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  • Contributor > Reedy, George E. (George Edward), 1917-1999 (remove)
  • Date > 1975-06-07 (remove)

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Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 3 (III), 6/7/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . R: Look at it. Can you think of any really outstanding New York senators? Probably the best known was • • • I don't want to take you back as far as Roscoe Conkling. In this century about the only senator who was really well known is Robert F
  • McCarthy; Civil Rights Bill of 1957; differences between Richard Russell and Strom Thurmond; Housing Act of 1955 and the Capehart Amendment; LBJ’s lack of prejudices; LBJ’s mood swings; Bobby Baker; LBJ and the Kennedys; LBJ’s relationship with the press