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Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 4 (IV), 2/29/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • 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
Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 3 (III), 12/9/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • of the Preparedness Committee, because he remembered very well that during World War II Harry Truman had been selected as Roosevelt's running mate because of the reputation he made from the old War Preparedness Committee that Truman was the chairman of. I think
Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 1 (I), 10/23/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Baker -- I -- 3 fourteen in January of 1943, which means that I met and had known and had gone through World War II with all the trials and tribulations of the war with Harry Truman and President
Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 6 (VI), 7/24/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • to their church as his running mate. So that's one of the reasons why Harry Truman had been selected. Because Bob Hannegan was the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, he was a Catholic, he knew of the anti-Byrnes feeling of Catholics and he was able
  • Price Daniel and the Senate Judiciary Committee; Democratic Steering Committee; Drew Pearson; Commerce Committee; Senator Alben Barkley; selection of Harry Truman as 1944 vice-presidential candidate; use of Skeeter Johnston's office for lunch
Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 7 (VII), 10/11/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • ultimately won by increas- ing the total number of miles in the interstate highway system. Eisenhower said we were budget busters and reckless and irresponsible. But because of the power of Senator [Robert S . ] Kerr and Mike Kirwan, Speaker Rayburn
Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 2 (II), 10/31/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • will stay out as long as twelve months at sea, because they feed their people this fish--fantastic protein. We'd all live longer i f we ate fish. This i s one of the things that was predicted that would happen that has happened. G: What about
Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 5 (V), 5/2/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • /show/loh/oh Baker -- V -- 4 you had on Clint Murchison, S r . , Clint Murchison, S r . liked Lyndon Johnson. Sid Richardson liked Lyndon Johnson. Mr. Bass--I forget his first name. G: Perry Bass. B: Perry Bass liked him. business. Amon Carter