Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 1 (I), 9/14/1989, by Michael L. Gillette

How Cronin was hired to go to work for Lister Hill in Washington, D.C.; Cronin's relationship with Marc Ray "Foots" Clement; Cronin's duties under Hill; Lister Hill's staff; Hill's work ethic; Hill's interest in education and health issues; Hill balancing his own interests and the popular sentiment in Alabama; comparing Hill to Senator John Sparkman and how Alabama politics changed from the 1950s to the 1980s; Hill's work with Mary Lasker, Florence Mahoney and Mike Gorman; Mary Lasker's political and financial influence; the American Medical Association's (AMA) opposition to health care legislation that Hill supported; Robert Taft's involvement in the Hill-Burton Act; Hill's relationship with other senators and with LBJ in the 1950s; LBJ's performance as majority leader; the Administrative Assistants Association and their White House event that LBJ attended; meeting with LBJ to request an additional judgeship for Alabama; Foots Clement's death.