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  • INTERVIEWEE: EDWARD JOSEPH INTERVIE~JER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: t~r. Joseph's office, Austin, Texas Tape 1 of 2 F: We'll make this informal, Eddie. Are you an Austin boy? J: Yes, sir, I was born and raised in Austin. F: That's what I thought. J
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  • Oral history transcript, Edward Joseph, interview 1 (I), 8/27/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
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  • , understood that the Court fight was only the rationalization for a general revolt against what was considered by [Farley?] Wheeler and Garner and [Joseph] O'Mahoney to be a threat to their own power. F: This was the first thing you could get a grip
  • in the delegation. When I came to Congress, the delegations was much more conservative, as that word· is generally understood, than it is today, for example. There were many senior members, such as Fritz Lanham, Hatton Sumners, Milton West, Mr. [Joseph] Mansfield
  • Fisher, Ovie Clark
  • him was in Austin. by Ed~'/ard I was introduced to him Clark, whom he later made ambassador to Australia. Shortly thereafter, I went into the army in the 36th Division. And during the race in which he lost to [W. ~ee] O'Daniel, he had it won
  • , but there wasn't anything I could do about it. I was a little out of my class. I made a speech for Lyndon when he was running for the Senate, I guess, on radio. I think he appreciated that, too. Old Clark wanted to read the speech, and I said, "Hell, no. If I'm
  • ; Ed Clark; Texas businessmen who were friends with LBJ; Nash's opinion of Lady Bird Johnson.
  • to go over and have a casual luncheon with him. I was over there after the Vietnam thing. with General [Bruce] Clark. I went over to Vietnam And Ted Connell, who sort of acted as a self-appointed sergeant major to Johnson all the time, in any event
  • of the Rules Committee was Senator Bennett Champ Clark, son of the late great Speaker Champ Clark of Missouri, who lost the Democratic nomination to Woodrow Hilson in 1912 because of the two-thirds rule. Clark was able to get a simple majority, but he could
  • /exhibits/show/loh/oh -11- 36th Division and General Mark Clark got at cross-purposes. P: Yes, sir. F: That's putting a good face on it. This even found its way into Congress. P: Yes, sir. F: Was Mr. Johnson ever in a position to take a stand
  • support of Stevenson; General Mark Clark; 1948 and 1954 campaigns; 1960 campaign; President’s club; assessment of LBJ; reserve cutbacks.
  • in this--Senator Bob Kerr, Speaker Rayburn, myself and Mr. Johnson. President Truman at that time sent Clark Clifford and myoId friend who just left the chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board not long ago, who was one of the attorneys at the White House
  • generally wind up in a game after the thing. The President--Mr. Truman--and again the Speaker wouldn't play, he'd just kibitz. And Lyndon and I think Stu Symington, Clark Clifford, and Jim Barnes--you remember Jim Barnes, oh, I guess about half a dozen
  • Lufkin that were on the football team: and Elvin Read. Ardis Hopper, Clark Gordon The first week of training I was there in order to get acquainted with the coaches, and at a Mrs. Gates' house, where the training table was being maintained, I met
  • in the election of Wilso~--one week; and the next week in Baltimore which nominated Wilson over Champ Clark after 47-48 ballots, a deadlock. I came here from that convention, got a job on the Washington Post on the 4th of July and went to work here on the 4th
  • of the Johnson family while you were there? T: I believe that the Clark Cliffords carne to call some time during the holiday; and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Porter. out, because the staff ~vas Then also a number of the staff members came always family
  • : Do you recall who some of his early associates and advisers were during this period? J: Yes. I recall some. I can't tell you how much of this is hearsay or how much this comes from later knowledge, but he had Ed Clark . here who has been