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Oral history transcript, Eugene McCarthy, interview 1 (I), 12/12/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • : Do you recall the details of the [Lewis] Strauss nomination? M: Well, I started that, you know. I was sort of a constitutionalist. Held said some things on other matters about how the executive branch didn't have to keep Congress informed. I
  • How McCarthy got to know LBJ; founding the Democratic Study Group; election against Senator Edward J. Thye; committee work; the Lewis Strauss nomination; LBJ as majority leader; telephone and transportation taxes; oil depletion allowance; campaign