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Oral history transcript, Clinton P. Anderson, interview 1 (I), 5/20/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

as whip in the early 1950's? A: I hope so. I don't know for sure, but I was the chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in 1950. And for a short time the Democratic party nationwide was sort of leaderless because the then chairman

Oral history transcript, Michael V. DiSalle, interview 1 (I), 2/4/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 22 itself, but after 0'64. I've also heard it said that the Democratic National Committee in Johnson's Presidency sort of fell on hard tnnes, became a not very effective

Oral history transcript, Daniel K. Inouye, interview 2 (II), 5/2/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

. Johnson's withdrawing from reelection this past year, 1968. I wanted to hit some other high points and sort of backtrack to some of the legislation that you worked on. But first I would like to ask you about the 1968 Democratic National Convention
[For interviews 1 and 2] Biographical information; first meeting LBJ and Sam Rayburn at the 1956 Democratic convention in Chicago; made an honorary Texan; LBJ and statehood for Hawaii; LBJ and the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 16 (XVI), 9/13/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to it. I don't believe anybody was present except the three of them, because I think I would have remembered if I had actually been there. G: Okay. Now, the liberal Democrats made an effort to expand the Policy Committee. R: Right. G
Composition of the Policy Committee; Rayburn’s decision not to serve as chairman of the Democratic National Convention; Paul Butler and his role; liberals and the Democratic National Committee; LBJ’s lack of commitment to his candidacy

Oral history transcript, Russell B. Long, interview 1 (I), 2/22/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

for the Eisenhower Administration's measure. You know, he wanted a twenty dollar tax- L: That's right. That's right. G: Both Harry Byrd and Senator George on the Finance Committee with you were opposed to LBJ's version, and yet you got the Democrats to vote

Oral history transcript, Carl B. Albert, interview 2 (II), 6/10/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

there with the Democratic National Convention of that year of which the potential contenders were John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and there was even a movement for Adlai Stevenson continuing in that year. Could we begin by your telling me what your activities were about
1960 Democratic convention; LBJ as VP candidate; religious issue; LBJ as VP; JFK's political standing in 1963; LBJ after the assassination; Larry O'Brien; Mr. Cannon; Congressman Passman; Halleck; Allan Smith; Dick Bolling; Bill Colmer; 1964

Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 6 (VI), 12/9/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of the advisory council. He wouldn't be, on the grounds that Rayburn already said he wouldn't be so how could Johnson. Then they--what the hell was the chairman of the Democratic [National] Committee then? I can't remember LBJ Presidential Library http
Southern Manifesto; farm legislation; Francis Case; social security; LBJ and Paul Butler; LBJ and Nixon; 1956 Democratic National Convention

Oral history transcript, Dr. Ralph K. Huitt, interview 2 (II), 10/5/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

over it, until we had what we believed was, for each agency, a pretty good set of proposals for the next year. The next step was to meet with what was called the Legislative Committee, which was the assistant secretaries with the under secretary

Oral history transcript, John McCormack, interview 1 (I), 9/23/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

more about the 1960 Convention. I was Chairman of the Platform Committee in the 1944 Democratic Convention, I was Chairman of the Platform Committee in the 1952 Convention, and Chairman of the Platform Committee in the 1956 Convention. Now in 1960
First impressions of LBJ; close relationship with LBJ; FDR-LBJ relationship; Truman was close to LBJ; LBJ’s national outlook; LBJ’s leadership in the Senate; progressive; Board of Education meetings; bill to admit Hawaii and Alaska; minimum

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 5 (V), 10/27/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was that he looked like he could pull the country together again. Therefore, to go off in a hog-wild campaign of automatic opposition to Eisenhower would have put the Democrats in the position not just of opposing Eisenhower, but opposing national coherency

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 23 (XXIII), 7/21/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

collated information and maintained records. That memo, which is dated May 18, followed three concentrated days in New York where I talked with our citizens committee people, state committee leaders, our upstate campaign people, borough and county leaders
inability to reach LBJ to discuss the Vietnam plank; the location and timing of the convention; frustration with the Democratic National Committee (DNC) over the organization of the convention; the possibility of a movement to draft Edward Kennedy; whether

