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  • ://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Johnson -- XVIII -- 8 Robert Taylor, Jack Dempsey, Nancy Gates, Governor [Coke
  • , he ran in 1948, you know, in that very tight race for the Senate against Coke Stevenson. G: Yes. Did you help in any way in this? I did everything I could and I'll tell you a little bit about what I know about it. One day after the second
  • Governor Shivers went to Illinois to see Governor Adlai Stevenson, who was the Democratic nominee, and asked him if he would be willing to support the Texas title of ownership--it was even--the matter was in Congress at the time. Stevenson said no, he
  • Appointment O P Activity (include visited by) Expenditure 6:20 Left Carlyle 6:30 Arrived Waldorf-Astoria for cocktails and sandwiches in Ambassador Stevenson's suite 7:40 Left Waldorf with Ambassador Stevenson and Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin 7:48 Arrived Warner
  • The President and party joined. Toured ranches. Entry No. Time Activity 8:15 Returned to the ranch -- to main house. 8:30 Dinner with the President, Luci, Lynda, J.C. Kellam, Susan Stevenson, LaFaye Davis, Jim Jones, Helene, and Marie. 9:00 Left
  • Work w/ Ashton Lunch in room Work on mail Talk to Mary Lasker 4:30 Leave for New York 6:00 Arrive New York 6:30 Hair combing - Hers (Elizabeth Arden's) 7:20 Leave for Modern Art Museum w/ Adlai Stevenson 7:35 Arrived Museum - Met by René d'Harnoncourt
  • was on it the rest of the convention because there was a lot of interest in him then, and I ended up handling all his business there. There was the Harriman versus Stevenson business, and Dad was already getting interest from people. And then Kennedy had his close
  • His father had been a strong supporter of Mr. Dudley Tarleton had been a strong supporter of Mr. Johnson's, his uncle, I believe [he was] his uncle. G: Do you think that other people were behind Dougherty's candidacy? J: I think Coke Stevenson
  • I got to Seattle that he had been beaten--had been counted out. F: What did you do in the '48 campaign? C: Well, Mr. Truman-- F: That was the one against Coke Stevenson and was, of course, a national election year too. C: Well, my
  • , the Dallas News and other principal papers throughout the state ran big double trucks of him and his life and his family and so forth. Then we began to hear uneasy reports about a meeting that was held in the Driskill Hotel between Jim Ferguson, Coke
  • : Did you participate in the campaign of 1948--that Senatorial campaign against Coke Stevenson? H: No. As a matter of fact, I did not. F: Where you concerned professionally at all with the results of the campaign? H: The contest or the-- ? Well
  • the border in Arkansas I did observe from an outsider looking in, that the political factions at that time headed by Coke Stevenson as the other faction, and the Rayburn forces which was Lyndon Johnson's group, as to their successes. They were steeped
  • conceded the election to Johnson, there were more votes came in than there were registered voters in two or three counties, and they happened to be counties where Coke Stevenson had a tremendous influence. So he wanted to be governor, and his proposition
  • associated with Coke Stevenson, didn't he? S: I think he admired him very much. mean a political connection? I don't think there was any--you LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral
  • votes." Then later on when he beat Coke Stevenson, Johnny Crooker, Sr., an attorney in Houston that had backed him so strongly, had a party for him at the Sam Houston Hotel on the second floor, and there was a big banquet room. invited me up there from
  • LBJ’s election is filed with the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration by backers of Coke Stevenson. Senators Tom Connally and Francis Myers (D-Pa.) issue statements expressing support for LBJ and refuting the charges made against him. LBJ issues
