Braswell Deen oral history interview, August 13, 1971

Interviewed by Jane Herndon. Among topics discussed: Department of Public Welfare; social security; George Dean bill; vocational training in retail distribution; Ellis Arnall; welfare benefits to a child born to parents of different races; Albany tornado; commencement exercise at Dougherty High School (Albany); Dean's relationship with E. D. Rivers; reaction to welfare benefits to aforementioned baby; highway department; Lint Miller; River's drinking; Carl Vinson; Herndon's choice of Rivers as a topic. 1936 governor's race; accusations that Rivers courted Republican vote; Dean's view on attributes of a good husband; Rivers at Young Harris College; Rivers's political views; Jim Wells; vocational education; keynote speech at Rivers's 1936 convention address; the Republican party in Georgia; accusations of Rivers's Republican support; Rivers's early interest in politics; Rivers's personal characteristics; corruption in state departments; the Henry Grady Hotel; Rivers's weaknesses; highway department; corruption in Rivers' administration; Pressure for Dean to run for governor; Eugene Talmadge; corruption; public life; Marvin Griffin and John Greer's place in Rivers's administration; pardons and paroles; Rivers's daughter working for Lyndon B. Johnson; indictment against Rivers; Rivers's friends; Dean's resignation.