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  • you all count? The way I did it, I worked very closely with the leadership, with Senator [Mike] Mansfield, and Senator [Everett] Dirksen, and Bobby Baker, who was at the time secretary of the Senate Majority. Larry had a policy that I think
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  • Oral history transcript, Mike Manatos, interview 1 (I), 8/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
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  • forgotten what it was, it wasn't Gary, it was one of the big towns in Indiana--"but only on the condition that I not tell the press or the politicians." [inaudible] He was a hard fellow to work for. G: Did his relationship with Senator [Mike] Mansfield
  • Plans for the 1968 campaign; working with LBJ; disagreement during 1960 campaign; 1964 campaign involvement; LBJ and Mike Mansfield; LBJ and the Democratic Party; LBJ and RFK; LBJ’s withdrawal; Theodore White; LBJ and HHH during the 1968 campaign
  • at start of LBJ presidency; LBJ and his advisors; LBJ’s method of operation; press comparison of LBJ and Nixon; 1964 campaign; LBJ and Mike Mansfield; Democratic National Committee; fund-raising committees; Lady Bird and Mrs. Rowe
  • . A call came from Senator Mike Mansfield, the majority leader in the Senate, saying that one of the senators had introduced an amendment to the Medicare Bill, which he thought would cripple it so badly that we could never get enough money to cover
  • there, and then we had a little ceremony with Senator Mansfield, Senator Dirksen, all the people, and we paper and hung it up there . all signed a piece of But it wouldn't have come back if he hadn't helped . F: After he became president you have a campaign
  • the two houses, there would have been no end to it. I've seen a number of instances which I felt that Mansfield and McCormack really didn't push, the way that Rayburn and Johnson would have, well, as they did for Eisenhower. P: There was a great man
  • -advised move? T: I didn't think so at the time, but on reflection I think it was ill-advised, yes. B: Was it Mr. Johnson's idea or T: I've forgotten. Man~field's? I think it was Senator Mansfield's idea. I don't know whether he and the Vice