Oral history transcript, J.J. Jake Pickle, interview 4 (IV), 8/25/1971, by Joe B. Frantz

Title:

Oral history transcript, J.J. Jake Pickle, interview 4 (IV), 8/25/1971, by Joe B. Frantz

Number of Pages:

45

Description:

LBJ-Rayburn-Price Daniel relationship; details of the 1960 convention in Los Angeles, especially concerning the Texas delegation; poor accommodations for the delegation; the JFK organization in 1960; Texas delegation reacts to LBJ nomination for vice president; Judge Robert Hall and the Alabama delegation; Lloyd Hand and the JFK appearance before Protestant ministers in Houston; the 1960 campaign in Texas; LBJ helps Henry B. Gonzalez, brings Cantinflas to San Antonio; the special senatorial election of 1960; John Tower elected; LBJ-Pickle relationship in the vice-presidential years; LBJ's generosity; Ed Lyles; "Dollars for Democrats;" Homer Thornberry and Pickle; Gene Fondren, Charles Herring, and Pickle reach agreement on running for Congress; Merrill Connally rumored as a candidate; LBJ and Pickle's decision to run for Congress; Pickle runs and is elected; LBJ-Pickle relationship in the presidential years

Contributor:

Pickle, J. J. (James Jarrell), 1913-

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with J.J. Jake Pickle

Subject:

Pre-Presidential; Presidential campaign, 1960; Texas politics

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted: see deed at end of transcript for details