Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 20 (XX), 9/25/1986, by Michael L. Gillette

Title:

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 20 (XX), 9/25/1986, by Michael L. Gillette

Number of Pages:

49

Description:

LBJ's and Reedy's assessment of Senator John Tower from Texas; Pakistan President Ayub Khan’s personality; LBJ's vice presidential trips to Berlin, to Sweden for Dag Hammarskjold's funeral, and to Paris; LBJ's lack of familiarity with other languages; LBJ's relationship with Charles de Gaulle; LBJ's trip to Las Vegas; LBJ's relationship with Robert Kennedy and the Kennedy family; LBJ visiting space-related facilities and the complexity of problems within the space program; LBJ's lack of management skills; LBJ visiting Sam Rayburn before his death and Reedy's involvement in LBJ's statement following Rayburn's death; high regard for Rayburn throughout Washington, D.C.; LBJ arranging for Mexican comedian Cantinflas to visit the San Antonio in support of Henry Gonzalez's campaign for House of Representatives in 1961; LBJ's rapport with the Mexican people; traveling around the U.S. with LBJ; LBJ's relationship with Styles Bridges; the China lobby and isolationists during World War II and later; LBJ’s effort to disassociate himself from Texas colleagues; LBJ's vice presidential staff; the vice president's lack of power in the Senate; LBJ's early blunders in the vice presidency; LBJ's loyalty to the president as a vice president as opposed to John Nance Garner's disloyalty to Franklin Roosevelt.

Contributor:

Reedy, George E. (George Edward), 1917-1999

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 George E. Reedy

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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