Biographical information; Stevenson campaign; Pat Brown campaign; Washington in 1959-1960; Statler Hotel party to impress Dutton; LBJ, Rayburn Bobby Baker all for California votes; Brown on “Meet the Press†in 1959 said LBJ was too conservative; tongue lashing by LBJ then and later in Washington; Earle Clements; George Killion; India Edwards had dinner at Fairmont Hotel for LBJ who did not show; power broker technique; Stevenson boom in California; an LBJ move to stop JFK; the surprise of the VP nomination for LBJ; Vietnam; Laotian compromise; JFK's assassination; LBJ in the White House; détente; lost opportunity to go down in history as a great man.
Oral history transcript, Frederick G. Dutton, interview 1 (I), 8/4/1969, by T.H. Baker
Citation
Oral history transcript, Frederick G. Dutton, interview 1 (I), 8/4/1969, by T.H. Baker, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 29, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-duttonf-19690804-1-78-10