Oral history transcript, Buford Ellington, interview 1 (I), 10/2/1970, by T.H. Baker

Sam Rayburn and LBJ; Senator Kerr; LBJ for President in 1956; Earle Clements; Senator from Kentucky; Wallace from Alabama; JFK; Al Gore; Frank Clement of Tennessee; Estes Kefauver; civil rights; Governor Faubus of Arkansas; Fulbright; Lester Maddox; Carl Sanders and Terry Sanford; John McKeithen of Louisiana; Paul Johnson of Mississippi; Ned Breathitt of Kentucky; being in the White House with LBJ; Watson White, Califano and McNamara; OEP and aluminum; Reynolds Aluminum; Cliff Alexander; Harry McPherson; George Reedy; Lee White; LBJ as VP under JFK; John Connally; Preston Smith; Bobby Baker; Lady Bird Special, 1964; NSC 1965; escalation in Vietnam; Tonkin Gulf Resolution; dissenting group in the White House; John Stennis; LBJ's decision not to run again; LBJ in retirement