Biographical information; Naval career; Special Counsel to President Truman; formation of the Department of Defense; first association with LBJ; Taft-Hartley Act; member of the 1946 labor advisory group; 1948 campaign train; Truman’s relationship with Congressman Johnson; discussions with LBJ of governmental problems during the Eisenhower years; Senator McCarthy; friendship with LBJ, 1954-1960; 1957 Civil Rights Act; advised LBJ on inflation; LBJ’s leadership; effect of 1960 support of Senator Symington on relationship with LBJ; serving VP Johnson as consultant and advisor; relationship with LBJ as president.
Oral history transcript, Clark M. Clifford, interview 1 (I), 3/17/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Citation
Oral history transcript, Clark M. Clifford, interview 1 (I), 3/17/1969, by Joe B. Frantz, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed September 1, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-cliffordc-19690317-1-74-79-a