Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 24 (XXIV), 11/15/1981, by Michael L. Gillette

Stag parties early in 1949; decorator Genevieve Hendricks; acquiring furniture for the Johnsons' home; LBJ's Senate staff; LBJ's interest in children who were named after him; social and service opportunities for Lady Bird Johnson, such as the Senate Ladies Red Cross; favorite Senate wives; the relationship between Senate wives; what Mrs. Johnson gained from getting to know other Senate wives; a Senate wives' party to honor the First Lady; LBJ's relationship with other senators, including Clinton Anderson, Harry Byrd, Tom Connally, Paul Douglas, James Eastland, Allen Ellender, Allen Frears, Walter George, Theodore Francis Green, Hubert Humphrey and others; Estes Kefauver; Bob Kerr; Russell Long; Joseph McCarthy; George Malone; Wayne Morse; the relationship between LBJ and Richard Russell; Robert Taft; tidelands controversy; Felix Longoria's burial; a letter from Herbert Hoover to Harry Truman regarding Hoover's public service; buying souvenir pieces of the White House during its renovation; Paul Bolton's daughter Beverley's thyroid cancer treatment; 1949 health issues in the Johnson family; civil rights issues; the 81st Club; women's teas and luncheons; James Forrestal's resignation as secretary of the navy and death; LBJ's opinion of Winston Churchill; LBJ's opinion on the timing of trying to pass difficult legislation; the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); Lynda's fifth birthday.