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 8 (VIII), 4/8/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

will only take you to the proximity--that hadn't been accomplished nor did it take place until the fall. There were some fellows on the staff at the Democratic National Committee who, of course, could devote their time to 1964 campaign activities, but our
of congressional liaison staff in LBJ's 1964 presidential campaign; the 1960 JFK-Nixon debates; presidential debates since 1960, such as the Reagan-Mondale debates of 1984; campaign finance issues; the rise of political action committees (PACs) and lobbying

Oral history transcript, James O. Eastland, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

don't hear it any more. In a political sense, what they are going to do to patch up the relationships between the Democrats and--the national Democrats and Mississippi? E: . F: I can't tell you that, I don't know . Humphrey obviously wasn't the one
30 years in the Senate; first meeting with LBJ; LBJ's relationship with Senator Russell; LBJ as Minority Leader; Committee on Internal Security; McCarthy issue; tidelands issue; becoming chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee with the help

Oral history transcript, Raymond E. Buck, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

of the organizers and chairman of the state executive committee of the Young Democrats of Texas which were organized early in the Roosevelt Administration . As such my interest was connected with the younger gen- eration of men,and particularly Democrats
Relationship with LBJ in Congressman Kleberg's office in 1933; airline regulations; LBJ's election to Congress in 1937; Senate campaign in 1941 and 1948; 1956 Democratic Convention; 1960 campaign with JFK; influence of Lady Bird Johnson on LBJ's

Oral history transcript, Albert H. Quie, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

that he seemed to avoid partisan conflict more in the interests of national-- Q: Yes. It didn't mean that he didn't stick up for his party and that he wasn't an ardent Democrat and all, but I seemed to feel--and I think my colleagues do-- that it came
Biographical information; contact with LBJ; LBJ’s techniques; opinion of LBJ’s political stance; LBJ-Rayburn liaison; LBJ’s ego and the transition to national politician; LBJ as VP; operation of Congress after LBJ and Rayburn; JFK-LBJ transition

Oral history transcript, David Dubinsky, interview 1 (I), 5/7/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

were involved-- the trade union movement and our union in particular was involved in the question of a minimum wage for the vlOrkers in this nation, and I buttonholed congressmen and one of them was Congressman Johnson. M: A brand new one at that time

Oral history transcript, Irwin Wolkstein, interview 1 (I), 4/26/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

--a senior Democrat in the Senate Finance Committee who was a supporter was Senator [Clinton Presba] Anderson and that was the reason that I was expected to work relatively closely with that office. G: Describe your association with this office during

Oral history transcript, Jack Hight, interview 1 (I), 1/9/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

thought he was too liberal. There were two basic disagreements he had with the Democratic National Committee or the party itself. One was that he felt that the people there were very liberal-oriented and did not understand the true mood of the country

Oral history transcript, Robert Oliver, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of He was a national youth administrator, and he had a reputation among people in these circles as being a Roosevelt Democrat . Stevenson as such . Certainly you couldn't characterize Coke There was a friendship plus a belief on Reuther's part

Oral history transcript, Edmund Gerald (Pat) Brown, interview 1 (I), 2/20/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

the only Democratic governor of the United States coming from a state that might have sufficient number of people to make a good campaign with the necessary financial resources . F : There was a good bit of national interest in you at this time
Biographical information; first meeting with LBJ; 1960 campaign; Cheryl Chessman case; National Advisory Committee; Democratic candidates; 1962 campaign against Richard Nixon; Cuban crisis; Rumford Housing bill; Jess Unruh; Western Governors

Oral history transcript, Dorothy Territo, interview 1 (I), 11/1/1983, by Claudia Anderson (Item)

possible in the speech file, because through the years I found files back in the 1948 campaign and the 1942 campaign. Incidentally, they became very valuable to the Democratic National Committee when Johnson was running for the presidency in 1964. A: I'm
; getting LBJ's staff to submit documents to the new filing system; promises made in an effort to obtain Senate Democratic Policy Committee files; Mrs. Rebekah Johnson and her desire for a family library and community center; planning where LBJ's papers

