Downing Musgrove oral history interview, August 11, 1971

Interviewed by Jane Herndon. Among topics discussed: E.D. Rivers; tax structures; Rivers as a lawyer; Musgrove's relationship with Rivers; the "4 R's" campaign; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Walter George; the 1938 governor's race; Jim Gillis; the Atlanta press's treatment of Rivers; Gallogly (pardons); Governor Cox; the prison system in Georgia; pardons; the Depression's effect on the prison system; the Depression in Atlanta; the origins of the Rivers faction; Eugene Talmadge; the Rivers faction; Rivers as a speaker; Rivers's abilities as a courtroom lawyer; Rivers's honesty. The 1934 governor's race; Rivers's relationship with Assembly; reasons for Rivers entry into the 1946 governor’s race; three‑governor controversy ; Rivers's counties; campaigning under the county unit system.