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Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 6 (VI), 7/24/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • to their church as his running mate. So that's one of the reasons why Harry Truman had been selected. Because Bob Hannegan was the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, he was a Catholic, he knew of the anti-Byrnes feeling of Catholics and he was able
  • Price Daniel and the Senate Judiciary Committee; Democratic Steering Committee; Drew Pearson; Commerce Committee; Senator Alben Barkley; selection of Harry Truman as 1944 vice-presidential candidate; use of Skeeter Johnston's office for lunch
Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 3 (III), 12/9/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • the significant thing was that every report out of Truman's committee was unanimous by both Democrats and Republicans, and the same was true of Johnson's committee. I don't think there was ever one dissent in any report that came out of the Preparedness
  • LBJ’s election as whip; Senator Ernest McFarland; Senator Richard Russell; Preparedness Committee; Senator Estes Kefauver; Douglas MacArthur’s speech to Congress; natural gas bill; Tidelands bill; Walter Jenkins; LBJ’s love for the ranch and cattle
Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 5 (V), 5/2/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • is the need to reorganize the DNC and that LBJ was evidently unhappy with the way the DNC was focused or set up. B: Yes. Do you recall that? The biggest problem that Johnson had with the Democratic National Committee as you know, he was super
Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 2 (II), 10/31/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • had good manners. But getting to Bobby Kennedy, what did happen around one o'clock was Bobby came in and wanted to know if Johnson would be the chairman of the Democratic National Committee instead of vice president. And old man Rayburn said, "Shit
  • Tidelands legislation; admission of Alaska and Hawaii as states; East-West Center in Honolulu; space program; Senate committee assignments; Estes Kefauver, John Kennedy, and the Foreign Relations Committee; 1960 Democratic National Convention; LBJ’s
Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 4 (IV), 2/29/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • of the delegates at a national convention. So a lot of people [wanted to nominate Eisenhower]. Olin Johnston from my state of South Carolina flew over to talk to Eisenhower about Eisenhower being the Democratic nominee. And there were a lot of stories
Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 7 (VII), 10/11/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • to go to ninety. Eisenhower The stacked committee of Democratic LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http
  • ; defense appropriation bill; Senator Earle Clements; LBJ’s drinking and smoking; LBJ’s heart attack and its effects on him; 1956 Democratic National Convention; Mrs. Johnson; LBJ’s insurance and Don Reynolds; LBJ’s success in business; LBJ’s secret office
Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 1 (I), 10/23/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • was the Democratic nominee for the vice presidency, along with a telephone lineman and myself in a helicopter for two people, whereby that we had to get out and go through the cockleburs to hitchhike a ride over to my classmate, who presently is the lieutenant