Oral history transcript, Arthur Krock, interview 1 (I), 11/21/1968, by T.H. Baker

Title:

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krock, interview 1 (I), 11/21/1968, by T.H. Baker

Number of Pages:

32

Description:

First meeting with LBJ; LBJ’s relationship to Rayburn; Carl Vinson and FDR; LBJ in the House; Lady Bird; Civil Rights Bill; LBJ’s relationship with Humphrey, Truman, Eisenhower and the Kennedy’s; LBJ’s opinion of career military people; 1956 Democratic Convention; JFK-LBJ rivalry; LBJ’s acceptance of the VP nomination; LBJ’s irritation over his Alfalfa Club Dinner speech and camel driver story; cross off; LBJ’s personal reaction to the JFK assassination; LBJ and the press; RFK; LBJ’s judgment of his staff; Great Society programs; JFK didn’t believe in domino theory; Bay of Pigs; Tom White; Richard Nixon.

Contributor:

Krock, Arthur, 1886-1974

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 Krock

Subject:

Assassinations; JFK Assassination; Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968; Great Society

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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