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Oral history transcript, John J. (Lt. Gen.) Davis, interview 1 (I), 3/7/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Biographical information; General Harold K. Johnson; Lieutenant General Fred Dean; William C. Foster; Vietnam; Spurgeon Keeney; ACDA; critical decisions in weapons evaluations; ABM's; MIRVS; Space Treaty; Non-Proliferation Treaty; Arms Transfer…
Oral history transcript, Ross D. Davis, interview 1 (I), 12/9/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Background; Oscar Chapman; SBA; Eugene Foley; relationship between White House staff and agencies; coordination; OEO program for Indians; AID; Economic Development Administration's programs
Oral history transcript, Sid Davis, interview 4 (IV), 8/1/1990, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ's visit to New Orleans with Louisiana Governor John McKeithen; LBJ's relationships with Mexicans; White House press conferences and how they changed in the television era; LBJ's use of television; LBJ's response to civil rights-related violence…
Oral history transcript, Sid Davis, interview 5 (V), 11/28/1990, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ's efforts to get legislation passed in 1965; Lady Bird Johnson's interest in beautification; LBJ's interest in the environment; LBJ's awareness of the value of media, especially television and photography; LBJ's efforts to understand what to do…
Oral history transcript, Sid Davis, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1990, by Michael L. Gillette
Coverage of 1959 Khrushchev visit; Khrushchev's dislike of the press; Mesta Machine Tool Company tour; JFK's choice of LBJ as VP; reflections on JFK's trip to Texas in 1963 and the days following the assassination; experience as a witness to LBJ's…
Oral history transcript, W. True Davis, interview 1 (I), 3/4/1969, by David G. McComb
Discusses the selection of LBJ as VP in 1960; his appointments; Inter-American Development Bank
Oral history transcript, Alan L. Dean, interview 1 (I), 2/28/1969, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; early support of and work toward a transportation department; recollections of Najeeb Halaby; LBJ assumes presidency; Alan Boyd and others involved in development of DOT; opposition to DOT by FAA and McKee; Dean's…
Oral history transcript, Alan L. Dean, interview 2 (II), 3/13/1969, by David G. McComb
Fast passage of the bill; final version of the bill; role of the unions; problem of Maritime Administration; appointment of Alan Boyd; Dean's appointment; acquiring staff and office space; organization of DOT; field offices; White House role in…
Oral history transcript, Alan L. Dean, interview 3 (III), 4/3/1969, by David G. McComb
Organization and operation of DOT; the audit function; decentralization; friction between the Office of the Secretary and Administrators; difficulties within the Office of Secretary itself; evaluation of Alan Boyd; meetings and retreats; concept of…
Oral history transcript, Homer E. Dean, interview 1 (I), 1/12/1984, by Ted Gittinger
biographical information; how Dean got a position as a lawyer in Austin; Dean's military and law career history; the political situation in Jim Wells county in the mid-1940s; the connection between Dean's law firm and the George Parr family; the…
Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview S-1, 8/14/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois
Deason's family history; Deason's uncle Charles' work around the Stockdale, Texas, area; Deason's parents and siblings; Deason's educational background; how Deason became a teacher and, later, an attorney; how Deason went to work under LBJ in the…
Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 1 (I), 5/7/1965, by Eric F. Goldman
Student with LBJ at San Marcos Southwest Texas Teachers College, 1927; details of student expenses, influences and habits; LBJ's graduation in three years from a four-year plan; experiences as a teacher in Pearsall and Houston; Director of NYA in…
Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 2 (II), 2/17/1969, by David G. McComb
Appointment and confirmation to the ICC; Charles Webb; farm co-op cases; structure of ICC; regulation; record disposal; appeals to board of suspension; determination of rates/fair profit; merger cases; LBJ's appointment of Virginia Mae Brown; work…
Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 3 (III), 4/11/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information;1927 meeting with LBJ at SWTSC; activities at SWTSC; taught school in San Antonio; A.J. Wirtz and Welly Hopkins recommending LBJ to Dick Kleberg; relationship between Kleberg and LBJ; NYA work; LBJ's interest in helping…
Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 4 (IV), 8/8/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ-Deason contacts while teaching in Houston and San Antonio; LBJ becomes secretary to Congressman Kleberg; LBJ returns as state director of NYA; Welly Hopkins' recommendation; LBJ's energy; Wilton Woods; LBJ at state meeting in Corpus Christi of…
Oral history transcript, NYA Interview, group interview 1 (I), 1968, by William S. White
Discussion of LBJ's days as Director of the NYA in Texas, 1935-1937
Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview S-1b (I), 4/29/1986, by Walter Richter
The founding of the Alpha and Omega (A&O), later called the White Stars at Southwest Texas State Teachers College; the difference between the Black Stars and the White Stars; the purpose of the White Stars; biographical information regarding Horace…
Oral history transcript, Michael E. DeBakey, interview 1 (I), 6/29/1969, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; time in New Orleans at Tulane University; studying in Europe; member of the Department of Surgery at Tulane; military service in 1942-1944 with the Surgeon General; post-war medical research program with the Veterans'…
Oral history transcript, Marjorie A. Delafield, interview 1 (I), 11/9/1968, by Paul Bolton
Work with Rebekah Baines Johnson on the Johnson family genealogy; Mrs. Johnson's hope for her son
Oral history transcript, David Dellinger, interview 1 (I), 12/10/1982, by Ted Gittinger
Personal opposition to official policy in Vietnam; National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam; SANE; MOBE; NCAC; role of television; counterculture; assignation attempt of Dellinger; travels to Vietnam; meeting with Ho Chi Minh
Oral history transcript, Cartha D. (Deke) DeLoach, interview 1 (I), 1/11/1991, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ’s relationship with J. Edgar Hoover; legislation providing for Hoover’s retirement salary; Billie Sol Estes; White House hiring procedures during LBJ’s presidency; LBJ’s income tax information; LBJ’s concern over the assassination and…
Oral history transcript, Fredrick L. Deming, interview 1 (I), 1/7/1969, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; Douglas Dillon; Jack Connor; Henry Fowler; restructuring international finances; Work Party Three; Bob Roosa; Group of Ten; Denis Rickett; Frank Figures; Khrister Wichman; Ottmar Emminger; Rinaldo Ossola; Frank Schiff; Peter…
Oral history transcript, Fredrick L. Deming, interview 2 (II), 1/17/1969, by David G. McComb
Balance of payments deficit and program; Walter Heller; 1967 pound devaluation; gold speculation; two-tier idea; Guido Carli; gold cover limitation; Senator Wallace Bennett; SDR; Eddie Bernstein; International Monetary Fund
Oral history transcript, Fredrick L. Deming, interview 3 (III), 2/17/1969, by David G. McComb
Vietnam; 6% surcharge; Wilbur Mills; Emile VanLennap; Chairman Mahon; IRS; Sheldon Cohen; Stan Surrey; Henry Ford; Sidney Weinberg; gold rush; financing difficulty; Paul Volcker; Ed Snyder; Heller-Pechman plan; Presidential press conference
