript, Paul A. Porter, interview 1 (I), 10/2/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

came to town. F: You hadn't taken any part in the senatorial contest? Of course, But then came the famous Coke Stevenson case. this was among other things, if you recall, 1948, when Mr. Truman is also fighting for his life, so that you can't

Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 4 (IV), 6/15/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, and the newspaperman, Henry Reese, who owned the paper there--I don't know anything about it; I know he fought us [and was later for] Coke Stevenson, but that doesn't make any difference. Anyhow, we all went to Fort Worth. Before I left, though, I went to the doctor

Oral history transcript, George Mahon, interview 1 (I), 8/16/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Coke Stevenson who was a pretty popular man? M: Well, there again, it is hard to recapture those things. In those days Congress was more deliberate, easygoing, folksy type of place, and you talked with your colleagues about practically everything

Oral history transcript, John H. Crooker, Jr., interview 1 (I), 11/28/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Francis and Warren Bellows, Jr., to get the support of young men and young women in their early thirties. F: Well, now, the people that would have been in your general age group, they weren't necessarily committed to Coke Stevenson. This wasn't a job

Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 1 (I), 4/23/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

His decision to work for LBJ, John Connally's role among LBJ staff members, LBJ's childhood, Billy Drake, LBJ's relationship with his staff, Busby’s role as speechwriter, Coke Stevenson's political career, the Roosevelt election.

Oral history transcript, Fred Schmidt, interview 1 (I), 2/24/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

their commitments to Adlai Stevenson, they were looking to other people, Estes Kefauver and others, at that convention. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More

Oral history transcript, Margaret (Mrs. Jack) Carter, interview 1 (I), 8/19/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

of the national committee, dnd that was the night that I met India Edwards. But [Coke] Stevenson was doing everything he could, of course, to prevent Johnson from claiming the nomination. That night under a large tree in Mr. Rayburn's back yard, the State

Oral history transcript, Everett D. Collier, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

were voting solid for the liberal Democrats. the race. Now, Governor Coke Stevenson was the strong conservative in Lyndon Johnson was considered the liberal in that race. was considered the liberal in Texas. He But in Washington he was consid- ered

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 29 (XXIX), 3/19/1982-3/20/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, but said he didn't agree with everything. G: Coke Stevenson was making a lot of noise to the effect that he was planning to run against LBJ in 1954. J: Yes, he was. I think Lyndon assumed that when it came right down to it, Coke Stevenson would develop
committee work and tidelands issues; the dedication of the Alvin Wirtz Dam; the Paley Report on the use of natural resources; Coke Stevenson's possible run against LBJ in 1954 and other political races; Christmas 1951 and visiting with the extended Johnson

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