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Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 3 (III), 12/9/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • whip was Senator Francis Myers from Pennsylvania. So you had Scott Lucas, who was a moderate Democrat that Senator [Everett] Dirksen had defeated in November of 1950, and Senator Myers had been defeated, which was unexpected. We knew that Senator
Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 7 (VII), 10/11/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • A.] McCarran was chairman. So you had McCarran and Eastland and Olin Johnston on the Democratic side, and I think Senator [Everett] Dirksen was on the Republican side. of a one-man show. It was sort But in the S t a t e Department there had been some
Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 1 (I), 10/23/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Baker -- I -- 2 Dirksen. I lived there, say, from
Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 5 (V), 5/2/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • it again on a social Dirksen talked to me about it, he said, "What in the hell does Lyndon Johnson have on George Malone?" I mean, George Malone will vote 999 times with a straight Republican ticket, and on the most critical vote that the Republican