Oral history transcript, George Sandlin, interview 2 (II), 3/12/1987, by Michael L. Gillette

Title:

Oral history transcript, George Sandlin, interview 2 (II), 3/12/1987, by Michael L. Gillette

Number of Pages:

37

Description:

Allan's Shivers' political philosophy; Shivers' refusal to place Dwight Eisenhower on both the Democratic and Republican tickets in the 1952 presidential election in Texas; Shivers' supporters and detractors; Sandlin's involvement with the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Building in Austin; Shivers' personality compared to LBJ's; Shivers' problems with the Veterans' Land Board and insurance companies; Shivers' wealth; Sandlin and Weldon Hart's work for the 1956 Democrats for Eisenhower campaign; financing Shivers' campaigns; Sandlin's business dealings with Shivers and LBJ; Shivers' opinion on civil rights matters; support for Shivers among African Americans and Hispanics; Sandlin's Mexican-American housekeeper; Shivers' support from oil industry people; the 1956 Texas State Democratic conventions; Shivers' offer of support to Price Daniel as his successor as governor; J. J. "Jake" Pickle in Daniel's campaign; the precinct and county Democratic convention in Dallas in May 1952; the power of "Shivercrats"; ticket problems at the conventions; concern that the labor-liberal group would take control of the Texas Democratic party; National Committeeman Byron Skelton; the risk that the State Democratic Executive Committee would be replaced at the May convention rather than the September convention; accusations that Shivers and Sandlin manipulated hotel accommodations to put liberal groups in Dallas while the convention was in Fort Worth; Price Daniel's support for the Adlai Stevenson-Estes Kefauver ticket; the Credentials Committee's recommendation to seat the conservative groups from Houston and El Paso rather than the liberal delegations at the convention; the 1956 Texas State Democratic conventions as the source of hostility between the labor-liberal group and LBJ; efforts to stop labor from taking control of the convention; Price Daniel losing control of the 1958 state convention; Sandlin's work for John Connally in the 1960(?) state conventions; Eugene Locke's role in the 1960 Connally campaign and the plan to have Frank Erwin replace him as chairman of the Executive Committee.

Contributor:

Sandlin, George

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 Sandlin

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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