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- acquaintance
with Mr. Johnson?
P:
Oh, I had seen Mr. Johnson at various places when he was in the United
States Senate.
I'd seen him at the 1960 Democratic Convention,
for instance, when he had sought the nomination that John F. Kennedy
ultimately won
- in the Senate but not necessarily in
the field of civil rights.
I don't think his reputation good.
As a matter of fact, with the 1960 Democratic Convention, the
fight over his nomination for the Presidency was much around--the
opposition was to the fact
- the Baptists is that it's very easy to fill the
a minister and never be ordained.
rol~
of
You have access to the pulpit,
and the democratic practices of the church make it easy.
F:
I tell you what I've thought about the Baptists, even with occasional
- that it would not be good with my constituents if I
voted carte blanche with everything that the administration was
doing.
I think they also felt that I was a Democrat and would
support most of these things and would give them support in the
crunches, and I
- Luther King's death
and problems encountered
1
Shocked at the potential for simultaneous
multiple disorders
3,18
Secretary Reser
5,6,7,8
Democratic Convention in Chicago
LBJ Presidential Library
http://www.lbjlibrary.org
ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT
- Biographical information; prosecuting White House sit-in demonstrators; Frank Reeves; Howard Reed; Ralph Roberts, clerk of the House, and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; David Dellinger and the March on the Pentagon; "Murphy" confidence