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

. And as the spring proceeded, [Estes] Kefauver defeated Truman in some of the early primaries--I think it was New Hampshire--and there were write-in votes in other ones of those states that vote early, for Kefauver or for other people. Senator [Robert] Taft

Oral history transcript, Newton Minow, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, "What they told The Democratic nomination until now was no prize, because Ike was an invincible candidate. But if Ike should not run, you're going to have a hell of a lot of other people running--Kefauver,others." do it." He said, "Well, I'm just

Oral history transcript, Robert Oliver, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

extent Wayne Morse, people like-G: Kefauver? 0: Well, Kefauver, but he was in a different category . What was the senator from Pennsylvania? Clark . He was a loner . Liberal senator? Oh, Joe These senators--Pat McNamara--were not in the Johnson

Oral history transcript, Marjorie Lawson, interview 1 (I), 6/11/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

convention. He was bound to vote for Senator [Estes] Kefauver on the first vote, but after that, he was free to vote--if Kefauver didn't win on the first vote--so he was free to change. He got to working on the floor for Senator Kennedy, whom he didn't know

Oral history transcript, Allen E. Barrow, interview 1 (I), 6/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

said, "Well, I think you ought to stick around ." He was watching the floor for a filibuster that Kefauver was putting � LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID

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

industry and the FPC as a dead letter. So when I got this invitation, I said to myself, that's one thing that won't be a dead letter when I get on board. I had no recommendation from any senator. In fact, I broke the news to both my senators, [Estes

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

the tidelands. Did LBJ ever talk to you about that? W: No, no. Don't know any of the details on it at all. G: And another public figure about that time was the rise of Estes Kefauver. Did LBJ ever talk to you about Kefauver? W: No. G: But I guess the big

Folder, "China Lobby II," Papers of Drew Pearson, Georgetown Files, Box G 130 [2 of 3] (Item)

LOCATI ON Personal Pa pe rs of Dr ew Pearson, Box G 130 2 of 3, f older "China Lobby 11 1 R EST R ICT ION COO ES (Al Closed by Executive Order 12355·governing access to national securi ty information. (8) Closed by statute or by the agency wh ich

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 23 (XXIII), 9/5/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Clifford Durr and Virginia Foster Durr, interview 1 (I), 3/1/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

left Washington in 1950, it hadn It been pass ed yet. CJD: You had some good Southerners: in the fight with you, like Claude Pepper of Florida and Estes Kefauver of Tennessee. VFD: Oh, heavens yes. Estes Kefauver and Claude Pepper. CJD

Oral history transcript, Hubert H. Humphrey, interview 3 (III), 6/21/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

used every tool in the book. This is when he'd get in an argument with Paul Douglas or Herbert Lehman or Estes Kefauver or any of these people that he thought he couldn't quite manage or that were resisting him. He'd let them know. Every so often he'd

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 30 (XXX), 3/22/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and said he had no desire for the presidency. Other candidates were [Estes] Kefauver and, of course, Russell, and [Averell] Harriman, that indefatigable man, and Senator [Robert] Kerr of Oklahoma. LBJ remained at Stonewall, and looking back, it's hard

Oral history transcript, William H. Darden, interview 2 (II), 3/27/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: Yes. D: That was a pretty sharp difference of opinion on [inaudible]. G: Was Senator [Estes] Kefauver a rival in the sense of trying to get publicity for himself on the committee? D: Not so much in an Armed Services sense. He didn't take a big

Oral history transcript, Hale Boggs, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

between Mr. Rayburn and Mr. Johnson and Mr. Stevenson. I had managed Adlai Stevenson's campaign in the Florida primary campaign in 1956 against a good friend, Estes Kefauver, and I was also his manager in the South in 1956. So I was kind of liaison between

Oral history transcript, Ernest W. McFarland, interview 1 (I), 2/8/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTERVrEtfEE: ERr."EST McFARLAND INTERVIEHER: JOE B. FRANTZ More on LBJ Library oral histories: http

Oral history transcript, James P. Nash, interview 1 (I), 3/21/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. I think Estes Kefauver was being nominated, and he was opposed by Texans, who supported John F. Kennedy. Is it true that Walter Reuther blocked that Kennedy move? N: I don't think so. I think it was more or less of an inspiration on Kennedy. I

Oral history transcript, Frank Stanton, interview 1 (I), 4/21/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and was supporting, I guess, Kennedy for vice president over [Estes] Kefauver. S: I don't have too clear a recollection about him in that campaign. My recollections in that campaign all flow to the problems I was having with Butler. But in the 1960 campaign, I

Folder, "Politics - 1951," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 30 (Item)

THE • southern delegates would return FOLD OF THE DEMOCRATIO holl19j and place their own can• , PARTY. ' . ,: ' T BYRD . handbills!'~ December 18, 1950 LIST OF LIBERAL AND NEARLY LIBERAL SENATORS: Estes Kefauver--Tennessee Humphrey--Hinnesota Douglas

