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- obvious that it wasn't old Lyndon anymore. He was a fascinating man. Once when I was on the News, and then I came over here--and his great friends were here on the Dallas Times Herald: Mr. Tom Gooch and Mr. Edwin Kiest, Jim Chambers, who's still
- : "He is the goddam lose-iest boy I ever say!" And another incident in Dallas County, a companion of mine and a newspaper man, a man from the Dallas Times-Herald, and I met Mr. Johnson. Mrs. Johnson with us, too. We had We met him at a small air
- and graduated from high school at Brownwood in 1920. the University of Texas from 1921 to 1928. practice of law in Dallas, Texas. I attended In 1931 I commenced the During that time I served in the 36th Infantry Division of the Texas National Guard
Oral history transcript, Everett D. Collier, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1975, by Michael L. Gillette
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- --although they fought like dogs most of the time--he got that same feeling toward Margaret Mayer of the Dallas Times Herald. Now, I know he has called Margaret Mayer a number of times, when he would be displeased over something. She is chief of bureau
- to Dallas? P: No, Johnson congratulated me on that later. I went to Germany with the Second Armored Division; you know, that was the time they flew the division over and the equipment was positioned. ters with them when they went over~ I sent two repor
- --it was noisier outside and around the aircraft, but there was--you would hear--the transmission had a distinct whine to it that you could hear all the time. G: When you were working out the plans in Dallas for what you would do, was there one LBJ Presidential
- for the campaign trip; the logistics and staff work involved in the helicopter-based campaign; costs associated with using the helicopter; public reaction to LBJ's speeches and the helicopter; LBJ shaking hands; typical flight times and experiences for pilot, Jim
- ugliness in Dallas toward Johnson [the Adolphus Hotel incident], when he'd been up there he'd been spit on one time in public, a mess. I just didn't see any point in having these big parades, but I wasn't consulted. And they had this parade and all
- ; the Brazos River Authority; LBJ makes a last visit to Temple, Texas; at the Dallas Trade Mart with Storey Stemmons during the JFK assassination; LBJ is faithful to his friends; investigating the M-16 rifle; observing the Tet Offensive; Ted Connell; the press
- and what each candidate basically was driving for . just excellent . in He was I think that he had the respect of LBJ, maybe respect because LBJ knew the Dallas Morning News certainly at that time was the paper of influence . G: Was Johnson's staff
- Biographical information; first coverage of LBJ in 1946; personal evaluations of various Texas Capitol Press reporters; Stuart Long; reporters' preference for candidates at the time; LBJ's 1948 campaign for Senate; the helicopter; on the road
- there meetings in Austin? R: Oh, yes. They'd call a meeting. Waco or Galveston. Or sometimes we'd meet in Dallas, I know one time we met with the Texas R~]ief Commission and Texas Employment Commission and the NYA in Galveston. Another time it might
- /oh 3 B: Yes, sir. Did Lyndon Johnson give you any help as a, by then, an older hand? W: Lyndon was always helpful. Not only to me. third term, wouldn't it--my first term? pretty well in Congress by that time. he helped you anyway he could. Let
Oral history transcript, William Robert Smith, interview 1 (I), 11/9/1983, by Michael L. Gillette
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- that. Judge Davidson's court quite a few times. I had been in I had known him a long time. After that Democratic convention I used to call on him whenever I was in Dallas and sit around and talk with him a little bit. always very cordial to me. He
- finally that I did. And as I said to him at the time, "Well, Mr. Vice President, I'll come to Washington at your suggestion; I know it'll be a good experience and I'll enjoy it, but lId like to do it on the basis of a limited stay. I'll come
- years ago this month. I have practiced law here continuously since that time. F: Where did you get the title "Judge"? L: I was County Judge here for six years -- three two-year terms in the 1940's. F: Where did you first come to know President
- ~~, ~ouston Chronic!~, Houst~~c~~~, Dallas all sent their reporters down there to cover the story, and I suspect one of the main reasons for all this publicity beginning in 1948 was that Jesse Jones in Houston had fallen out with Lyndon Johnson over
- in the run-offs. But I was with the Star-Telegram at the time. F: Did you make a regular thing out of taking leave during campaign years? K: No, I did that in '38; and then I foolishly did it in '46, worked for Grover Sellers, but I think after
- and the quadrennial convention was held in Dallas. The lines had been drawn for this convention some time before and again there were issues besides the question of Johnson versus Shivers. Governor Shivers had been a long-time governor, a very powerful governor
- the two middle initials, but we like to have them both used if they're going to use any . M: I see . L: I was born and bred in Brenham, Texas, which is now almost a suburb of Houston, some seventy miles away . My father was a long-time member
- had an office in the Littlefield Building at that time. I had been back practicing law for three years at that time. G: You had been in World War II? O: I was in the FBI from 1942 to 1945. I practiced law before that time here. G: Well, did
- House with President Johnson from his vice presidential office. On that day I was not with him in Dallas. F: You had been detailed to him at what stage in his career? R: Well, I had come to work for him-- F: In other words, how did you ever get
- , 1978 INTERVIEWEE: W. ERVIN II REDII JAt1ES INTERVI HJER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: Mr. James' office, Houston, Texas Tape 1 of 2 J: I first met Lyndon B. Johnson sometime in the mid 1930s. I was a clerk in the old WPA. At that time Aubrey
Oral history transcript, O.C. Fisher, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
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- first trip to Washington. I was a new member, I met all of the Texas members, of whom there were twenty-one, including myself, at the time. them, probably, on the opening day of the session. I met all of I'm sure I did. That included Mr. Rayburn
- Center in San Antonio by JFK and subsequent trip to Dallas; LBJ’s "Great Society;" Vietnam demonstrations; Fisher’s opinions on LBJ’s effectiveness as President: ambitious and hardworking.
