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- was a very good lobbyist with Johnson on behalf of moderating ideas, you might say, to some of his more impulsive attitudes. B: I gather then that you would have first noticed by-then-Senator Lyndon Johnson during the Truman years after he was in the Senate
- First meeting with LBJ; LBJ’s relationship to Rayburn; Carl Vinson and FDR; LBJ in the House; Lady Bird; Civil Rights Bill; LBJ’s relationship with Humphrey, Truman, Eisenhower and the Kennedy’s; LBJ’s opinion of career military people; 1956
- Houston of feuding a great deal. So the Democratic party was divided, and we decided to have a harmony meeting in Dallas and invited Mr. Truman to be the speaker. At the time the two leading hotels in Dallas--one was the Adolphus--the suite
- members, actually a breakfast for P r e s i d e n t Truman. Of course, I had not seen Truman in a long time, because I had been out of Congress four years. You know I ran for the United States Senate in 1952 and was defeated. I said to him, "Mr
- for Congress; Washington visits with LBJ in 1938; FDR-LBJ relationship; legislation for terminal leave for enlisted men; Truman campaign in Texas; member of US Customs Court; Sam Rayburn-LBJ relationship; JFK assassination; agriculture and farm problems; role
- ' neighbors. from it. Even my state of Arkansas suffered I was defeated in 1958 largely because of this dissident feeling of my opponent who said during the campaign, "Mr. Hays is a national Democrat and I am an Arkansas Democrat. Mr. Hays is a Harry
- that name? G: M-E-L-A-S-K-Y. Harris A. Melasky. He'll be mentioned later. I then came to Dallas and became house counselor for the Murray Company, which company was engaged in the manufacture of cotton gins and sold in all the cotton-producing states
- Biographical information; met LBJ in 1930s through Texas attorneys Harris Melasky and Martin Winfrey; 1943 subcommittee on naval affairs; 1948 Senate race and subsequent lawsuit; advice to LBJ regarding running for Senate Minority leader in 1952
- with President Roosevelt. B: Still on into the 40's-- M: Oh, yes. B: Presumably his association with Mr. Truman, too. M: Yes, I think so, although he was never as closely identified in the public mind down there with Truman as he was with Roosevelt
- remember when President Roosevelt died; Harry Hopkins called the Cabinet together, and he said, I~e must all resign in..11ediately and insist on President Truman taking our resignation, because no matter what President Truman did, lve would always say
- index : Page or estimated time on tape Subiect(s) covered 1 Biographical 2,3 Organized labor's view of Senator Johnson 4,5 Trying to put across a new labor view in Texas 6 Communication Workers of America 7 Local union 8 Union
- never forget this--he said, "I remember when President Roosevelt died, in Warm Springs, Georgia, I said, "President Harry S Truman?" And those words have stuck with me. You don't know, and you never should prejudge. It was a great lesson LBJ
- an article two days after Kennedy's assassination, in which I said that I didn't think people ought to be fearful; that Truman had a fairly atrocious record as a senator, but that in fact it was Truman who began to open up, with the commission he appointed
- started in December '63, so he has had that problem on his plate throughout his entire term. And, of course, it's still going on, although it has s±mmered down considerably. However, I, for one, would not be surprised if we had another flareup, because
Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
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- : http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh May 27, 1969 S: This interview is with Mr. Jake Jacobsen, former Special Counsel to President Johnson during the years 1965-1967. Today is Tuesday, May 27, 1969, and it's approximately nine in the morning
- Biographical information; working for Price Daniel; Jacobsen’s personal political philosophy; 1940’s and 1950’s political climate in Texas; LBJ’s reputation as a congressman; LBJ’s early advisers and associates; law suit involving the 1948 election
- years? S: I had been appointed deputy director of the Budget Bureau by President Truman in 1950 and had decided to go to Marshall Field and Company at the invitation of the president of the company, who had been a consultant to the Budget Bureau during
- INTERVIEWEE: CARL SANDERS INTERVIEWER: THOMAS H. BAKER PLACE: Governor Sanders' office in Atlanta, Georgia Tape 1 of 1 B: Sir, do you recall if you met Mr. Johnson any time before the 1960s while he was still a senator? S: Oh, yes, I had met Mr
- ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh F: You were seeing the world? N: Seeing the world! F: Did you have any kind of a New Year 1 s Eve on the train? N: No. F: It was a quiet trip? N: Yes. John Connally took Walter [Jenkins] and me the next night
- . Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 2 M: Mr. Truman, I believe it was, was quoted in last Sunday's paper in an article about your organization as saying
- LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTERVIEWEE: GOVERNOR LUTHER HODGES INTERVIEWER: T. HARRI BAKER More on LBJ Library oral histories: http
- than any other. B: Was that work in the early '60's in any way frustrating--more advisory than action? H: Yes. But again it has prepared me--see, the present commission on which I serve--of course this is a full time responsibility--but I'm trying
- and the Democrats quite well and faithfully--everyone from Truman forward as President. I wonder how you first came into contact with Lyndon Johnson. M: My first contact with Lyndon Johnson was in 1950 or 1951 when I was Under Secretary of the Air Force during
- reflection of foreign policy even in the food disposal prograws. restrictio~s becaus~ And the Congress was constantly imposing political on the countries to whom we could send food, as it still does now. B: We had that problem with the extensions in '64
- to the job. F: Tell me a little bit about those years on the NYA; I'm not revealing any confidence when I say that I've talked to some of the current Negro leaders who told me that back in the middle 1930's, they didn't know Lyndon Johnson from Adam