T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History Collection

ABSTRACT

INTERVIEWEE NAME: J.J. Pickle COLLECTION: 4700.1197

IDENTIFICATION: Texas Representative; close friend of Gillis Long

INTERVIEWER: Gary Huey

PROJECT: Gillis Long Biography

DATES: August 3, 1987 FOCUS DATES: 1960s-1970s

ABSTRACT:

Tape 1748, Side A

Pickle first met in 1963 Long as a member of the Eighty-eighth Club (in Congress); they became good friends; Pickle talks about Long=s sense of humor; Long gained stature in the House; Long=s support of integration might have caused his defeat in Louisiana; Long wanted to try to bring the Democratic Party towards the mainstream; Gillis Long well known in the circles of Washington and Louisiana; Long enjoyed being involved in politics and ran several times; Long worked for Howard Hughes and practiced as a lawyer and a local official; very good at raising money; Long ran for student president when he was attending Louisiana State University and won; after he won, his cousin Russell Long called him to congratulate him; Pickle and Long made many trips together and were close friends; Pickle considered Gillis Long to be progressive for his time;

TAPES: 1(T1748) TOTAL PLAYING TIME:60 minutes

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OTHER MATERIALS: Transfer and copyright to Gary Huey

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