Oral history transcript, Adrian A. Spears, interview 1 (I), 6/11/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

, and Mrs. Lloyd Bentsen, the wife of the present United States Senator, had been nominated by the Johnson forces as a member of the National Committee, the Democratic National Committee. In some way the convention got out of hand, and the opponents took

Oral history transcript, Clarence Mitchell, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Interviewer: Thomas H. Baker Date: April 30, 1969 Tape Number One B: This is the interview with Clarence Mitchell, director of the Washington bureau of the NAACP. Sir, you've been the director of the national bureau here since 1950. Do you recall when you
branch; Humphrey’s revision of Voting Rights Act of 1957; liberal image; JFK’s contact with African Americans; 1960 dissatisfaction with Democratic nominees; NAACP position regarding LBJ as the VP candidate; Democratic record on civil rights; effect

Oral history transcript, Stewart L. Udall, interview 5 (V), 12/16/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

this is true. It goes back to Teddy Roosevelt's time. A lot of the Congressmen, Republicans and Democrats alike, fought him bitterly on the things that he did and he was acting for the nation. They said, "Well, you're destroying our local industry." This has

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 35 (XXXV), 3/8/1991, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

immediately sort of vibes in Texas as the year got in gear. At the Democratic National Committee, overtures were being made to it to have [Allan] Shivers recognized as the leader of the Texas Democrats. That developed steam as the year went 1 LBJ
; assembling a Senate committee to investigate Senator Joseph McCarthy; LBJ's support for President Dwight Eisenhower; Lynda's illness in the fall of 1954; Willie Day Taylor's help to the Johnsons; South Korean President Syngman Rhee's toast regarding war

Oral history transcript, William G. Phillips, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

numbers on paper, but votes. In the 1964 campaign DSG had worked very closely with the Democratic National Committee and with people involved in the Johnson campaign. We provided them with copies of all our legislative research materials, which at first
Employment history; organization and operation of the Democratic Study Group; support of the Great Society program; attending bill signing ceremonies; accepting position with the OEO; Sargent Shriver; OEO staff members; problems in Congressional

Oral history transcript, Milton R. Young, interview 1 (I), 7/18/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

humorous ways of asking and answering questions. I had lunch with him quite often, usually with some Republicans, and he wasn't reluctant at all to talk about some of his problems with Democratic colleagues. He was that kind of a person. I remember some
LBJ's tenure as Democratic leader of the Senate; his relationship with other Senators

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 15 (XV), 8/30/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: No, it didn't involve them much. It didn't involve them as far as only on caring whether it passed or didn't pass. G: Really? J: But you asked about the forces. The people supporting the bill had largely Republican support and moderate Democrats

Oral history transcript, Wilbur Mills, interview 2 (II), 3/25/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that. Aime Forand had introduced the bill. He was not the ranking Democrat to me, but well up toward the top of the [Ways and Means] Committee. The only people for it were labor unions, and he was the only one on the committee, apparently
; Vietnam spending; 1963-1964 tax cut; JFK, LBJ, and taxes; Sam Rayburn and the expansion of the Rules Committee in the House; Howard Smith; 1961 highway bill and a billboard control amendment; Trade Expansion Act; Mills’ relationship with JFK; public

Oral history transcript, James M. Quigley, interview 1 (I), 10/25/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

of no particular significance except for my evolution and growth, that I started life as a Republican and didn't really become a Democrat until about 1948 or 1949--a long process, but we won't go into that. It's significant. I became a Democrat, I believe, in 1949
Room; the 1960 Democratic National Convention and Quigley's view of LBJ at that time; JFK's decision to ask LBJ to be his vice-presidential running mate and LBJ's decision to accept; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) Abraham Ribicoff

Oral history transcript, Clifford P. Case, interview 1 (I), 3/1/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

adoption of the House rules. Normally that's a routine matter but this time John Rankin had indicated that he was going to use that occasion to add, by a new rule, a special committee to investigate un-American activities, make it a permanent committee. I

