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Oral history transcript, Mack H. Hannah, Jr., interview 1 (I), 3/26/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Stevenson. Coke Stevenson and I had a deal cut. You know the CIO and the AF of L was your labor group at Port Arthur, and I always worked with the labor boys. Long before the CIO got to be strong, I always told them, "I'll work with you for the things

Oral history transcript, Kitty Mae Wirtz, interview 1 (I), 2/22/1970, by David G. McComb (Item)

: Yes, that was pretty close. W: So when the second one came up-- M: This was in '48? W: --against Coke Stevenson, they felt like the same thing had happened. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B

Oral history transcript, Frank Oltorf, interview 1 (I), 8/3/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

of And of course, they had had the [Homer] Rainey-[Beauford] Jester race and the trouble at the y University . of Texas . While we were there fighting the liberal fight of the legislature we felt, Coke Stevenson announced for the Senate . And Lyndon Johnson let

Oral history transcript, Homer E. Dean, interview 1 (I), 1/12/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

and check the votes and all. I can recall early in the week--I don't remember how I got the information or where I got it, but I can remember rumors starting about how Coke Stevenson was going to steal the election over in East LBJ Presidential Library
in Precinct 13 in 1948; Dean's role as county attorney in the 1948 Senate election; the makeup and role of the county Democratic Executive Committee; Coke Stevenson going to Texas State Bank to examine the poll list; the location of the ballot boxes; the grand

Oral history transcript, John T. Jones, interview 1 (I), 6/17/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

not? J: He supported Coke Stevenson at this time. M: Oh, he did? J: He went into the campaign--he discussed with me that he thought very seriously of supporting Mr. Johnson. He felt he would make a good senator, felt that he had the experience
Biographical information; Jesse H. Jones and LBJ; Jesse H. Jones’ support of Coke Stevenson in the 1948 Democratic senatorial race against LBJ; LBJ’s influence on Texas politics; J.T. Jones’ impressions of LBJ’s faults and virtues.

Oral history transcript, Booth Mooney, interview 1 (I), 4/8/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

campaign. To quote him, he said, "The Senator said, 'Maybe ,,,e ought to try to get him on our side,'" because I had been on the other side in the 1948 campaign. I had worked for Governor Coke Stevenson in his unsuccessful race for the Senate. B: Yes

Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 1 (I), 9/9/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, didn't he? F: Yes. R: In those days, if you won the primary you were in, you know. That was against who--Coke Stevenson? F: Coke Stevenson. R: Yes. I can't think of anything. We helped somewhat in that law case that came afterwards, a typical
, 1956; relationship between LBJ and Adlai Stevenson; 1956 Democratic National Convention; LBJ’s support of JFK in 1956

Oral history transcript, Bailey Sheppard, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: Was it a question of wanting to make [Coke] Stevenson governor? Or was it legitimate support for O'Daniel in 1941? S: I don't know why they changed the vote, the trend in St. Augustine County, except that this man just said he could do it. t~hether was done

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 6 (VI), 9/16/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, vis-a-vis Coke Stevenson- J: I think it emerges as the issue that got him elected actually. G: You think so? J: It had more than anything else to do with it, because of the fact that Stevenson sort of refused to take a position on it, a good

Oral history transcript, Felix McKnight, interview 1 (I), 10/4/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, that would make Coke Stevenson governor, get O'Daniel out of the state. I wonder how many of those votes were actually pro- Stevenson votes? M: Quite a few, I would say. G: Johnson ran as FDR's supporter. LBJ Presidential Library http
as a campaigner; Dan Moody; James V. Allred; 1948 campaign; Coke Stevenson; evaluations of LBJ as a Majority Leader and President; purchase of KTBC.

Oral history transcript, Harris Melasky, interview 1 (I), 8/3/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

he won, this time, against Coke Stevenson? M: Yes. Mc: You remember that one? M: Yes, very well. 6 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More

Oral history transcript, William Robert Smith, interview 1 (I), 11/9/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the hearing, but he came in one day during a recess, and he spoke to me and slapped me on the back, you know, real friendly. That's the first and only time he ever spoke to me after •• G: Now, you indicated that you were off in the war when Coke Stevenson
; appointment of Mac Burnett for hearings in Zapata and Duval Counties; Stevenson and LBJ’s lawyers; procedure in hearings; Luis Salas testimony; ballot boxes; testimony before Judge Davidson; opening of ballot boxes; Judge Black calls halt to proceedings

Oral history transcript, Walter G. Hall, interview 1 (I), 6/30/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

, of course it soon dies or is amended to be meaningless. I had had an encounter with Governor Coke Stevenson as a member of an executive committee made up of members of the various river authorities and others who had tax remissions from the state. Under

