Oral history transcript, Josh H. Groce, interview 1 (I), 8/3/1983, by Michael L. Gillette

Beauford Jester asking Groce to be involved in his campaign for governor in 1946; Groce's involvement in 1946 and 1948 Texas state Democratic conventions; Bob Calvert's actions as 1948 chairman of the state executive committee which led to LBJ defeating Coke Stevenson in the Democratic primary race; efforts to find a federal judge who would be more favorable to Coke Stevenson's civil rights; the Fort Worth hearing with Judge Whitfield Davidson; Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black's ruling on the 1948 Democratic primary race; why the case was initially taken to federal court rather than state court; Bob Smith and Mack Burnett's work as commissioners; Kellis Dibrell and Jim Gardner's work; the 1948 vote of the state executive committee in favor of LBJ by one vote.