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Oral history transcript, Robert E. Baskin, interview 1 (I), 3/16/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • . Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh BASKIN -- I -- 4 B: The t1a.y one when they overthrew the Shivers-dominated State Democratic Executive Committee
  • First contacts with LBJ in 1953 in Texas campaigning; Johnson's role in Texas state politics in 1956; Sam Rayburn's selection of LBJ as favorite son in 1956; DOT (Democrats of Texas); contacts with LBJ in Senate; LBJ-Ralph Yarborough as senators
Oral history transcript, Robert C. Weaver, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • with the Secretary? W: Well, it was an interesting story. That was the time when the NRA Codes hearings were being conducted, and a classmate of mine, who had finished law school, and I established the National Committee on Industrial Recovery. We got the various
  • National Youth Administration (U.S.)
  • Biographical information; Adviser to Secretary Ickes on Negro affairs; National Committee on Industrial Recovery; Harvard thesis research; integration of cafeteria services at Department of the Interior; “The Black Cabinet;” duties at Department
Oral history transcript, Rufus W. Youngblood, interview 1 (I), 12/17/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • you also use more computers? Y: Yes. This was mainly an outgrowth of the Warren Commission. have computers prior to the 1963 occurrence. We did not As a result of the Warren Commission and other committees, we now have a computerized protective
  • Secret Service car following him on the highway; paint throwing incident in Melbourne; death of Clarence Kretsch’s child at LBJ Ranch; nationally televised remarks to Secret Service personnel on the White House lawn