Indiana Politics

Charles Halleck, born 1900 and died 1984, was a United States Representative (R) from Indiana and held the positions of majority and minority leader in the House. He begins by discussing his early life in school and local politics before expanding into his career as representative. He discusses several bills, committees, and legislation worked on as well as the major presidential conventions and elections held during his thirty plus years. He was heavily involved in many of them, and he discusses his opinions of them and the numerous personalities involved. Later, as one of the House leaders, he describes the relationship he had with presidential administrations and how heavily they advised or influenced Congress on particular issues.

William Madigan, born 1912 and died 1986, got his A.B degree from Indiana University and became a newspaper reporter for the and the Associated Press. His duties were to cover political events in the state, so he describes meeting and listening to presidential candidates such as Thomas Dewey and Harry S. Truman. He also covered state politics and laws, specifically the Ripper Bills and those relating to social and agricultural legislation. He enthusiastically describes the 1935 National Corn Husking Contest and briefly discusses his duties at Purdue University after his retirement from the Associated Press. While working at Purdue, he wrote .

E. C. Walker, born in 1944, discusses Larry Conrad's 1976 gubernatorial campaign and recruitment for the position. He discusses campaign office organization and security problems. Walker also talks about the relationship with Democratic Party machinery.