Meeting LBJ for the first time; LBJ's relationship with Senator Thomas Kuchel; LBJ's work with Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen; Kuchel's work on the 1964 Civil Rights Act; LBJ's relationship with Congress; LBJ's political support of Kuchel; Kuchel's role in legislation directly affecting California; LBJ's gall bladder surgery and telephone call encouraging Kuchel to have the same surgery.
Oral history transcript, Ewing Hass, interview 1 (I), 5/13/1980, by Michael L. Gillette
Citation
Oral history transcript, Ewing Hass, interview 1 (I), 5/13/1980, by Michael L. Gillette, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 29, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-hasse-19800513-1-08-03