  • , I'Wa it a mi nute. " Then he sa i d, "The boss says he'll buy you". lunch if you'll eat hamburgers." I said, "Fine, I'll come up." So we ate hamburgers and cokes at the desk and talked about our chjldren. He bugged me, why wasn't I back now
  • I was. Nobody knew what was going to happen, because legally we had certified copies of the vote. That's legally. All right, you're confused. You're for Coke [Stevenson], there's been no question about it, but you don't LBJ Presidential
  • Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh HUGHES -- I -- 14 Governor John Connally and Nellie Connally, or Adlai Stevenson or some other great figure in history standing
  • of some others now." thought t h a t Lyndon had won and he had not. At t h a t time he Of course when Coke Stevenson l o s t by 87 v o tes, I used to c a l l him old Landslide Lyndon. M: How did he r e a c t to th a t ? H: He j u s t laughed. What
  • be represented by Mr. Johnson, in the Senate. They either knew him or knew about him, and felt that he was a real Roosevelt Democrat who would make a constructive contribution. B: Were they that enthusiastic about Mr. Johnson, or were they more opposed to Coke
  • should feel that developed to help them adjust them­ there are available, in the United States, selves to the painful realities of diminish­ in Latin America, and in the British ing demand. There were the Stevenson Dominions, tremendous quantities
  • 21, 1942 T. H . MONROE , VI CIE-!'IIIES. JOHN H . PA Y NE , CiEN , MCi R . · P . M . STEVENSON, SIIC .-TIIIEAS. Senator Claude Pepper Washington, D. C. Dear Birr Enclosed is a tear page of The Austin Tribune and a "marked" edi torial. These facts
  • OFF RECORD Stevenson Corcoran Mansion with Lunch w/ Bromley Smith Ashton Lodge James To mjdr's office a photograph To Friday House Cabot Congressman Thomas 1965 Office Henry Hon 26 introduced Amb Ambassador Gonella Adlai Amb
  • with the President for services at the National City Christian Church. Talk Susan Stevenson 12:15 Returned to the second floor. 2. 12:35 Mr. Saul Pett to the second floor. 12:50 Tom Johnson to the second floor. Hubert - Face the Nation 1:00 Lunch with the President
  • with the President for services at the National City Christian Church. Talk Susan Stevenson 12:15 Returned to the second floor. 2. 12:35 Mr. Saul Pett to the second floor. 12:50 Tom Johnson to the second floor. Hubert - Face the Nation 1:00 Lunch with the President
  • . . ... . ... ......... . ·.:. ··· • :._~_., ..._.,:,. · ~·:· ;··-~:· Dll • •••:.'· • ~Secretirry ~neral Foreign Minister telephoned invite· • Vice President:> Amba:1sador Stevenson and Senator· lCuchel .. • eo:ditmer by .-Pr.ime·Minister ._8:30 p.m. dark lom1ge suit .• • ··.:·::,·-.. ·~ptember. 2~. in Stockholm. I rec
  • begin with Adlai Stevenson and LBJ's attitude toward him. B: Adlai Stevenson in 1952, if my memory serves me correctly, was the governor of Illinois. Evidently Stevenson had been elected in 1948 when Truman had won, so he probably was serving out
  • Adlai Stevenson; 1952 presidential election; Dwight Eisenhower; Harry Truman; Gene McCarthy; John Sparkman; Amon Carter; Senator Richard Russell; Kentucky Derby; LBJ’s relationship with President Eisenhower; economics
  • , Senator Douglas. Chopper to Bloomington. Stopped off briefly at Stevenson home. 11:00 To Unitarian Church and to cemetery. 1:00 Lunch at Stevenson home. 5:15 Returned to White House - Steinbeck autographed "The Grapes of Wrath" 5:20 To South Grounds w
  • -- informal discussion with the President; Mr. Bundy, Ambassador Stevenson 2. 4-5 Looked at house on Ellicott Street with Mrs. Johnson 6:45 7:30 Reception Dinner Radio and TV Correspondents Hotel * Selected names should be underscored. Assoc Expenditure
  • ) 10:50 To church w/ President, Secretary and Mrs. Dillon, Ambassador Stevenson 1:00 To pool w/ President and Dillons 1:45 Secretary and Mrs. McNamara 2:00 To Rose Garden for pictures 2:15 Lunch 7:45 Mr. and Mrs. Valenti Mr. and Mrs. Busby 8:30 Dinner w