Temple’s role as White House liaison with the Department of Justice; the Presidential appointment process; Temple’s relationship with Harry McPherson; McPherson’s duties; office locations; bedroom duty; lines of responsibility under Connally compared to LBJ; buying a house in McLean, VA; how Temple’s work affected his home life and LBJ’s compensation for long work hours; trips to the Ranch and other Presidential vacations; LBJ’s relationship with Marvin Watson; LBJ’s Cabinet; a reorganization of the Labor Department and Secretary of Labor Bill Wirtz; Wirtz’s temporary resignation; Robert McNamara’s resignation; setting the President’s appointments.
Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 2 (II), 6/12/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
Citation
Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 2 (II), 6/12/1970, by Joe B. Frantz, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 29, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-templel-19700612-2-72-33-b