Oral history transcript, Crawford Martin, interview 1 (I), 5/4/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

that to Mr. Bob Calvert, chief justice, I'm sure could give you a better picture of it. If you remember the [State Democratic] Executive Committee-well, let's go back further. The race was attempted to be contested by Governor Stevenson and Associate
National Youth Administration (U.S.)
Biographical information; meeting LBJ through National Youth Administration; LBJ’s 1938 campaign for Senate and decision not to contest the loss; details of 1948 Texas Democratic Convention Executive Committee’s certification of LBJ over Stevenson

Oral history transcript, Donald C. Cook, interview 1 (I), 6/30/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

- tance with him before then? C: No, that was the first time that I had met him. B: What were the circumstances of your accepting that job, sir? That was as Special Counsel to the Special Investigating Subcommittee of the House Committee on Naval
Biographical information; investigating subcommittee work; Carl Vinson; LBJ's view of the military; 1948 Senate election; Preparedness Subcommittee; Richard Russell; 1952 Democratic convention; 1957 civil rights legislation; space program

Oral history transcript, Ernest May, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

But his last successful campaign was in '28, and then he ran again--ran for the Senate in '42 and was defeated--ran third. Mc: Have you had any connection with John Connally? M: No, sir. Mc: Have you had any participation in national politics? M

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 55 (LV), 9/13/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: Normally we took the whole committee. We would invite the whole committee and I think we invited both Democrats and Republicans. I just can't remember whether we limited it to Democrats or not. In this case, the following morning--the message technically

Oral history transcript, John Holton, interview 1 (I), 6/19/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

National Committee]. H: Yes, or something. All I know is that Mr. Rayburn looked at Robert and said, "We have already talked to your brother." That's the only thing I remember out of it. G: Did Speaker Rayburn feel that Robert Kennedy was trying
to the Democratic National Convention; the "Board of Education" and how it worked; Rayburn's and LBJ's views on the Landrum-Griffin labor bill; a 1961 House Rules Committee argument between Rayburn and Howard Smith; Rayburn's relationship with his constituents

Oral history transcript, David Dellinger, interview 1 (I), 12/10/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, but they were doing sabotage and other military, violent activities. G: What was the genesis of the National Mobilization [Committee] to End the War in Vietnam? D: How did that get started? Well, it grew out of a number of emergency ad hoc responses
Personal opposition to official policy in Vietnam; National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam; SANE; MOBE; NCAC; role of television; counterculture; assignation attempt of Dellinger; travels to Vietnam; meeting with Ho Chi Minh

Oral history transcript, David E. Lilienthal, interview 1 (I), 6/18/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

was an authorization legislative-type committee--because there were very few changes in the law that were required or made, but in the appropriation process. And so his ability, his instinct, to deal with Republicans almost exactly the way he would with Democrats
LBJ-Rayburn relationship; LBJ as legislator; the 1960 Democratic convention in Los Angeles; LBJ and his domestic programs evaluated; LBJ and the watchdog committee for the AEC; LBJ's visit to Iran and his influence on the Shah; LBJ asks Lilienthal

Oral history transcript, Lawrence H. Fountain, interview 1 (I), 7/15/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

are on the Committee for Foreign Affairs and you are the fourth ranking Democrat. You're chairman of the Near East Sub-Committee. Also you are a member of the Government's Operations Committee and I believe fourth ranking Democrat on that committee. F: That's right
to North Carolina; Congress under JFK and LBJ; objecting to Adam Yarmolinsky as head of Poverty program; LBJ’s strategy on passing legislation; Freeman’s agricultural policy; Foreign Affairs Committee; schism between Fulbright and LBJ regarding Vietnam

Oral history transcript, John G. Tower, interview 3 (III), 11/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: You've been here into three administrations now--two Democrats, one Republican. Is there any essential difference in the way information is fed under the Republicans and under the Democrats? T: Not too much. Of course we Republicans feel somewhat better

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