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Interview no. | A-0048 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | A.1. Southern Politics: Bass-DeVries Interviews |
Project description | Interviews, 1973-1975, conducted by Jack Solomon Bass and Walter De Vries with political leaders, journalists, editors, party officials, political scientists, campaign directors, union officials, and civil rights leaders from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia, as part of a study of politics in the South, 1945-1974. |
Date | 30 January 1974 |
Interviewee | Chiles, Lawton, 1930-1998. |
Interviewee occupation | Legislators |
Interviewee DOB | Unknown |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer |
Bass, Jack. De Vries, Walter. |
Abstract | Changes in Florida politics since 1948; amelioration of the race issue in southern politics; Florida government during the Pork Chop era; Chiles’ interest in legislative reform; reform attitude of Senators elected since 1966; changes in younger Democrats in the US House and Senate; ability of the South to furnish leadership in national politics; origins of Chiles’ campaign tactics in 1970; common interests of Chiles’ and Askew; personality factions in the old Democratic party of the South; attempts to build a new Democratic party in Florida. |
Subject Topical | Florida--Politics and government. |
Subject Name |
Askew, Reubin O'D., 1928- Democratic Party (Fla.) |
Citation | Interview with Lawton Chiles by Jack Bass and Walter De Vries, 30 January 1974. A-0048 in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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Interview no. | A0048_Audio |