Biographical information; circumstances leading to job at the White House; nature of work; systems organized for presidential appointments; personnel involved; appointment process; use of contacts; the Betty Furness appointment; LBJ and appointments; problems in accepting appointments; the Robert Weaver appointment; problem of women appointees; leaking appointments; loans of personnel from departments from the White House; impressions of LBJ as an executive; the Great Society
Oral history transcript, Matthew B. Coffey, interview 1 (I), 11/14/1968, by David G. McComb
Citation
Oral history transcript, Matthew B. Coffey, interview 1 (I), 11/14/1968, by David G. McComb, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 30, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-coffeym-19681114-1-85-5