Oral history transcript, J.J. Jake Pickle, interview 5 (V), 3/2/1972, by Joe B. Frantz

Title:

Oral history transcript, J.J. Jake Pickle, interview 5 (V), 3/2/1972, by Joe B. Frantz

Number of Pages:

36

Description:

The effect of the JFK assassination on the Pickle campaign; LBJ and Pickle's campaign; Pickle's accelerated swearing-in and his vote on wheat sales to the USSR; LBJ and the appointment of John Connally as secretary of the navy and his subsequent run for governorship; "Lyndon's boy, John," and "Lyndon's boy, Jake;" Price Daniel decides to run for governor; LBJ and Yarborough, Joe Kilgore, and John Tower; Pickle as "the President's Congressman;" the Civil Rights Act of 1964; LBJ reacts to Pickle's contrary votes; LBJ and Pickle's wedding; unexpected travels with LBJ

Contributor:

Pickle, J. J. (James Jarrell), 1913-

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 J.J. Jake Pickle

Subject:

Texas politics

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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