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election night; candidates for DNC chairman following the presidential election and the selection of Bob Strauss to replace Jean Westwood.

Novak -- I --18 Texas, and Mr. Johnson came in with his two daughters. I was there, and they were just cold as hell to me and very nice to Geraldine. M: Still? N: Yes. I was the guest at the game of Bob Strauss, who is the Democratic National
; Bob Strauss; Novak's ability to separate his friendship from his ability to write critically about politicians.

that, to a great extent, they were on Bob Strauss' back. Bob took on the burden and tried to keep me removed from it as much as possible so my attention wouldn't be diverted from the various activities. But it wasn't a pleasant situation. G: Did he raise money
elections; O'Brien's desired role as spokesman for the Democratic Party during Richard Nixon's presidency; Bob Strauss' efforts to raise money for DNC programs and to pay off debt; going to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and networks to try

to that. It was a very pleasant call. The purpose was that he wanted me to know that he assumed I had no interest and if by any chance I had had any interest, he would have been in touch with me and I would have been his choice. There was a call from Bob Strauss, who
DNC chairmanship meant to O'Brien Associates; problems within the DNC under Fred Harris; the need to make the party more appealing to Congress and middle-of-the-road Democrats; Bob Strauss' work to raise funds and restructure staff and staff

of Mr. Strauss to the AEC. B: Well, you're talking to the man that probably had more influence than anybody in the Senate in defeating Secretary Strauss. He had been nominated by President Eisenhower to be secretary of Commerce, and Lyndon Johnson

Oral history transcript, Robert Short, interview 1 (I), 8/22/1979, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

resigning as national chairman to take over a campaign for Wilbur Mills for president. I declined. At a later date, I was contacted directly by Wilbur. It coincided with a visit I made to Dallas to attend the wedding of one of Bob Strauss' children. Wilbur

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

,] it wasn't a short while, it was about three and a half years. In 1950 we organized a firm then known as Goldberg, Fonville, Gump and Strauss. F: What was the third name? LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon

one of them--Anna Lord Strauss, the former president of the League of Women Voters, formerly a delegate to the United Nations. Mrs. Norman Chandler, the wife of the publisher of the Los Angeles Times, whom I hadn't known before. he had asked one

Oral history transcript, David Ginsburg, interview 2 (II), 8/26/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, threatening to draft the President himself? DG: The one threat came from--was said to come from--a man who had approved and cleared the draft of the HHH Vietnam plank. I remember Fred Harris and I visited with Bob Strauss and the former governor of Texas

Oral history transcript, Leverett Saltonstall, interview 1 (I), 10/31/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

recall that particularly in the Strauss nomination, and there were other cases where they were close. Baker said to me on one case--I remember, "Bobby, how close did you figure it?" Senator Wiley of Wisconsin fooled me." we had that contact. "Well, I

Oral history transcript, Edward R. Fried, interview 1 (I), 4/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

/loh/oh 20 shattering, but it was the right way to operate. He reminded people who came, and I was at a couple of those--Germans who came trouping in afterward to assure themselves that the U.S. had not lost interest in Europe--Strauss, Schroeder

to for the necessary financing to carry out my programs. But they were not to look to me as a source of financing. That was the same when I was national chairman and Bob Strauss was treasurer. Bob and I had an understanding. Bob's job was to raise the money to keep

that. This Strauss is a member of the government in Germany, and he is a very strong man, a very smart man. However that is beside the point. We flew to Bonn, and then we came back on Air Force One. There were about eighty or a hundred people on Air Force One. I

Oral history transcript, Robert C. Weaver, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

the United States Housing Authority was established, I went with Nathan Strauss as special assistant, so I left the Department of Interior. Now, my concern was sort of a catholic one (with a small "c"). I was involved in working on programs like

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