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Oral history transcript, Sam Kinch, Sr., interview 1 (I), 6/3/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • ? K: I don't know. You've heard the President tell it as many times as I have. About all you can take is his word, I guess. I suppose it is pretty hard to turn down. F: Did you see Mr. Johnson at all in the Los Angeles convention? K: Oh, yes
Oral history transcript, Frank W. Mayborn, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • the steam right out of us. In that particular campaign, why, we worked all night long getting our committee plans ready. The next morning we'd read the Los Angeles paper, which was being put out with the aid of Mr. Kennedy out there, wherever he sat his
  • 1948 election and the State Democratic Executive Committee; Byron Skelton; HST and General Marshall collaborate on the Truman Committee; the 1960 convention in Los Angeles; meeting JFK at Hyannis Port after the convention; Ted Dealey insults JFK
Oral history transcript, Welly K. Hopkins, interview 2 (II), 11/14/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • 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
Oral history transcript, Carl Phinney, interview 1 (I), 10/11/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • . The people in Dallas were no more responsible for President Kennedy's death than Los Angeles was responsible for his brother's death. I got on the plane the next morning and went to Washington and there was a newspaper columnist on the plane. I did not know
Oral history transcript, W. Ervin James, interview 1 (I), 2/17/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , 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, Oren Harris, interview 1 (I), 9/3/1973, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • the Convention in 1960 in Los Angeles was over--and I was there, right in the middle of it, I was called in by Robert Kennedy. We talked about some of the problems. Mr. Jack Kennedy later obtained information from me about some of the things, and he went out
Oral history transcript, Felix McKnight, interview 1 (I), 10/4/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • /show/loh/oh McKnight -- I -- 26 G: Good. M: We had made the deal to buy his station in Austin, and then all of the hierarchy from the Los Angeles Times Mirror [Company] came down, signing of the contracts and so forth at the Ranch. Lyndon, and I
Oral history transcript, Eugene Worley, interview 1 (I), 10/16/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • was. I'm glad he did. We were over at Mr. Rayburn's--Ann and I --for dinner the night before he left for the convention in Los Angeles. Of course, that's what we were talking about, and there was a lot of talk about [John] Kennedy had it in the bag
Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 3 (III), 4/11/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • in Los Angeles in 1960? D: No, sir. I went out there, but I know very little about what took place there; I don't believe I could shed much light on that. F: Were you prepared for his, one, being offered the vice presidential nomination, and, two
Oral history transcript, Sam Low, interview 1 (I), 6/9/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • 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
Oral history transcript, Bascom Timmons, interview 1 (I), 3/6/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • had done a lot of campaigning and had a lot of delegates. Again, it was a question of he just had the delegates when he got to Los Angeles. M: What were the feelings in Texas both about [Johnson] running for President LBJ Presidential Library http
Oral history transcript, Juanita Roberts, interview 2 (II), 8/29/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • believe that .. he ~aited too late to have any chance in Los Angeles. F: You were back in Texas then when the convention went on? R: I stayed in Washington since my parents came back in 1955; I haven't gone back and forth. F: Were you surprised
Oral history transcript, Everett D. Collier, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • there. C: Fine. I came to Houston with my family in 1929 from Long Beach, Mississippi, and felt very much a stranger in Texas at that time. the fall of 1930 I entered Sam Houston High School. old. In I was fifteen years President Johnson, then twenty
Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • 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
Oral history transcript, J.C. Looney, interview 1 (I), 10/3/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • ]. same capacity. F: Did you go to Los Angeles? L: Yes. F· Did you have any inkling that Mr. Johnson would accept the Vice- And I was in the same capacity in this Congressional district. Pre sidential nomination? L: No, sir. Not the slightest. F
Oral history transcript, Thomas G. Corcoran, interview 1 (I), 7/26/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • -- 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
Oral history transcript, Callan Graham, interview 1 (I), 8/10/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , 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, Willie Day Taylor, interview 1 (I), 11/29/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • -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, Terrel Maverick Webb, interview 1 (I), 1/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • , 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
Oral history transcript, Archer Parr, interview 1 (I), 8/23/1984, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • 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.
