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Oral history transcript, Brooks Hays, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

' neighbors. from it. Even my state of Arkansas suffered I was defeated in 1958 largely because of this dissident feeling of my opponent who said during the campaign, "Mr. Hays is a national Democrat and I am an Arkansas Democrat. Mr. Hays is a Harry

Oral history transcript, Charles S. Murphy, interview 1 (I), 5/7/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

that is true. I think it probably reflected the prevailing sentiment among the majority of the rank and file of the Democratic Party. I think that one of the important reasons why it was established was that most of the members of the national committee felt
[For interviews 1 and 2] Brief contacts with Senator Johnson during the Truman and Eisenhower administrations; Democratic Advisory Council establishment and opposition by LBJ and Sam Rayburn; Paul Butler; LBJ’s effectiveness as Senate majority

Folder, "Klu Klux Klan (KKK) - Miscellaneous," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 16 (Item)

up its tarnished image." Kluxers march in Georgia. Northern Virginia Sun, 6/7./65, p(\ 5. Account of march by more than 300 Klansmen in Atlanta, Georgia. Kluxers in Alabama say they've lost good name. National Catholic Reporter, 6/2/65, p. 7. Account
Records of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (Kerner Commission)

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

to finance this, but they decided to finance it by appropriation instead. Do you recall any of the background to that? W: No, I sure don't. G: The Democratic National Committee didn't like that bill. They preferred a bill being offered by Senator Gore. Do
swimming pool; the 1956 split between LBJ and Allan Shivers; LBJ's 1956 relationship with organized labor; the 1956 Democratic National Convention; LBJ's and Winters' opinion of JFK in 1956; Ben Jack Cage and Winters' dealings with the Cage Brothers

Oral history transcript, Merrell F. "Pop" Small, interview 1 (I), 8/20/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. How did--? S: Well, at this time, we had the nonpartisan election system where a candidate could file on all the tickets. When Warren ran for attorney general in 1938, he was nominated by the Republican, Democrat, and Progressive Parties; he had
issues in the 1950s, including the China Lobby; Small's opinion of prominent senators of the 1950s; LBJ's relationships with fellow senators; political party allegiances in California; Kuchel's role in numerous legislative issues; Small's refusal to do

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 5 (V), 2/2/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of Alabama. Do you recall that one? C: Yes, very well. F: Let's talk about it. C: She had gone one summer for a brief time to the University of Alabama. She had very much wanted to salute the good things that were happening in the south
Reaction to William Manchester book; personal statement on Bill Manchester; Lady Bird’s trip to the University of Alabama; flap over Lady Bird’s property in Alabama; Lady Bird’s TV tour of Washington; criticism of Lady Bird for spending

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 11 (XI), 7/24/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

going to accomplish with a five- or six-vote margin or lose it by that." This had been an extremely effective procedure that went to the Democratic Party nationally. The difficulties in bridging the varying views in the Democratic Party had been
Optimism in the LBJ Administration going into the 89th Congress in 1964 with a large Democratic majority; Medicare and education as legislative priorities; the powerful alliance of Republicans and southern Democrats; O'Brien's awareness of elected

Folder, "Wallace, Henry A. (The Vice President) [1942]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 21 (Item)

~ C(¥Iltn~d is not a - . Throttlebottom wished on him by the erratic politics f · a national conv~ntion but a man whose lifelong efforts :: prove him a statesman capable of the -grand concep-- tions, for which the world has never had greate

Folder, "King, Martin Luther, 1966-67 [2 of 2]," Aides Files of Mildred Stegall, Box 32 (Item)

the next Vietnam. Stanley Levison is a long-time communist whose secret membership in the Communist Party, USA, was estab lished as of July, 1963. Harry Wachtel is a former member of the National Lawyers Guild, an organization which has been designated

Folder, "Interim Review of the Billie Sol Estes Matter, U.S. Department of Agriculture, June 26, 1962," Pre-Presidential Confidential Files, Box 2 (Item)

Meeting Numerous Inquiries Received About Allotments USDA Memoranda of Spring, 1961 The Departmental Investigation USDA Decisions Following the Investigation Decision to Give Parties Chance to Prove Claims 1 - 3 4 - 6 7 7 - 8 8 8 - 9 9 - 10 10 ll

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

or never." I think he really epitomized the soul of a large segment of the conservative Democratic Party, particularly of the thirteen southern states. And I think he really had a deep doubt that the nation would ever accept a southerner, somebody
stance on tidelands issues; the Morocco Air Force Base; Harry Truman's 1952 decision to not run for re-election; Lynda's birthday party; canasta parties; Fred Vinson's appointment as chief justice and his wife's reaction; Senator Burnet Maybank; Senator

Folder, "Black National Movement - FBI Report - File #2," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 14 (Item)

by a Belgian Communist Party (CP) publica tion, date of publication unavailable, ROBERTWILLIAMS and his wife have contacted members of the Belgian CP residing in Peking, China, for the purpose of strengthening ties between their organization· and the North
Folder, "Black National Movement - FBI Report - File #2," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 14
Records of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (Kerner Commission)

