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Oral history transcript, Warren Christopher, interview 1 (I), 10/31/1968, by T.H. Baker
Biographical information; McCone Commission; Watts riots; role of deputy attorney general; judicial appointments; Abe Fortas; Crime Commission; Crime Control Act; Newark riot; Detroit riots; contingency plans; MLK assassination; Washington D.C. and…
Oral history transcript, Warren Christopher, interview 2 (II), 11/18/1968, by T.H. Baker
Biographical information; McCone Commission; Watts riots; role of deputy attorney general; judicial appointments; Abe Fortas; Crime Commission; Crime Control Act; Newark riot; Detroit riots; contingency plans; MLK assassination; Washington D.C. and…
Oral history transcript, Warren Christopher, interview 3 (III), 12/2/1968, by T.H. Baker
Biographical information; McCone Commission; Watts riots; role of deputy attorney general; judicial appointments; Abe Fortas; Crime Commission; Crime Control Act; Newark riot; Detroit riots; contingency plans; MLK assassination; Washington D.C. and…
Oral history transcript, James E. Chudars, interview 1 (I), 10/2/1981, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; state of commercial helicopter aviation in 1948; circumstances of joining campaign as pilot; description of the helicopter; refueling the helicopter; maintenance check; campaigning by helicopter; impressions of LBJ; Sam and…
Oral history transcript, Frank Church, interview 1 (I), 5/1/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
1968 welcome to Senate phone call from LBJ; Hells Canyon power bill; description of how Senate business is conducted; LBJ's explanation of his role in nomination for VP in 1968; LBJ and Vietnam conflict; LBJ's capacity for generosity and his…
Oral history transcript, Warren I. Cikins, interview 1 (I), 5/12/1986, by Michael L. Gillette
Involvement with Civil Rights Commission; assessment of individual members; aims and achievements of the Commission; impression of Clarence Mitchell; LBJ, the White House and the Commission; interaction with state civil rights commission; the quota…
Oral history transcript, Norman M. Clapp, interview 1 (I), 12/6/1968, by T.H. Baker
Career; contact with LBJ; Senator McCarthy; Pat Lucey; Carlyle Runge; Proxmire-Johnson controversy; 1960 Presidential election; his appointment as Administrator of REA; REA program emphasis on wholesale power supply; March 1964 Annual meeting of…
Oral history transcript, Edward Clark, interview S-I, 12/15/1986, by Robert Dallek
How Clark met LBJ; how Governor James Allred helped LBJ run for Congress in 1937; campaign costs in 1937; LBJ's support for FDR; fundraising for LBJ; LBJ's relationship with Brown and Root; W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel's victory over LBJ in 1941; Lady…
Oral history transcript, Ramsey Clark, interview 1 (I), 10/30/1968, by T.H. Baker
Early contacts with LBJ; 1961 appointment as Assistant Attorney General
Oral history transcript, Ramsey Clark, interview 2 (II), 2/11/1969, by T.H. Baker
Tenure in Lands Division of AG office; procedures for presidential appointment; RFK-LBJ relationship; JFK assassination; work at White House in 1964 as detached duty from AG assignment; White House staff assignments; appointments in AG’s office and…
Oral history transcript, Ramsey Clark, interview 3 (III), 3/21/1969, by T.H. Baker
Watts riots 1965; history of Community Relations Service and its appropriate setting; White House Conference on Civil Rights 1966; Open Housing Bill
Oral history transcript, Ramsey Clark, interview 4 (IV), 4/16/1969, by T.H. Baker
Urban disorders of 1966 and 1967; assassination of MLK
Oral history transcript, Ramsey Clark, interview 5 (V), 6/3/1969, by T.H. Baker
Safe Streets Bill; use of electronic surveillance (telephone wire taps) for national security; federal aid to local law enforcement; assessment of LBJ
Oral history transcript, Tom C. Clark, interview 1 (I), 10/7/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; Court Packing Bill; first meeting with LBJ, 1937-1938; appointed by FDR to the Department of Justice, Criminal Division; supported Rayburn for VP in 1944; court backlog; FDR's support of LBJ; transfer to Antitrust Division;…
Oral history transcript, Earle C. Clements, interview 1 (I), 10/24/1974, by Michael L. Gillette
[For interviews 1 and 2] First impressions of LBJ; LBJ's visits to Kentucky Derby; the McCarthy censure; LBJ's powers of persuasion; LBJ's speaking engagements for Democratic candidates; 1960 campaign; how LBJ became VP candidate; Social Security…
Oral history transcript, Earle C. Clements, interview 2 (II), 12/6/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
[For interviews 1 and 2] First impressions of LBJ; LBJ's visits to Kentucky Derby; the McCarthy censure; LBJ's powers of persuasion; LBJ's speaking engagements for Democratic candidates; 1960 campaign; how LBJ became VP candidate; Social Security…
Oral history transcript, Edward P. Cliff, interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Meetings with LBJ; trips with Lady Bird; trip with Lynda Johnson; assessment of Lady Bird; Wilderness Act; pollution; recreation; East of the Mississippi; acreage use; Redwoods; Job Corps; wilderness areas; National Wild and Scenic Rivers Bill;…