Oral history transcript, Fenner Roth, interview 2 (II), 10/11/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Marshall McNeil, interview 1 (I), 6/11/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

my memory. Was that the one with Coke [Stevenson]? G: Particularly Coke Stevenson's trip to Washington, and Taft-Hartley. M: My recollections there, there are only two that amount to a damn. Lyndon came back here, and Stevenson had issued some
Biographical information; meeting LBJ while working for Congressman Kleberg; LBJ’s relationship with FDR, Ickes, and Alvin Wirtz; George Brown; Sid Richardson; Bob Anderson; LBJ as a congressman; LBJ’s press relations; Bobby Baker; LBJ and Coke

Oral history transcript, Donald S. Thomas, interview 1 (I), 2/3/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

getting these calls. He would say, "Have you reported? What is your vote? Hold it if you can, and I'll let you know." Then the next day, all the rest of the next day, gradually as the votes would come in for Governor [Coke] Stevenson, well, he would

Oral history transcript, Janet Wofford Ingram, interview 1 (I), 7/17/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)

Stevenson--the first Mrs. Coke Stevenson had been a very dear, close friend of my mother's, and I remember we were talking about it, and Mother said--she said, "Well, I think Coke's just at loose ends." His wife had died. "I don't think he really wants to go
meeting each others' families; LBJ's 1948 campaign against Coke Stevenson; Lady Bird Johnson's opinion of the Ranch; the Johnsons' marriage; Lady Bird Johnson's interests in wildflowers and other topics; Ingram's sister's visit to the White House during

Oral history transcript, Robert S. Strauss, interview 1 (I), 5/22/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

for him? S: I don't know. I think in the Coke Stevenson campaign that Dallas was\. more conservatively oriented than Mr. Johnson was. But I LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral

Oral history transcript, Stuart Morrison Long, interview 1 (I), 8/13/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

right. And in 1948, I'll never forget the ..... one night, some of us became very convinced that former Governor Coke Stevenson shouldn't become the United States Senator from Texas when W. Lee O'Daniel quit in 1948. I remember one night a group of us

Oral history transcript, Leslie Carpenter, interview 1 (I), 2/6/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

contribution to his eventual runoff victory in the Democratic primary of only 87 votes. F: How was that? C: Well, I did two things for him • . Coke Stevenson came to Washington; it was the biggest mistake he made. He was being criticized by Johnson because

Oral history transcript, Eugene B. Germany, interview 1 (I), 5/24/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

somebody. So he picked met I presume he did because I knew the least about pblftics, which he hated. After that convention, I was chairman of the state committee through two governors; Governor O'Daniel in all of his terms and Governor Coke Stevenson
Biographical information; disagreed with Roosevelt and LBJ on social politics; "handouts" and on methods used; Stevenson lost by 89 votes to LBJ for Senate; fraud claimed; Roosevelt’s influence helped LBJ; 25-30 newspaper against LBJ as VP

Oral history transcript, Houston Harte, interview 1 (I), 9/27/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

that Johnson won by in the 1948 race when he ran against Governor Coke Stevenson. B: 1948? H: In 1948. But everybody has forgotten and nobody talks about how he was beat several years before. It was proved beyond a question of a doubt that he had been

Oral history transcript, Carl Phinney, interview 1 (I), 10/11/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

could not specifically point out what it was. F: Colonel Thompson got in touch with you to handle the northern area of the campaign against Coke Stevenson? LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson
support of Stevenson; General Mark Clark; 1948 and 1954 campaigns; 1960 campaign; President’s club; assessment of LBJ; reserve cutbacks.

Oral history transcript, Sam Kinch, Sr., interview 1 (I), 6/3/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that the paper kind of decided-- F: That's when Sellers ran against Rainey and Coke Stevenson. K: Not, it wasn't against Stevenson--Jester. F: Jester, right. K: In fact, they were all trying to get Coke to put in a word for them. F: That's right. K

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 12 (XII), 4/25/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

suicide in his cell before he was to meet with--was he to meet with [Coke] Stevenson? G: I think--at least that's what Stevenson said. J: --or somebody representing Stevenson. And anyway, I don't know how people thought it could be done

Oral history transcript, Margaret Mayer Ward, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that they thought they v.Jere beat. This race in 1948 was really an uphill race. Yes. Oh, no. G: What did you think? W: I thought it was going to be tight. I thought it was going to be exactly what it was. G: Did you cover the [Coke] Stevenson campaign

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

for the Senate in 1948? Did he talk to you about that decision? That was when he ran against Coke Stevenson. W: He talked to everybody about that. G: He did? Did he have trouble making up his mind, do you think? W: Well, he knew it was going to be a tough
A.W. Moursund's 1946 district attorney campaign; the death of Mrs. Johnson's Aunt Effie Pattillo; LBJ supporting Dwight Eisenhower in the 1948 presidential election; LBJ's 1948 U.S. Senate campaign against Coke Stevenson; Winters' offer to shear

