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Oral history transcript, Mary D. Keyserling, interview 1 (I), 10/22/1968, by David G. McComb
1964-1968 progress for women; 1963 equal pay act; coalition of liberal forces; living standards; manpower programs; Neighborhood Youth Corp; LBJ’s role with respect to advances that women made in 1960s; Commission on the Status of Women;…
Oral history transcript, Mary D. Keyserling, interview 2 (II), 10/31/1968, by David G. McComb
Comments by LBJ; LBJ’s concern for full utilization of human resources; FSEE; War on Poverty; YWCA; 1964 Civil Rights Act; comparison of non-white/white men earnings; women in household employment; National Commission on Household Employment;…
Oral history transcript, Carroll Kilpatrick, interview 1 (I), 5/5/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
Nixon’s assessment of LBJ in the late 1950’s; JFK’s selection of LBJ as a running mate; LBJ’s failure to understand or relate to the press; attempts to manipulate the press; press’ attitude toward LBJ; Vice-Presidential trip to India and…
Oral history transcript, Sam Kinch, Sr., interview 1 (I), 6/3/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
First association with LBJ; 1948 election; Star-Telegram’s campaign support; Preston Smith; Byron Utecht; George Parr; covering 1952 and 1956 Texas state conventions; LBJ’s response to an article by Kinch; Frankie Randolph; Mrs. Bentsen; Byron…
Oral history transcript, Lawson B. Knott, Jr., interview 1 (I), 4/21/1981, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; Carl Vinson; GSA staff and operations; relationship with LBJ; GSA involvement in housing shortage alleviations; surplus property use; disposal of Brooklyn Navy Yard; aluminum stockpile; LBJ Library plans; the Federal…
Oral history transcript, William F. Knowland, interview 1 (I), 3/23/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
Knowland’s career before entering the Senate in the 1940’s, his Senate career in relation to that of LBJ, his relationship with Senator Tom Connally, the relationship between Democrats and Republicans, Eisenhower’s election and his view of…
Oral history transcript, William A. Knowlton, interview 1 (I), 3/21/1985, by Ted Gittinger
Knowlton's military background; working in the office of Secretary of the General Staff, Harold K. Johnson, in the mid-1960s; Knowlton joining Joe Califano's staff when Califano was special assistant to the secretary and, later, deputy secretary of…
Oral history transcript, John Fritz Koeniger, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1981, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; Sam Ealy Johnson; LBJ as a teen; Rebekah Baines Johnson; high school in Johnson City; teachers’ state meet; trip to California, 1925; Tom Martin.
Oral history transcript, John Fritz Koeniger, interview 2 (II), 11/17/1981, by Michael L. Gillette
San Bernardino; Martin’s law office; Herbert and Charlie Henderson; 1937 Congressional campaign; meeting Jack Dempsey; contacts with LBJ in 1928; working for LBJ in congressional office; office assignments; Executive Reorganization Bill, 1938;…
Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 1 (I), 1/30/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; how Komer came to work for the Central Intelligence Group (later the CIA); working for the National Security Council at the White House; the role of the vice-president; meeting LBJ; discussing foreign policy regarding India…
Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 2 (II), 8/18/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
Libya and its effect on the Middle East crisis; Wheelus Air Force Base and U.S. military bases in Turkey; declining U.S. military presence in the Eastern Mediterranean; meeting with LBJ after the JFK assassination; writing a letter to Saudi Arabia…
Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 3 (III), 11/15/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan
The Congo crisis of June 1964; how the Russians got credit for settling the India-Pakistan crisis of 1964 and U.S. involvement in the crisis; how LBJ obtained and evaluated information; U.S. military aid to Pakistan; the Three Week War; the…
Oral history transcript, Fred Korth, interview 1 (I), 3/7/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Biographical information; contacts with LBJ; LBJ’s campaign for Senate; 1954 campaign; relationship between LBJ and Connally; 1960 convention campaign; appointment to Secretary of Navy; TFX investigation; procurement decisions; LBJ as VP;…