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My activities before becoming involved in the, in the race.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=24.56,29.42"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"My first interest in politics came in the early 1950s in Louisiana,\nwhen I prevailed upon","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=29.6,39.32"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"a friend of mine by the name of Jackson B.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=39.94,42.34"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Davis to run for the state Senate from Caddo and DeSoto Parishes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=42.34,45.71"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And I handled his campaign in conjunction with another friend, and 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I'll be darned if he didn't try and put a price ceiling, I\nthink it was a dollar fifteen on this gas, and the Senate slapped him\nin the face, knocked out his amendment.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=1174.46,1182.65"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/200","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"So he's still doing the same thing.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=1183.28,1185.56"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/201","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Louis Marchiafava:\nNow, there were also, in his district many blue collar workers, and he\nhas been pro-lab- labor.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=1188.98,1197.86"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/202","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Nick Gearhart:\nYep.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=1197.86,1198.22"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/203","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Louis Marchiafava:\nSo that was an obstacle you had to overcome.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=1198.22,1201.4"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/204","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"How did you approach it?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=1201.76,1202.96"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/205","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Nick Gearhart:\nWell, I am a union member.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=1202.99,1204.76"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/206","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Now, he is not. I've been a member of AFTRA, the American Federation\nof Radio and Television Artists, for about twenty-five years.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=1205.21,1213.76"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/207","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I am not certain that, that the sympathy towards labor he felt","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=1215.89,1224.32"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/208","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":", compared to the sympathy towards labor I feel, was a telling thing.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=1226.54,1231.58"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/209","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I think that the track record he had built up of being the puppet of\nthe labor leaders paid off, because they pushed the button and the,\nand the labor, the union man came out to pass out things at the polls","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=1231.58,1241.42"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/210","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"and get them out. But I've never had any problem getting along with\nunion people.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=1241.42,1246.61"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/211","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"As I say, I've been a union member for twenty-five years and, uh, and\nhe has not.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=1247.21,1252.52"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/212","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And, uh, all we could do is point that out and what effectiveness it\nhad, I have no idea, I 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It's not a matter of how he feels today, how he\nwants to crawfish or change his tune.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=1374.62,1382.51"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/234","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"It's just it's a simple matter of how he voted and how I felt in\nopposition to it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=1382.93,1387.22"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/235","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Louis Marchiafava:\nLet me go back and catch your campaign's at the beginning.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=1390.16,1392.5"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/236","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Nick Gearhart:\nYep.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=1392.55,1392.95"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/237","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Louis Marchiafava:\nAnd ask you about your choice of a campaign manager.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=1392.95,1396.55"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/238","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Nick Gearhart:\nAll right.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=1396.59,1397.75"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/239","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Louis Marchiafava:\nNow it's Mr. Charlie Friendly?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=1397.75,1399.39"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/240","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Nick Gearhart:\nFrandolig.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=1399.44,1400.01"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/241","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Louis Marchiafava:\nFrandolig.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=1400.1,1400.64"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/242","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Nick Gearhart:\nRight.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=1400.79,1401.01"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/243","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Louis Marchiafava:\nOkay. How did you happen to choose him?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=1401.44,1403.48"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/244","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Nick Gearhart:\nThrough attrition, I guess.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=1405.22,1407.02"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/245","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"That, incidentally, is a topic with which both political parties, any\npolitical party, could do the greatest service to a candidate","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=1408.58,1418.27"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/246","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"that they could possibly offer, and that is finding qualified people\nfor campaign managers.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=1418.63,1424.69"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/247","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Those animals just don't exist.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=1427.84,1429.79"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/248","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I went to several meetings in Washington.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=1430.45,1433.36"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/249","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I attended some of their schools, took a great number of their\nrecommendations, and I had a stack four or five inches high of their\napplications.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=1434.02,1443.01"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/250","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Well, they were all twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-eight year old\nkids, in my opinion, with no bad reference to","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=1443.01,1452.74"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/251","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"age except for the fact that they had not been scarred up.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=1452.74,1455.59"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/252","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And they said, well, you know, this is a bright young guy.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=1456.58,1459.22"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/253","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"He's been to our campaign management school.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=1459.4,1461.56"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/254","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"We think he's. 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OSHA is a fine example.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=2447.39,2451.49"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/439","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"The Congress set up OSHA with the finest intent, Occupational Safety\nand Health Act.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=2452.48,2458.36"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/440","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Who can argue with 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Did you see yourself slipping toward that","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=2752.39,2755.0"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/491","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Nick Gearhart:\nNo.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=2755.0,2755.3"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/492","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Louis Marchiafava:\non Election Day?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=2755.3,2755.7"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/493","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Nick Gearhart:\nNo.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=2755.7,2756.02"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/494","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Louis Marchiafava:\nDid you have any indication that you were going to lose?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=2756.02,2757.7"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/495","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Nick Gearhart:\nNo. No, not until as I say, the, uh, the Monday and the Tuesday\npreceding; 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Well, the north, obviously.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=2802.6,2805.12"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/508","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Baytown. 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We carried some advertising in the Black papers, and the\nlike of that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=3037.66,3043.81"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/548","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"But, um, no, he had that going in.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616#t=3044.41,3047.98"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113610/file/216616/transcript/61428/annotation/549","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"The Republican Party has got an awful long way to go before they can\nmake dents in 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