Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 4 (IV), 11/9/1982, by Michael L. Gillette

Title:

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 4 (IV), 11/9/1982, by Michael L. Gillette

Number of Pages:

49

Description:

North Vietnam’s reaction to LBJ’s 3/31/1968 speech; negotiating a location for meeting with the North Vietnamese; LBJ’s goals for the end of his presidency, including a tax increase; LBJ’s meeting with Levi Eshkol of Israel at the Ranch; negotiations with Israel over Phanton jets; Russian relations; rioting and the aftermath of Martin Luther King’s assassination; the possibility of a presidential draft; Chicago Mayor Richard Daley; neutrality among LBJ’s staff members; Humphrey’s campaign; Larry O’Brien; Krim resigning as Democratic National Committee finance chairman to be involved with the LBJ Presidential Library and School of Public Affairs; being asked to join LBJ’s cabinet and the United Nations; Arthur Goldberg; the LBJ Foundation; LBJ’s income; LBJ’s article for Encyclopedia Britannica; President and Mrs. Johnson’s book deals; a film of the accomplishments of the LBJ administration; President Eisenhower; Robert Kennedy’s death; Chief Justice Earl Warren’s resignation; Homer Thornberry and Abe Fortas; Senators Richard Russell and Everett Dirksen; separation of powers issue regarding Fortas; the effect of Humphrey’s campaign on LBJ’s work; cancelled arms control meeting with the Russians; measuring how LBJ would run against Nixon; J.S. McDonnell; LBJ’s decision to not enter the 1968 election or attend the convention; the 1968 Democratic Convention.

Contributor:

Krim, Arthur B., 1910-1994

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with Arthur Krim

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted: see deed at end of transcript for details