Furniture for the LBJ Ranch; living at the Ranch for the first time in the summer of 1952; LBJ's legislative work in 1952, including military waste and tidelands; the Republican and Democratic National Conventions in Chicago; controversy surrounding Allan Shivers at the Democratic National Convention; pressure from constituents regarding which presidential candidate LBJ should support; the end of LBJ's friendship with Amon Carter; LBJ's opinion of, and support for, Adlai Stevenson; setting up a television station; the flood at the Ranch in September 1952; LBJ's involvement with Scott & White Hospital; the effect LBJ's public support for Adlai Stevenson had on LBJ's political career; LBJ's concern that Allan Shivers might run against him; Mrs. Johnson's miscarriage in the fall of 1952.
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 30 (XXX), 3/22/1982, by Michael L. Gillette
Citation
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 30 (XXX), 3/22/1982, by Michael L. Gillette, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 29, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-ctj-19820322-30-11-38