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  • Contributor > O'Brien, Lawrence F. (Lawrence Francis), 1917-1990 (remove)

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Folder title list, Office Files of Lawrence F. O'Brien (Item)
  • York 23rd Blatnik, Rep. John A. (D) Minnesota 8th Boggs, Rep. Hale (D) Louisiana 2nd Boland, Rep. Edward P. (D) Massachusetts 2nd Bolling, Richard (D) Missouri 5th Bolton, Rep. Frances P. (R) Ohio 22nd Bonner, Rep. Herbert C. (D) North Carolina 1st Bow
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 15 (XV), 11/20/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • [John F.] Collins couldn't beat [Edward] Brooke. Was that the--? O: Yes, that was the substance of it. There were suggestions made, and I think probably even polls were taken. I guess I may have mentioned it before, but in this context Arthur Goldberg
  • against Edward Brooke; how Kenneth O'Donnell's gubernatorial campaign in Massachusetts affected O'Brien's relationship with O'Donnell; the eventual Senate race between Endicott Peabody and Brooke; the role of postal unions; problems in the postal service
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 3 (III), 10/30/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . G: The Elms. O: And Bobby Baker was there with his wife, my wife and I, and a Texas congressman--Brooks. G: Jack Brooks? O: Jack Brooks and his wife. We spent the entire evening discussing strategies and how to go about congressional
  • in working with the Senate; Mike Mansfield's personality; an evening at LBJ's home, The Elms with LBJ, Bobby Baker, Jack Brooks, and their wives; Frank Valeo's role as bridge between Majority Leader Mike Mansfield's office and the White House congressional
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 6 (VI), 2/11/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • legislation passed more easily; the passage of the Medicare bill; Wilbur Mills' involvement in 1963 legislation; Wayne Morse; extension of the temporary feed grain program; John Gronouski replacing Edward Day as U.S. postmaster general; how Henry Cabot Lodge
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 10 (X), 6/25/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • went back to Massachusetts and ran for governor. And as it turned out, Saltonstall didn't run; that's when [Edward] Brooke ran and was elected to the Senate from Massachusetts. He was the first black senator. I don't recall in 1964 but people would say
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 31 (XXXI), 12/10/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 1 (I), 9/18/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • and circulation of stories about Kennedy's health and that sort of thing. G: How could you trace these to the Johnson people? O: Well, we really tabbed John Connally and a lady whose name eludes me. G: Oh, India Edwards, yes. O: Yes. Whether rightly
Telephone conversation # 4766, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 8/5/1964, 7:06PM (Item)
  • "RE: YARMOLINSKY & LEGISLATION"; OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; LBJ IS MEETING WITH WALTER JENKINS, JACK BROOKS?, OTHERS AT TIME OF CALL; LBJ ON SPEAKERPHONE; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 5 (V), 12/5/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)