Biographical information; Court Packing Bill; first meeting with LBJ, 1937-1938; appointed by FDR to the Department of Justice, Criminal Division; supported Rayburn for VP in 1944; court backlog; FDR's support of LBJ; transfer to Antitrust Division; 1948 campaign activities; LBJ's influence in his appointment as Assistant Attorney General by FDR; Cauliflower Club; Board of Education meetings; LBJ becoming Minority Leader; influence of Dick Russell in LBJ becoming Minority Leader; reaction to Supreme Court decisions; VP's interest in Ramsey Clark; JFK's appointment of Ramsey; Ramsey's work in Lands Division; reasons for retirement; comparison of administrations of FDR, HST and LBJ; charge that the Supreme Court is sociological court
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Oral history transcript, Tom C. Clark, interview 1 (I), 10/7/1969, by Joe B. Frantz, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 29, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-clarkt-19691007-1-73-15