- in Corsicana, where I was reared. You asked about education; at that time the institution had its own school system from the beginning through high school. I was there ten years, graduated from high school there in 1923. M: And then you went to college? C
- mother, Marie Parr, and I was a product of that marriage. He worked for Ford Motor Company and they moved to Mexico City where I was born. We stayed there for a short period of time and then we moved to Monterrey, Mexico. Subsequent to that period of time
- for a dam near Corpus Christi and repercussions of the selection; LBJ's advice that George Parr seek the aid of Abe Fortas; George Parr's suicide; inaccurate stories related to George Parr; how Parr spent his time in 1984.
- -- 3 At any rate, I was in the Texas circle at the time of the election of Roosevelt in 1936. And having stayed on for purposes of the minimum wage bill alone, as I had intended, I soon found myself additionally caught up unwillingly in the so-called
- rapidly what all you did up to the time that you came to Washington and the Interstate Commerce Commission. D: I was born in Stockdale, Texas, in Wilson County just east of San Antonio; lived on a farm until I was eighteen or twenty years old. I became
Oral history transcript, Dorothy J. Nichols, interview 2 (II), 11/1/1974, by Michael L. Gillette
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- , just completely like that, he realized that I couldn't take it all the time, so three of uS were put on and we alte rnated weeks on the road, Mary Rather and I and Dorothy Plyler. What it amounted to was we got up at 5: 00 o'clock in the morning
- for Connally during the time that he was secretary of the Navy. I recall asking Lady Bird if I could take someone along with me, and she said, "Yes, that would be fine." I had a friend~ an attorney from Dallas named Edwin Tobolowsky, and I took him along
- in Northeast Texas, thirty-six miles from Dallas, Texas, and went from there, when I graduated from high school, to Baylor University at Waco, then worked a year in Austin and then moved to Alice in 1941. G: And you took a law degree? D: Yes, I
Oral history transcript, Bascom Timmons, interview 1 (I), 3/6/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
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- papers are your columns carried in now, sir? T: Twenty-two. I only send columns to the papers that I send news to. M: How often do you write a column, as opposed to sending news dispatches? T: Until recently about three times a week; but right now
- time you can recall being involved in any way in one of his campaigns? M: Well, of course, up until he ran for lieutenant governor he had never run a statewide campaign. Governor Stevenson had been county attorney of Kimble County, and at that time
- -time job, and supposedly was given a half-day Ivork. So during that summer I went to school from eight to twelve, reported to ,mrk immediately thereafter, and asually left about twelve or one that night. I found out most of my part-time jobs
Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
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- for approximately a year--which, by the way, is the length of time people ordinarily stay with the Supreme Court as youngsters because it's a very low-paying job. It's more for the training and the honor than it is for the pay. Governor Daniel hired me
- ticket; LBJ becoming Minority Leader in 1953 and Majority Leader in 1954; time following LBJ’s 1955 heart attack; LBJ vs. Price Daniel on civil rights; Majority Leader LBJ’s attempts to balance his duties to Texas and the nation; LBJ’s talents as Majority
- , 1969 INTERVla~EE : r,1RS. HALTER PRESCOTT WEBB (TERRELL HAVERICK HEBB) I NTERVI D~ER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: Austin, Texas Tape 1 of 1 F: Where did you first get into the Washington scene? W: Well, the first time I really ever thought anything
- : Mr. Johnson was a Congressman at that time, only two years himself from being a freshman. Did you have occasion to be a reasonably close acquaintance of his during those first 8 years, I guess, when he was still in the House of Representatives
- in general? Were there more newspapers supporting Johnson or Stevenson during this whole time that the election results were being contested by Stevenson? L: Well, of course, Stevenson was governor, and he was quite powerful and he had lots of friends. He
- Marcos. a sub-college over there, the tenth and eleventh grade. I was They had I entered over there and had a pretty rough time because this was more or less of a country school that I'd been going to. But I finished the tenth grade and the eleventh
- with pneumonia, and I went back that summer so I would be eligible for track team the next year. That was in 1927 and 1928, and I went part-time. I worked a little in between, as we used to have to in going to college when it wasn't a shame to not get
- , almost all my life, went to school there and became a lawyer and started practicing law in Junction about 1935. Coke Stevenson was in the legislature at that time, had a law office in Junction, and encouraged me to study law. university. I didn't get
Oral history transcript, William R. (Bob) Poage, interview 2 (II), 6/20/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
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- of the President. Lyndon, on the other hand, got in and was very sympathetic with the President and supportive of the President. I've always felt he won the race on the basis. that the Tenth District, at that time, was strong for Roosevelt. Lyndon backed
- ~arch INTERVIEWEE: BAILEY SHEPPARD INTERVIEHER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: Mr. Sheppard's office, the Bramlette Building, Longview, Texas Tape 1 of 1 G: I wanted to ask you about the first time you met Lyndon Johnson. S: The first time I met