Oral history transcript, John E. Horne, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

rejection by some elements of the Democratic Party. You did have the virtue of his, I suppose, helping the ticket quite a lot in those states. H: Yes. He helped. Plus the fact that Kennedy himself was quite popular in some of those states. As you know
Biographical information; knew LBJ as majority leader; Housing Committee, a sub-committee of Banking and Currency Committee of the Senate; staff director Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, 1965; Earle Clements; Kentucky Senator Symington

Folder, "Politics - 1952," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 30 (Item)

was expected to sing the same sweet song of party harmony. Above all, the Democrats said, it would be an open convention-no dictation CONVENTION FACES: MRS. ROOSlt\/ELT SALUTES, A GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING A U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DEMOCRATIC PARTY

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

of He was a national youth administrator, and he had a reputation among people in these circles as being a Roosevelt Democrat . Stevenson as such . Certainly you couldn't characterize Coke There was a friendship plus a belief on Reuther's part

Oral history transcript, Will Wilson, interview 1 (I), 6/18/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

for somebody, you know. • II ~~ill It's just like throwing money in the air and betting on the numbers that are going to be [showing]. W: Part of it was maybe a failure on the part of the national leadership to really pull the Party together. I think
Meeting LBJ in 1948; the 1960 Democratic convention at Los Angeles; the 1960 campaign; the Texas Senate campaign; the Texas gubernatorial race in 1960 and 1962; Billie Sol Estes and the Agriculture Department; Wilson shifts to the Republican Party

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

for LBJ and gave speeches at Bowie and Henrietta. Mississippi and Alabama delegations walk out of the Democratic National Convention when the convention, at the instigation of Minneapolis mayor Hubert Humphrey and other party leaders, adopts a tough civil

Folder, "Southern Christian Leadership Conference," Aides Files of Mildred Stegall, Box 73a (Item)

a sweeping program to help the "black" peopleo In the article, Congressman Conyers was depicted as "a black militant and peace fighter." It was indicated that he would be one of the leading forces which would establish a "black" caucus at the Democratic Party
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Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 4 (IV), 8/21/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

involved in some of this litigation. And the law provided for that. Actually there were a couple of problems. Number two, I believe it was in Alabama where the real, the nominal head of the National Guard--I think the unit spanned Mississippi and Alabama

Oral history transcript, Clarence Mitchell, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

." Then on the specific question of legislation, he said he believed in civil rights legislation, but he thought that it was unwise to try to get it through Congress because it would split the Democratic party. He thought that most of the Democrats were poor people
branch; Humphrey’s revision of Voting Rights Act of 1957; liberal image; JFK’s contact with African Americans; 1960 dissatisfaction with Democratic nominees; NAACP position regarding LBJ as the VP candidate; Democratic record on civil rights; effect

Oral history transcript, C. Robert Perrin, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

of pressure that was being built up on his flanks within the Senate, and within the national Democratic party, which was not very happy with the type of leadership that he was giving the party. He and Sam Rayburn, of course, being the two top-ranking
; veto power and overrides; creation of the National Advisory Council; Perrin’s duties as deputy director of OEO; Senator Morse; involvement of BOB funding; political red tape; GAO investigations; Nathan Report from Brookings and its effect on efforts

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

that the Democratic Advisory Committee was not favored by either Johnson or Rayburn. M: That's right. They thought that the place for the Democratic Party to set policy was in the Congress, and that the ~est politics was to go along with Eisenhower wherever
Biographical information; meeting LBJ in 1955 on a visit to the Ranch; 1956 Democratic Convention; Stevenson/Kennedy campaign; Democratic Advisory Committee; 1960 convention and Stevenson’s hope for nomination; JFK’s consultation with Stevenson

Folder, "Demonstration – October 20-21, 1967 [2 of 2]," Aides Files of Mildred Stegall, Box 64C (Item)

goal of the demonstration is to confront "the warmakers" and "shut down the Pentagon." The National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam is an organization which includes Communist Party, USA, and Socialist Workers Party members within its
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Folder, "Interim Report - Office of Investigations - Reports of Investigators 1967-1968 [Cities]: Detroit [1 of 3]," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 2 (Item)

the Negroes would have to leave the Democratic Party in 1968 and cause its defeat in order to "be welcomed back by Bobby Kennedy in 1972." Cleage said that it would take days or years to explain "black power" to Govenor Romney and "it would probably never sink
Records of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (Kerner Commission)

Oral history transcript, Everett Mattson, interview 1 (I), 7/7/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

. Mc: Did you get involved in that campaign at all? M: Yes, I did. Spending my time in vJashington, I got to know a number of those on his staff and others in the Democratic Party, and I volunteered to do what I could. I worked prior
on housing (Suburbia) in 1965; impressions of Robert Wood and Charles M. Haar; evaluation of task forces; service on the advisory committee of the Federal National Mortgage Association.