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

the Equator are initiated into the Shellback Club. He had injured himself in the initiation rights, and that's why he had his limp. Estes Kefauver came at that time to Wisconsin and made a speech out there. He had heard about me, and he said, "Why don't you

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 6 (VI), 5/23/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, people like [Estes] Kefauver. And you had the westerners. Then you had sort of some of the northern moderates, and they were all going in different directions. And all of them were very, very skeptical of the Johnson leadership. Johnson did not get

Folder, "Flying Saucers," Papers of Drew Pearson, Georgetown Files, Box G 274 [1 of 2] (Item)

clipping is a most inter self into two tar~ets of about one-half the intensity of the origi esting disclosure to this writer. nal target travehng in opposite directions, then paralleling each Arcata Landing Aids other on the 180 degree heading continuing

Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1960" (Item)

a broad attack on the causes of unemployment. LBJ talks with Siegel this morning about the Kefauver amendment to the civil rights bill. The amendment would delete language in the House bill that required that a Negro’s appearance before a voting referee

Oral history transcript, Irving L. Goldberg, interview 1 (I), 11/2/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

about the one where Kefauver and Kennedy-G: Oh, I was there. F: And Adlai was, for a second time. G: I'm sorry, I will go back. You see, these years! All right. Yes, I was at the convention. F: As a delegate? G: No, Walter asked me to come

Oral history transcript, Harold Barefoot Sanders, interview 1 (I), 1/1/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

as Kennedy, or the Stevenson-Kefauver ticket in 1956 was not nearly as strong as the Kennedy-Johnson ticket, but the Stevenson-Kefauver ticket ran better in many Democratic boxes than the Kennedy-Johnson ticket did. for that was Catholic. The only reason

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

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 22 (XXII), 8/23/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of him and enabling him to move some more staff down to help us out. T hen he still went on covering North Texas, Decatur and Weatherford and Cleburne, Waxahachie--I never think of that without thinking of Senator Estes Kefauver at a later date

Oral history transcript, Fleur Cowles, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Cowles -- I -- 22 abortion? Estes Kefauver - was he right or should he be thrust out? To Mr

Oral history transcript, Kenneth E. BeLieu, interview 1 (I), 10/11/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, and then Lyndon. The Democrats consisted [of]--I can't remember all of them, I don't believe, but [Estes] Kefauver, Scoop [Henry] Jackson, Sam Ervin, Senator [John] Stennis, of course. And the 1 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY

Oral history transcript, Michael V. DiSalle, interview 1 (I), 2/4/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

available, and he'd come into the state and he made friends. for the Vice Presidential nomination in 1956. Kefauver's name in nomination. he was always there. In fact, I put Estes But in spite of that-- I 'Has a candidate for governor that year--Kennedy

Oral history transcript, George Sandlin, interview 1 (I), 3/3/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

step on anybody's toes. We listened to every candidate, including Senator [Estes] Kefauver, who had aspirations of being the nominee. We held our caucuses at the hotel, and some of the candidates asked for and received private meetings with Governor

Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 6 (VI), 7/24/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. And we met very seldom, and the reason we met very seldom was that everything that transpired was immediately telegraphed to Drew Pearson, and people like Estes Kefauver who were beholden to Drew Pearson for their support, they not only told their side

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

Stevenson and [Estes] Kefauver over to the rear ranks in the Democratic Party, it seems to me, and LBJ and Kennedy were seen as the new leaders of the party. Was that your impression? W: Yes, it sure was. G: Did LBJ comment about that to you? Did he see

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 37 (XXXVII), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

Oral history transcript, Jule M. Sugarman, interview 1 (I), 3/14/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

, there are places here that even Estes Kefauver never visited!" That was really a symbolic remark because the interest was coming from places that most of us had never heard of. Well, to make the long story short, instead of 300 communities, we had that summer

Oral history transcript, William Lewis and Margaret Chase Smith, interview 1 (I), 8/20/1975, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

with Senator [Estes] Kefauver? S: Not much. On the committee, but I don't recall anything about it. F: When anything came up in Maine, you were a member of the opposition party, but did he consult you about appointments of people from Maine? I know when

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 14 (XIV), 6/22/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

just ask you about that transition with regard to your own work and LBJ's attitude toward it. R: In what sense? G: Well, was it one of alarm? Did you have constituents who had inter ests in Cuba that--? G: Oh, yes, we had constituents who had

Folder, "[Visitors - Foreign] Adenauer, Konrad [April 1961] 1 of 2," LBJA, Subject Files, Box 90 (Item)

Thomas J. Dodd; General Julius ator Estes Kefauver. 8 Klein; Chancellor Konrad Adenauer; of Defense Robert S. Mc Senator Thomas J. Dodd Senator John A. Carroll; Sen• L to R: President John F. Kennedy receives Foreign Minister Heinrich von

Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1948" (Item)

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

this, that Johnson hung in there with Kennedy and then when Kennedy lost that deal with [Estes] Kefauver, which, of course, was the greatest thing that ever happened. The minute it was over with, I went over to where the Massachusetts delegation was sitting

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 20, February 5 - 28, 1966 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 6 [2 of 2] (Item)