Valenti describes working at a desk inside LBJ’s office after 1958, why LBJ delayed announcement of his presidential candidacy in 1960, reactions of LBJ and his supporters to JFK’s offer of Vice Presidential nomination, relationship between LBJ and the Kennedys, debate between LBJ and JFK at the 1960 Democratic convention.
Oral history transcript, Mary Margaret Wiley Valenti, interview 4 (IV), 2/26/1985, by Michael L. Gillette
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Oral history transcript, Mary Margaret Wiley Valenti, interview 4 (IV), 2/26/1985, by Michael L. Gillette, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 31, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-valentim-19850226-4-00-09