Coverage of 1959 Khrushchev visit; Khrushchev's dislike of the press; Mesta Machine Tool Company tour; JFK's choice of LBJ as VP; reflections on JFK's trip to Texas in 1963 and the days following the assassination; experience as a witness to LBJ's swearing in on Air Force One; admiration of LBJ's handling of his transition to the presidency; LBJ as an "activist president"; LBJ and the press; anecdote describing LBJ's reaction to taking unnecessary risks in crowds following the JFK assassination
Oral history transcript, Sid Davis, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1990, by Michael L. Gillette
Citation
Oral history transcript, Sid Davis, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1990, by Michael L. Gillette, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 29, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-daviss-19900510-1-96-21