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  • Date > 1977-11-29 (remove)

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  • Oral history transcript, Robert Oliver, interview 2 (II), 11/29/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Robert Oliver
  • Oliver, Robert
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  • : November 29, 1977 INTERVIEWEE : ROBERT OLIVER INTERVIEWER : MICHAEL L . GILLETTE PLACE : Mr . Oliver's office, Washington, D .C . Tape 1 of 1 G: Do you want to start from the first again here? 0: This tape I consider to be highly confidential
  • of a 1958 labor bill supported by Senator John F. Kennedy; how LBJ would gain votes for other senators' bills; LBJ's ability to get Republican senators to vote in support of Democratic plans; Senator Bill Langer's vote; how opposing senators would help each
  • in the Senate, the principal proponent of the bill was Senator [John F.] Kennedy, and the principal obstacle was the fact that Senator [John] McClellan had a bill of his own with very, very many amendments to the existing law. His, of course, was very