feelings for her were too tumultuous to put into words. lady bird johnson s entire diary entry from that day is written out, longhand, and it has since been completely digitized and it is now available at the lbj library website along with the corresponding audio. lyndon johnson, of course, rose to the presidency in the wake of president kennedy s assassination, and once lbj became president, one of his first orders of business in 1963 was to appoint a high-level commission to investigate the assassination. that, of course, was the warren commission, named after supreme court justice earl warren. thanks to all the stuff now being digitized, we can now hear the process of how that commission came to be, as it was happening, and it turns out it was a fascinating thing. the two men that president johnson wanted to head up that commission were chief justice earl warren, but also, senator richard russell of georgia, who
was to appoint a high-level commission to investigate the assassination. that, of course, was the warren commission, named after supreme court justice earl warren. thanks to all the stuff now being digitized, we can now hear the process of how that commission came to be, as it was happening, and it turns out it was a fascinating thing. the two men that president johnson wanted to head up that commission were chief justice earl warren, but also, senator richard russell of georgia, who was a democrat. he was a segregationist dixiecrat. the problem was that senate russell hated earl warren. senator russell was a southern segregationist and earl warren was a pro-civil rights progressive on the supreme court, and richard russell really disliked him. when lbj told senator richard russell that he wanted him to serve on this commission alongside earl warren, senator russell said, no, he refused to do it. and when senator russell refused him, president johnson essentially lifted that senator
assassination, and once lbj became president, one of his first orders of business in 1963 was to appoint a high-level commission to investigate the assassination. that, of course, was the warren commission, named after supreme court justice earl warren. thanks to all the stuff now being digitized, we can now hear the process of how that commission came to be, as it was happening, and it turns out it was a fascinating thing. the two men that president johnson wanted to head up that commission were chief justice earl warren, but also, senator richard russell of georgia, who was a democrat. he was a segregationist dixiecrat. the problem was that senate russell hated earl warren. senator russell was a southern segregationist and earl warren was a pro-civil rights progressive on the supreme court, and richard russell really disliked him. when lbj told senator richard russell that he wanted him to serve on this commission alongside earl warren, senator russell said, no, he refused to do it.