Oral history transcript, John B. Connally, interview S-I, 6/30/1988, by Robert Dallek

Connally did not ever keep a diary or maintain a large quantity of unnecessary papers; going to work for LBJ in 1939; a typical work day; Victor "Cap" Harding; distributing money through an ad hoc Congressional Campaign Committee; joining LBJ's 1941 Senate campaign; controversy over the outcome of the 1941 Senate election; his role in the reporting of vote totals in 1941; investigation of 1940/1941 campaign financing; Brown and Root money laundering; LBJ and Connally's duties in the Navy in 1942 in James Forrestal's office; Connally's decision that LBJ should run for a House seat and not Senate while LBJ was in Australia; the Johnsons buying KTBC and FDR's concern that conservatives were buying radio stations; Elliot Roosevelt; the political nature of the Federal Communications Commission; Tommy Corcoran and competition for KTBC in Austin; KVET programming; financing in 1948 campaign; LBJ campaign having better organization than that of Coke Stevenson; Ed Lloyd; Archer Parr; Connally's mistake in 1941 election; Hugo Black; Fred Vinson; Leland Olds appointment.