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

was named vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee in 2 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 27 (XXVII), 1/30/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

ones were going on in very full scale. The Dale Millers, by that time their party for the Speaker--for his birthday--had become customary at the Woman's National Democratic Club, a heavy contingent of Texans, but a widely expanding group. You felt two
; socializing in Washington, D.C. with friends such as the Clark Cliffords, Stuart Symingtons, Tom Corcorans, and Walter Hornadays; escalation of the war in Korea; Sam Rayburn's birthday party with the children; LBJ's election as minority whip in 1951 and his

Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1963" (Item)

at the International Inn with the Kennedys and the Democratic Gala at the D.C. Armory. Hosts after-gala party for entertainers at The Elms. 1/19 Attends WH brunch for Democratic Governors, addresses Democratic National Committee luncheon, attends reception for women

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 11 (XI), Jan. 27-28, 1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and the darkening clouds. The Democratic National Convention, which was going to take place in Chicago, was much of the talk of the day and much of what Lyndon did, and lived, and breathed, during that summer. I did not go to Chicago with him. In fact, I never
to Washington, D.C.; Dorothy Jackson's marriage to Philip Nichols; anticipation of a world war; Charles Marsh telling the Johnsons about the dangers of Adolf Hitler; Welly Hopkins' work for United Mine Workers; the 1940 Democratic National Convention in Chicago

Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1946" (Item)

secretary of the navy after a two-month fight. Senator Charles Tobey presented witnesses accusing Pauley, California oil man and former treasurer of Democratic National Committee, of using political influence to protect oil interests. Harold Ickes said

Folder, "Pepper, Claude (Senator) [1944]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 26 (Item)

mmedia tely after my address which related onl y to what the party ha d a ccomplished in the Nation's hi story and what i ts principl es were . One of my opponents , Mr. Conklin , immediat ely upon being introduced started & personal attack upon me, t hat

Folder, "Pamphlets Master File," Office Files of Yoichi Okamoto, Box 2 (Item)

touches us more profoundly, nothing is more freighted with meaning for our own destiny, than the revo lution of the Negro American. In far too many ways American Negroes have been an other nation: deprived of freedom, crippled by hatred, the doors

Folder, "Black National Movement - FBI Report - File #3," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 14 (Item)

• - RUC DETAILS: I. EXTREMISTBLACKNATIONALIST ORGANIZATIONS Mubamd's Te■ple of in Dallas Isla■ .A National of Isla■ (NOi) (see appendix~ group bas been in existence in Fort Worth, Texas, since January, 1957, aad illil'IDEMT!fl Group 1 Excluded fro
Folder, "Black National Movement - FBI Report - File #3," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 14
Records of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (Kerner Commission)

President's Daily Diary entry, 7/28/1966 (Item)

, Calhoun, Jr. Democratic Party Executive Director . TENNESSEE Armstrong, Jake 2nd Haney, Franklin 3rd McDermott, Kathleen 3rd Nominee Nominee Haney's staff TEXAS Briscoe, Frank 7th Kazen, Abraham, Jr. 23rd Nominee Nominee VIRGINIA MacDowell, Richard

Oral history transcript, Bryce N. Harlow, interview 2 (II), 5/6/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in a sense. The only thing that Lyndon and Sam had against Eisenhower was that he turned Republican, which enraged both of them, most particularly Sam, who regarded it as an act of apostasy to the Democratic Party and to the Democratic President Roosevelt
[For interviews 1 and 2] LBJ’s role as member of House Armed Services Committee; LBJ’s role as Democratic leader in the Senate; LBJ’s qualities of leadership; LBJ’s relationship with Eisenhower; White House-Congressional relations.

Oral history transcript, William M. Colmer, interview 1 (I), 5/5/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

] and then subsequently to six and now five. There were sixteen counties in my district at that time. F: What'd you do? Run right up to the Alabama border, northward? C: Alabama and Mississippi. Sixteen counties. F: How far north did you go? As far as--? C: Just

Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 2 (II), 10/31/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

close relationship with Lyndon Johnson and that I would relay that message. Then you have to weigh the geographical problems, the educational background and so forth and what was really best for the Democratic Party at the time. I probably had more
Tidelands legislation; admission of Alaska and Hawaii as states; East-West Center in Honolulu; space program; Senate committee assignments; Estes Kefauver, John Kennedy, and the Foreign Relations Committee; 1960 Democratic National Convention; LBJ’s

Oral history transcript, A.S. Mike Monroney, interview 2 (II), 2/26/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

one of the best nominees that the Democratic party could have. I had never heard much about Stevenson. I think I'm a one-speech convert. I had never heard him speak. I had been at Chicago at the convention trying to build up a bonfire for Speaker

Folder, "Whistle Stop [5 of 6]," Liz Carpenter Subject Files, White House Social Files, Box 11 (Item)

million in eight states with 86 electoral votes. M::>re than 100 pi.·css., radio and television representatives ~iU_ nccom:ponythe First Lady. If#### .. DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE• 1730 K STREET, N.W., WASHINGTON, D. C. 20006 TELEPHONE: (202) FE. 3

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 72, June 2000," LBJ Library (Item)

for reflection before action. Robert Strauss, former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee and Ambassador to the Soviet Union, does not envy future presidents. "Today," he declared, "a president has a helluva time just marginally influencing the course

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