Ellis Gibbs Arnall oral history interview, 1971 July 24 and September 16.

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Ellis Gibbs Arnall oral history interview, 1971 July 24 and September 16.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38726976

The collection consists of an oral history interview with Ellis Arnall on July 24, 1971 in which he discusses his support of Carmichael in the 1946 governor's race; politics; Roy Harris; the nomination of Harry S. Truman for Vice President in 1944; Franklin D. Roosevelt's political philosophy; diplomacy (the U-2 incident); John F. Kennedy and the Bay of Pigs; E.D. Rivers' administration; Arnall's destruction of records when leaving office; three-governor controversy; James Cox and Rivers; 1938 governors race; Jimmy Carter; Rivers and the highway department; Jim Gillis; Lint Miller; Marvin Griffin; political loyalty; egotism in politics; the warning power of the Ku Klux Klan in politics; George Hamilton and E.D. Rivers in the Klan; Hiram Evans; the rights of states to receive anti-trust settlements; Rivers' racist attitudes; and blacks' place in society. He also discusses Gologly pardon case; extradition of Gologly; Rivers and Governor Cox; newspaper's attempts to smear Rivers; political power of newspapers; political accountability of the Rivers administration; 1945 constitution; political break between Arnall and Rivers; New Deal; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Rivers' base of financial support; costs of campaigns; racial attitudes in the 1942 governors race; white primary; financing political campaigns; Coca-Cola; Arnall's financial support; primary political supporters; newspaper advertising; rising costs of political advertising; freight rates; northern colonialism; prejudice; Georgia v. Pennsylvania; the South and industrialization; Rivers support; Rivers as a politician; and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

2 audiotapes ; cassette.

Georgia State University

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Georgia State University

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