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Oral history transcript, Kenneth P. O'Donnell, interview 1 (I), 7/23/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

we a l l thought that i f there was going to be any opposition it probably \'1as go i ng to be Stuart Symington ~1ho woul d be difficu lt. But in 1960 then \~e did become concerned. Quite obvious ly he was supporting Adlai Stevenson

Oral history transcript, Louis Martin, interview 1 (I), 5/14/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

them was simply this: "I do not want Lyndon Johnson lynched in these newspapers simply because he's from Texas. Now, you remember what happened with Stevenson and the guy from Alabama"--what was his name--the vice presidential candidate from Alabama

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 14 (XIV), 9/11/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

no idea." Arthur Goldberg said, "I would assume that the President is going to announce the Adlai Stevenson Scholarship Program." Something told me that Arthur wasn't right. But, in any event, we got back to the Ranch. I've had no conversation

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 27 (XXVII), 9/23/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, it was unbelievable it turned out that way. Why did the executive committee turn down Hubert's recommendation of Welsh? I never understood why. I remember a time when Adlai Stevenson supposedly was titular head. I guess titular head doesn't mean much. Fritz Mondale

Oral history transcript, Ruth Prokop, interview 1 (I), 12/4/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

known mob-type scenes in Texas were the demonstrations against Adlai Stevenson and Lyndon

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 1 (Ic), 12/20/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

campaigning. And consequently to get any credibility at all, he has to point to a past record that backs up what he's saying. I always thought that one of the worst mistakes that Adlai Stevenson made in 1956 was to introduce the concept of abolishing

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 2 (II), 2/14/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

the two men got on fairly well earlier. R: Sort of off and on, Joe. It was a peculiar relationship. McCarthy seconded the Johnson nomination in 1960, although when the Stevenson candidacy looked like it might be a reality Gene switched real quick

Oral history transcript, Norman M. Clapp, interview 1 (I), 12/6/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

than it polled in 1952, and everybody assumed that was the year of record voting--the year Eisenhower beat Stevenson. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781

Oral history transcript, Eugenie Moore Anderson, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

time stayed on there. Then shortly after Ambassador Goldberg was appointed to the United Nations to take Adlai Stevenson's place--I think that Ambassador Goldberg had been told that he could, more or less, select his own delegation and he asked me if I

Oral history transcript, Toinette Bachelder, interview 1 (I), 2/11/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Oral history transcript, Joseph C. Swidler, interview 1 (I), 3/11/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Commission jobs, were in a way political appointments. One went to Kefauver's A.A. [administrative assistant], that was the trade commission job, and the other went to Newton Minow, Adlai Stevenson's friend and partner. But in my case, as I say, I had

Oral history transcript, Earl Warren, interview 1 (I), 9/21/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Warren G. Woodward, interview 2 (II), 5/26/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

Oral history transcript, Lyndon B. Johnson, 8/19/1969, by Harry Middleton (Item)

it. I decided I might as well find out now if it is safe for a man and a wife to walk the streets of Dallas, and so Lady Bird and I went ahead. They did the same thing later to Adlai Stevenson. I never wanted to go to Dallas in 1960 and things didn't get

Oral history transcript, George E. Christian, interview 4 (IV), 6/30/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 4 (IV), 12/4/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 1 (I), 9/18/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. My recollection is that Mayor Daley did not join the Kennedy effort until Los Angeles. David Lawrence and Bill Green still were concerned. Pat Brown was off again, on again. He had an Adlai Stevenson situation in California. We weren't locked

Oral history transcript, Charles Roberts, interview 1 (I), 1/14/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was as we were going down Main Street, he remarked, "They won't let anybody get within ten feet of him today"--meaning Kennedy--"because of the Adlai Stevenson thing." F: Yes. R: Stevenson had been spat upon in Dallas a couple. of weeks b~fore.This

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 2 (II), 8/24/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Ava Johnson Cox, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Oral history transcript, Adrian S. Fisher, interview 1 (I), 10/31/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

of a job from Adlai Stevenson. In a sense it was a sound-out; you're always getting non-offers that may or may not materialize. People wonder if you are interested. I must confess that a non-offer from Adlai was one of the most gracious things you've ever

Oral history transcript, Samuel Gammon, interview 1 (I), 7/29/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

[NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Gammon -- I -- 21 on foreign trips, I sensed, and I think he felt there was a real risk that Blair, as a Stevenson man, would not--might somehow mousetrap

Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 5 (V), 8/16/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Buford Ellington, interview 1 (I), 10/2/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)

for the nominee. Was there any chance at all of him actually beating Stevenson out of the candidacy? E: No, and I think everyone knew that. The Tennessee delegation at this particular convention in Chicago was seated just behind the Texas delegation, and so

Oral history transcript, William H. Stewart, interview 1 (I), 12/2/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

personal interest, but I could not prove that at all. We had great difficulty with this because it had been used on famous people--on Senator Taft, had been used on some high staff person with Adlai Stevenson, and so on. The difficulty with the whole

Oral history transcript, Willie Day Taylor, interview 1 (I), 11/29/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

; and it seemed to me weeks before we knew the outcome. only a couple of days. rIm sure it was But first one return would come in, and former Governor Stevenson would be ahead; the next return would come in, and Congressman Johnson would be ahead

Oral history transcript, Charles B. Lipsen, interview 1 (I), 6/13/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

weeks. We had to live off the land and find our transportation and eat at county chairmen's homes and stuff like that, and hitchhike from one place to another. paign. I worked with Adlai Stevenson during that cam- The second campaign I worked

Oral history transcript, Katie Louchheim, interview 1 (I), 4/1/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

; and we spent money. But the advisory council met, and met, and We hired a man who had an office and who was named executive director. Adlai Stevenson, I remember "distinctly suspected their motives. He and I would ride back and forth to the meetings

Oral history transcript, William B. Macomber, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/17/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

family with lots of money. Nor was it the Adlai Stevenson kind of an aristocrat, which is a different version of the Eastern. But the pride of land, the pride of place, talk about "My granddaddy cleared this place, and the name of it's Johnson City

Oral history transcript, John McCormack, interview 1 (I), 9/23/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

the nomination? M: In 1956? B: Yes, sir. That's when Mr. Stevenson threw the convention open, and Mr. Johnson was in the running. M: I thought the contest then was between the late President John F. Kennedy and ex-Senator (Estes) Kefauver. LBJ

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 4 (IV), 11/9/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of that? K: My own interpretation of it is that Arthur wanted the U.N. job, to be in the shoes of Adlai Stevenson. That he, at the time, had felt he had had the career, the glamour, and the opportunities of service on the Supreme Court and that this got him

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 6 (VI), 10/13/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

at the time, and that is that he had been everything. He had been a cabinet member, he had been a judge in the highest court, and here was an opportunity to step into the shoes of a great man, Adlai Stevenson, and become an ambassador at a time when the U.N

Oral history transcript, Charles M. Maguire, interview 2 (II), 7/29/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

relationship between any speaker and any audience. Short speeches are usually the best speeches, but not always. Adlai Stevenson and Winston Churchill, Jack Kennedy, you can think of hun dreds of public speakers if you really put your mind to it--and think

Oral history transcript, Louis Martin, interview 2 (II), 6/12/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

said, "Look. All I want is fair play. Let him"-you know. G: What did they do with Sparkman? M: Oh, they killed him. What happened is that--I guess it was Adlai. Was it Adlai and Sparkman? G: Yes. M: Yes. Stevenson and Sparkman. The Pittsburgh

Oral history transcript, Wilbur Mills, interview 1 (I), 11/2/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

convention, the one that picked Adlai Stevenson for the second time and nominated Estes Kefauver? M: Yes, I was there. F: Do you have any light to throw on why Texas abandoned Kefauver and went for Kennedy? M: I was not really in on a lot

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 1 (Ib), 12/19/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 11 (XI), 12/20/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, C. Farris Bryant, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

liberal viewpoints . I'm trying to think who the other contenders were . F: There were primarily Stuart Symington and John F . Kennedy, and some believed that Adlai Stevenson might come back for kind of a run on it, and Hubert Humphrey . B: I don't

Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 1 (I), 2/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 3 (III), 6/9/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

on Churchill, he was a brilliant man. job. It's no But that was his [Inaudible] caused directly of course from that, too much of that. Now when Eisenhower became president, in the election of 1952, of course as you know, we supported Adlai Stevenson