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Oral history transcript, James C. Wright, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/30/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. It was, interestingly, at that convention that a then-young Senator named John F. Kennedy received his first nationwide attention. known him earlier, not really known him, but had met him. I had I had read his book, Profiles in Courage, and thought it magnificent. I

Oral history transcript, Donald C. Cook, interview 1 (I), 6/30/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

deeply believed in it myself. own recommendations in writing. I gave him my I don't know how Stanton and Brown conveyed their views, but I conveyed mine to him. A good deal of work was done at that time, also, with Senator [Robert] Kerr, who I

Oral history transcript, Walter G. Hall, interview 1 (I), 6/30/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

/loh/oh "Well," he said, "we need you to go to some of the more liberal state delegations, for instance, North Carolina." I said, "Zack, Terry Sanford is running that show and he's a Kennedy man like horseradish." "Yes, but we don't have anybody