Oral history transcript, O.C. Fisher, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

in the 1948 election for the Senate ag~inst Coke Stevenson? F: That is correct, and I have an idea that it resulted in his election. I think it contributed very directly toward overcoming the resistance he would otherwise have had from a considerable
Biographical information; meeting LBJ in 1943; casual relationship with LBJ in House for six years; controversial 1948 election of LBJ over Coke Stevenson; LBJ’s reputation as a wheeler-dealer; insecure politically in Texas; dedication of Medical

Oral history transcript, Victor Jaeggli, interview 1 (I), 9/4/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Bird is a great lady. G: Is there anything else that we have left out? J: Oh, I guess you have gotten the story of Coke Stevenson a half a dozen different times and I guess you'll hit it from many angles. Of course, you know the basic thing

Oral history transcript, Roger W. Jones, interview 1 (I), 10/1/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

not? J: He supported Coke Stevenson at this time. M: Oh, he did? J: He went into the campaign--he discussed with me that he thought very seriously of supporting Mr. Johnson. He felt he would make a good senator, felt that he had the experience

Oral history transcript, C.W. Price, interview 1 (I), 1/12/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

for the Alice News. It was something like Lyndon Johnson had 765 votes to 60 for Coke Stevenson. G: More than 10 to 1. P: That's right. G: Was that usual? P: Really not, when there was [not] a contested election. No, when we'd have an election around
Light vote in primary and run-off, 1948; examination of voting records at the bank; additional names; impressions of LBJ; Parr group and ant-Parr group; local people and their roles; vote figures; Stevenson people who came to the area; role of Frank

Oral history transcript, Radcliffe Killam, interview 1 (I), 2/23/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

that. G: I should say the conventional wisdom has it that the old party wanted one of the Kazens appointed, and Coke Stevenson, who was then governor, refused because there was a problem with vice on the local military installation. He was getting heat

Oral history transcript, Richard Morehead, interview 1 (I), 6/26/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)

was the journalist. Every governor from Coke Stevenson through Dolph Briscoe, I think, appointed me to it after you have served a period of years. B: Well, tell me what you remember about the Texas legislature in those early years when you were--well, for a while
declining health; Morehead's relationship with Elliott Roosevelt; Coke Stevenson's relationship with the press; O'Daniel's relationship with the press and his political experience; controversies surrounding LBJ's 1941 and 1948 elections; the Dallas Morning

Oral history transcript, John B. Connally, interview 2 (II), 11/28/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that Governor Coke Stevenson was going to run. So Mr. Johnson had a very, very tough decision to make, and he had talked, I am sure, to a great many people. I know he did. F: Do you think he was basically negative toward running when he came down, as Sam
station KVET; Coke Stevenson; LBJ using a helicopter to campaign in 1948; monitoring the 1948 election returns; LBJ's kidney stones; Paul Porter; legal action surrounding the 1948 election and box 13 incident; the Democratic Executive Committee vote

Oral history transcript, Harvey O. Payne, interview 1 (I), 10/15/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

, and they said, you just forget it." "Well, His opponent at that time was former governor Coke Stevenson and they said, "This is Coke Stevenson country and we won't allow it1" So I recalled that my father-in-law used to be a county a.gent and pretty

Oral history transcript, Fred Korth, interview 1 (I), 3/7/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

take out the time that I knew would be necessary for a.campaign of the type that I envisioned, certainly, with Coke Stevenson as the principal opponent. They indicated to me that my response was not a satisfactory one, and that they were insisting

Oral history transcript, Eugenia Boehringer Lasseter, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: But there was another man, a fourth man, wasn't there? G: Well, Dies, O'Oaniel, Johnson, and Mann. L: Mann. But we thought Mann was the candidate we had to beat, you know. Gut O'Daniel came in. I know Mrs. Stevenson was still living, Faye. G: Or Ferguson. L

Oral history transcript, Melvin C. Winters, interview 2 (II), 2/25/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, Stevenson. G: Stevenson. W: Coke Stevenson. That was the hottest race he ever had. G: Of course, this was the one he lost; this was the only campaign he lost, in 1941. 12 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT
; LBJ joining the navy; construction contracts during World War II; construction work in Central America; the effect of World War II on Winters' business; LBJ's 1946 campaign against Hardy Hollers and 1948 campaign against Coke Stevenson; how A.W

Oral history transcript, William F. Billings, interview 1 (I), 5/23/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

one other aspect of my personal involvement How did you get into it? with things that involved Lyndon Johnson . I was acquainted with, and I followed his history, you know, back to the Coke Stevenson days when Coke Stevenson and Lyndon Johnson were

Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 1 (I), 4/13/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

[didJ, was closer to him than Lyndon is because I knew him way back there. So I called him up and I said, "Governor, I just tal ked to Lyndon, and he said for you to go ahead and cast your vote for [AdlaiJ Stevenson, that he had it without a doubt. He

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