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  • . on Harry Truman. I bet $1.00 on Lyndon Johnson, and I bet $1.00 And I thought this was a good time to stop while I was ahead, and I haven't bet on an election since. P: Are there any particular events that stand out in your mind--that come to mind
  • : http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh May 27, 1969 S: This interview is with Mr. Jake Jacobsen, former Special Counsel to President Johnson during the years 1965-1967. Today is Tuesday, May 27, 1969, and it's approximately nine in the morning
  • Biographical information; working for Price Daniel; Jacobsen’s personal political philosophy; 1940’s and 1950’s political climate in Texas; LBJ’s reputation as a congressman; LBJ’s early advisers and associates; law suit involving the 1948 election
  • for Adlai Stevenson. G: What did you do in Hyannis Port, do you remember? M: Well, on the plane we stopped in Kansas City, I believe it was, where Mr. Truman was, and we all went over and went to some state building. Our group went up and sat down, and Mr
  • 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
  • to the job. F: Tell me a little bit about those years on the NYA; I'm not revealing any confidence when I say that I've talked to some of the current Negro leaders who told me that back in the middle 1930's, they didn't know Lyndon Johnson from Adam