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Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 14 (XIV), 7/19/1984, by Michael L. Gillette
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- recall any complaint. I do recall getting a telephone call from--I'm not sure who it was--at home, saying that he was in an ambulance or a car or something on the way to the doctor. They wanted me to meet him there. I got there before he did. I've
- of that by telephone, or did you have to move around on the Hill quite a bit physically? J: I didn't move around too awful much--mostly on the telephone. part of it I had was usually carrying out instructions for him. Whatever I had very little to do with any basic
Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 8 (VIII), 7/22/1983, by Michael L. Gillette
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- or something. John just completely ignored it and said--they had a--well, I only heard one end of the conversation, but a rather bitter discussion. John said no, we can't do it that way, we've got to be honest, we've got to tell them what's happening
- I was getting out of the service along with thousands of others, going through the processing, when I was paged to come to the telephone, which scared me because I didn't think anybody knew where I was. It was Congressman Johnson say ing that he
Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 15 (XV), 8/30/1984, by Michael L. Gillette
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- senators. But I think primarily during this period the thing that surprised me is how many times I talked to people or they talked to me about the gas bill and reported on their conversations with [Albert] Gore or [Stuart] Symington or different senators
- drives with just the two of us in the car. G: What would he tal k about on these occasions? J: Everything. I remember one conversation he tal ked about sex. was kind of shocking to me. he worded it, let me see now. correctly. It He said that he--I
- his work on the West Coast? J: Yes, but I don't recall exactly what he said, and I remember not understanding a lot of it, because a lot of it was conversation with John who was with us, who was working with him. I guess he had been assigned as his
Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 11 (XI), 4/18/1984, by Michael L. Gillette
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- . There was conversation but not from Shivers, I don't think. I think just some of the people, some of his cohorts, wanted to see the strongest person they could think of run. G: In April LBJ issued a statement really blasting TrlJTlan 1 s seizure of the steel mills
Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 12 (XII), 4/25/1984, by Michael L. Gillette
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- recall any of their conversations here, and did Mr. Johnson ever talk about that with you? J: No, but I think he felt that Russell almost had to do it, because he had been in an effort to get the nomination himself. It would be a serious mistake
Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 13 (XIII), 7/12/1984, by Michael L. Gillette
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- Jenkins - XIII - 9 J: I remember that Senator Johnson, who had the responsibility for naming the Democrats on the censure conmittee, spent a lot of time and a lot of thought and a lot of conversation in naming those members, with the thought in mind