Oral history transcript, Fenner Roth, interview 2 (II), 10/11/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • was not able to go to' college as my stepfather had had a financial disaster, you might say. gone broke and he had lost all. The bank had At that time the federal government di dn 't protect people 1ike they do nm'l. So I stayed out three years and worked
Oral history transcript, Emma Long, interview 2 (II), 5/18/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)
  • 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
Oral history transcript, Harry Nachlin, interview 1 (I), 2/24/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • and explained that Mr. Johnson was involved in this campaign, and he had been--he had lost time because he was in the hospital. I think he was up at the Mayo Clinic to have a gall bladder operation as I recall [It was a kidney stone operation.]. G: Right. N
  • 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
Oral history transcript, Edward Joseph, interview 1 (I), 8/27/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • to the Paramount Theater, which was the old Majestic Theater at that time. All members of the legislature visited with me, and I was acquainted with them all. Lyndon started to work 't/ith Dick Kleberg when Kleberg went into Congress. I don't recall whose seat
Oral history transcript, Harry Provence, interview 1 (I), 5/5/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • education. P: I was born in Taylor, Texas, which is only thirty miles from Austin, but my parents were living here at the time and I grew up here until we moved to West Texas. We moved a lot of places in the next few years, and I came back here in 1933
Oral history transcript, Horace E. Richards, interview 1 (I), 12/19/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • 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
Oral history transcript, O.C. Fisher, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • 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
Oral history transcript, R. Vernon Whiteside and Walter Richter, interview 1 (I), 8/1/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • 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
Oral history transcript, Bo Byers, interview 1 (I), 12/8/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • in January of 1946, became a campus stringer for Associated Press during that semester, was offered a full-time job right after that semester ended, took it and went to work I think it was July 1 of 1946 for AP . That got me into covering state government
  • 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
Oral history transcript, Vann Kennedy, interview 1 (I), 11/xx/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)
  • of the organization at that time. Perhaps we should explain that I was associated with you in the International News Service and other projects and that's why you use the tem "we. II K: I think you're a little too generous about my being the brains, but I
Oral history transcript, Wroe Owens, interview 1 (I), 12/15/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • 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
Oral history transcript, William Robert Smith, interview 1 (I), 11/9/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • practicing law in El Paso, which was my home town, at that time. In 1926 Robert Ewing Thomason, who was later in Congress from that district, kind of revved me up to run for the legislature. There was a man, an incumbent, that he and his friends didn't
Oral history transcript, Robert W. Murphey, interview 1 (I), 11/22/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • 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
Oral history transcript, William R. (Bob) Poage, interview 2 (II), 6/20/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • 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
Oral history transcript, Dorothy J. Nichols, interview 2 (II), 11/1/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , 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
Oral history transcript, Homer E. Dean, interview 1 (I), 1/12/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • in the firm, and so they invited Clarence, who got out the same time I did in 1940, to come down here and be associated with them. I was not so fortunate, and as I told you at lunch today, I had spent a year in Austin with the Texas Employment Commission due
Oral history transcript, Harvey O. Payne, interview 1 (I), 10/15/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)
  • have some kind of roof over them most of the time. They were just nice, neat, clean places for travelers to stop and relax and eat. PB: During the years between Mr. Johnson's election to Congress and his election to the United States Senate, did you
Oral history transcript, Bailey Sheppard, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • ~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
Oral history transcript, Joseph D. Keenan, interview 1 (I), 7/25/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • had what we called a working card. You had to show your working card before you could get into the meeting. There was a change in one of the offices' recording secretary, and they elevated the former secretary to full time representative. I
Oral history transcript, Claude C. Wild, interview 2 (II), 10/3/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • time, and my job was to get somebody who was willing to do what we requested and most of them did. We won the race. M: You must have been a pretty good organizer then. W: Well, I don't know. M: When did you run into Lyndon Johnson? W: Through