Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 3 (III), 12/14/1989, by Michael L. Gillette

The natural gas bill of 1956; Senator Lister Hill's reputation for being pro-labor; labor legislation in the 1950s; President Eisenhower's 1958 veto of the rivers and harbors bill; Alaskan statehood; Eisenhower as president; the election of a Democratic majority in the Senate in 1958 and how that changed the character of the Senate; LBJ's relationships with Bill Knowland and Everett Dirksen; LBJ's reputation in the Senate; the Senate majority leader's power; Senate Rule Twenty-Two allowing a minority to filibuster legislation or a nomination supported by the majority and LBJ's interpretation of the rule; military bases in the South; Cronin's view of Wayne Morse; Claire Booth Luce's and Lewis Strauss' nominations; working with Margaret Chase Smith.