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Oral history transcript, J. Willis Hurst, interview 2 (II), 6/16/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Hurst -- II -- 5 dures, when the press would naturally bring up, "Will his heart stand it?" et
  • Hurst’s relationship with LBJ; declining the position of White House physician; LBJ’s health and fitness for the presidency; LBJ’s decision not to run in 1968; gallstones operation in 1965; medical information and the press; psychological analysis
Oral history transcript, J.Willis Hurst, interview 3 (III), 11/8/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • with him, so we were good friends. He was seeing President Eisenhower. Well, I saw Majority Leader Johnson then and indicated he was doing quite well. A member of the press obviously came by, and I indicated in the press report that his electrocardiogram
Oral history transcript, J.Willis Hurst, interview 6 (VI), 10/31/1995, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • to convalesce at Brooke. At that point I was president of the American Heart Association, and because of that and because I was involved in the care of President Johnson I was asked to be on "Meet the Press," along with Ted Cooper, who was then in charge
Oral history transcript, J.Willis Hurst, interview 5 (V), 10/30/1995, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • ) And that incident, of course, went around the world. My view is, first, he is uninhibited in the first place. And about this time the press was giving him a hard time about withholding information and hiding information, so I think he was simply showing what went
Oral history transcript, J.Willis Hurst, interview 4 (IV), 2/27/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • made some comments that got in the press or something of that sort. So Vice President Johnson just took him with him. And on the way back, Vice President Johnson got the attention of the entire party and said some very nice things about Mr. Rooney
Oral history transcript, J. Willis Hurst, interview 1 (I), 5/16/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • . I've always been distressed that his humor did not show too much in television and press activities. But person to person it was, I always felt, a very incredible kind of wit that deserves a historical notation. For example, there he is, having taken