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Oral history transcript, Ivan Sinclair, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • an appointment through Liz, or whatever method that you can, with the Vice President." He wrote back and said that, then, Walter Jenkins would be available and would love to talk to me. So I took a three-day pass from Fort Stewart, Georgia; came to Washington
  • Jenkins, Walter (Walter Wilson), 1918-1985
  • ; the transition; the 1964 campaign; Walter Jenkins and the effect of his leaving the staff; LBJ’s staff and JFK’s staff relations; Bill Moyers; staff loyalty to LBJ and how it affected Sinclair’s family life; Lloyd Hand; relationship between airlines and politics
Oral history transcript, Arthur C. Perry, interview 1 (I), 11/15/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • that the others existed? P: Well, I don't recall any friction that ever arose between us. Everybody knew that he or she was there to do a job and it was all for the aid and the help of the Senator. He kept in close touch with all of us, and had a remarkable
  • Jenkins, Walter (Walter Wilson), 1918-1985
  • Senator Sheppard; Tom Connally; Depression years; Huey Long; Little Congress; LBJ as NYA Director in Texas; Walter Jenkins; John Connally; JFK assassination; reaction in Italy; LBJ's relationship with his staff; reaction of the staff after heart
Oral history transcript, Booth Mooney, interview 1 (I), 4/8/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • not actually meet him, as I recall, until the latter part of 1952. In 1951 his Administrative Assistant, Walter Jenkins, left the Senator and came down to run for Congress in a special election. Through a mutual friend in Dallas, Mr. Jenkins was put
  • Jenkins, Walter (Walter Wilson), 1918-1985
  • Biographical information; first meeting LBJ; LBJ’s liberal and New Deal identification; Gerald Mann; President’s court packing plan; 1948 bitter campaign; Taft-Hartley Law; Horace; Busby; Roy Wade; Walter Jenkins; John Connally; Sam Houston Johnson
Oral history transcript, Irving L. Goldberg, interview 1 (I), 11/2/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • much of anything. at times. I would see him. He would call me up I would call him up when I would go to Washington. I became very friendly with Walter Jenkins. close friends and our families [were]. He and I were very When we lived in Washington
  • Jenkins, Walter (Walter Wilson), 1918-1985
  • ; 1956 and 1960 Democratic Conventions; Walter Jenkins; Goldberg suggesting that LBJ take the oath of office in Dallas from Judge Sarah Hughes after the JFK assassination; appointment to Court of Appeals; Court of Appeals procedures from 1966-1969
Oral history transcript, Robert E. Baskin, interview 1 (I), 3/16/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • Jenkins, Walter (Walter Wilson), 1918-1985
  • as vice president; space program; LBJ relations with Eisenhower; LBJ and Robert Kennedy; JFK assassination; role of White House press; Walter Jenkins' resignation; Bobby Baker; presidential press secretaries; Nixon-Johnson relationship