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- LBJ Presidential Library
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ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT
Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781]
INTERVIEWEE:
ROBERT C. WEAVER
INTERVIEWER:
JOE B. FRANTZ
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- Weaver, Robert Clifton, 1907-1997
- Oral history transcript, Robert C. Weaver, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1968, by Joe B. Frantz
- Robert C. Weaver
- .
Well, fortunately that was before the Smith-Connally Act and it
was before Taft-Hartley and there were no inhibitions as against
appropriate contributions.
So I suggested that he ought to talk
to then-Secretary-Treasurer, a man named Tom Kennedy, now
- and promoting Mr. Johnson wherever they could.
Sort of
advance men, as we called them.
F:
When did you first learn that he had been offered and had accepted the
vice presidential nomination by Mr. Kennedy?
P:
It was, of course, speculated in the newspapers
- with a shaggy hairdo.
He was Visibly amused.
shall never forget.
grandchildren.
It was Senator John F. Kennedy.
And thaUs an experience that I
I wished I could record it for my
It was a great experience for us.
PB:
Did you have other contacts
- ?
Q:
He just liked it and got enjoyment out of it. He did that all along right up to this last
election. He was doing it during the Kennedy election. He was down here for this
Gonzales election.
G:
You mentioned that during the NYA period he came