Oral history transcript, Daniel K. Inouye, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Title:
Oral history transcript, Daniel K. Inouye, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Number of Pages:
23
Description:
[For interviews 1 and 2] Biographical information; first meeting LBJ and Sam Rayburn at the 1956 Democratic convention in Chicago; made an honorary Texan; LBJ and statehood for Hawaii; LBJ and the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange between East and West (the East-West Center); first impressions of LBJ; the 1960 Democratic convention; the 1960 campaign; LBJ as vice president; his contacts with LBJ immediately after the JFK assassination; the March 31, 1968 speech; Hawaii statehood issue; Alaska statehood issue; the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago; Mayor Daley; John Bailey, Governor Dempsey of Connecticut; LBJ decides not to attend the convention; the 1968 campaign and HHH's failure to win the election; occasions when Inouye disagreed with LBJ; the "Johnson treatment;" monthly visits with LBJ and the subjects discussed; the 1965 five-man Senate group world tour led by Senator Mansfield: Aiken, Muskie, Caleb Boggs and Inouye; comments on Vietnam; LBJ's legislative successes during 1964 and 1965; how history will rate LBJ.
