Oral history transcript, Eugene McCarthy, interview 1 (I), 12/12/1980, by Michael L. Gillette

Title:

Oral history transcript, Eugene McCarthy, interview 1 (I), 12/12/1980, by Michael L. Gillette

Number of Pages:

37

Description:

How McCarthy got to know LBJ; founding the Democratic Study Group; election against Senator Edward J. Thye; committee work; the Lewis Strauss nomination; LBJ as majority leader; telephone and transportation taxes; oil depletion allowance; campaign finances; LBJ attending caucuses of the Democratic senators; the unemployment special committee; migrant labor; LBJ using committee assignments to his advantage; LBJ's power of persuasion; LBJ compared to Mike Mansfield as Senate Majority Leader; Hubert Humphrey; filibustering; nominating Adlai Stevenson; Alaska and Hawaii statehood; McCarthy's memory of various bills; Landrum-Griffin Act; the possibility that LBJ would choose McCarthy as a presidential running mate.

Contributor:

McCarthy, Eugene J., 1916-

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 Eugene McCarthy

Subject:

Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978; Legislation

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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