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Oral history transcript, Samuel H. Shapiro, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • committee, with everyone, with the National Committee, with each of the candidates. One of the things that the Rules Committee did: when they did away with unit rule, I think that was possibly the greatest thing that the Rules Committee has done in many
  • His political background; campaigning with LBJ in IL in 1964; Martin Luther King’s assassination and subsequent activities in Chicago; Shapiro’s involvement with the 1968 Chicago convention; the National Guard at the 1968 Chicago convention
Oral history transcript, Arthur Krock, interview 1 (I), 11/21/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • President Eisenhower and Johnson. K: Didn't they-- There was a great deal to that. We'll come to that in a minute. let's stay on Truman for a little bit. But Johnson felt that under Paul Butler particularly, the Democratic National Committee
  • Democratic Convention; JFK-LBJ rivalry; LBJ’s acceptance of the VP nomination; LBJ’s irritation over his Alfalfa Club Dinner speech and camel driver story; cross off; LBJ’s personal reaction to the JFK assassination; LBJ and the press; RFK; LBJ’s judgment
Oral history transcript, Charles Roberts, interview 1 (I), 1/14/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • . lady Bird said something like, I caught the words, "All the nation mourns your husband." And I remember Chief Curry saying to her, "You've had a hard day, little lady. You'd better go lie down and get some rest," or words to that effect. I quoted