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Oral history transcript, William Hunter McLean, interview 1 (I), 5/11/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

, this time with Coke Stevenson as the major opposition. There was a third candidate whose name I can't recall from Houston who polled a real good vote in the primary, first primary. Raymond Buck and I handled his campaign here. Fred Korth and Fred had some

Oral history transcript, Booth Mooney, interview 1 (I), 4/8/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

campaign. To quote him, he said, "The Senator said, 'Maybe ,,,e ought to try to get him on our side,'" because I had been on the other side in the 1948 campaign. I had worked for Governor Coke Stevenson in his unsuccessful race for the Senate. B: Yes

Oral history transcript, Dorothy J. Nichols, interview 1 (I), 9/24/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

if I can bring some up, because there must be some good stories that ,;,.could illustrate that. F: Were you in-,-olved in the Coke Stevenson Senatorial campaign? N: Yes. F: 'What do you :--::::nember about that? N: Three hou:-;; :o:~~e-;J

consequence during the period before he was vice president in the 19505 or before? M: Not really importantly. I was with Adlai Stevenson in his campaigns in 1952 and 1956, but I had relatively little contact with President Johnson at that time. I do recall
Supporting Adlai Stevenson in the 1950’s and JFK in the early 1960’s; his work as a speech writer for LBJ in 1964 campaign; Vice President LBJ’s visit to Dominican Republic in early 1963; Dominican coup against President Juan Bosch in September

Oral history transcript, Harry Ashmore, interview 1 (I), 1/31/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in the Stevenson campaign, not as active as I was to be in the 1956 campaign. There was some contact at that time. I was attending all the Democratic conventions through those years. As I say, there was no reason for any particu- lar sustained kind of contact
Bird in 1964 campaign; Pacem in Terris convocation in NY; Dominican crisis; Stevenson-Johnson relationship; second Pacem in Terris convocation in Geneva; role of Center for Study of Democratic Institutions in Vietnam conflict; mission to North Vietnam

Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 2 (II), 9/16/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

see, this was 1957, 1958, 1959. occasionally. Yes, I used to see him Since I had been so vehement about his not really running in 1956 and saying he couldn't make it and Stevenson couldn't, I did urge him a number of times to get organized for 1960

Oral history transcript, Edwin W. Pauley, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

didn't see him to lobby. F: In 1956 at the convention there seems to have been a very faint hope that the convention might deadlock between Stevenson and Harriman and that Johnson might be offered as a compromise candidate. Were you aware of that? P

Oral history transcript, Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., interview 1 (I), 10/30/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

then in the 1960 delegation was not exactly a lonely job? W: No, it wasn't at all. We only got a handful of votes--two or three and a half, something like that, but there was real sympathy. there was for Governor Stevenson. As I think the majority of the New

Texas politics? 0: Yes . I know he was warned before not to go by Senator Fulbright, by Adlai Stevenson, by Bobby, to whom they had given messages . he got really upset . I know Vice President Johnson came to our hotel room in Houston the night

Oral history transcript, Herman Talmadge, interview 1 (I), 7/17/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

that if Senator Russell could not get the nomination maybe another Southerner like Senator Johnson [would be chosen] as the vice presidential nominee? T: No, I don't recall. Of course, as it wound up, you know, Adlai Stevenson got the nomination

Oral history transcript, Oscar M. Laurel, interview 1 (I), 10/21/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

remember thiS, he went to Laredo in 1956, I believe, when Adlai Stevenson who was the Democratic nominee for President of the United States. And I remember this very distinctly, that he took a young man to Laredo and introduced him to those assembled. He

Oral history transcript, Charles Roberts, interview 1 (I), 1/14/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was as we were going down Main Street, he remarked, "They won't let anybody get within ten feet of him today"--meaning Kennedy--"because of the Adlai Stevenson thing." F: Yes. R: Stevenson had been spat upon in Dallas a couple. of weeks b~fore.This

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