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Oral history transcript, Gene Latimer, interview 2 (II), 10/5/1979, by Michael L. Gillette
G. Preston Smith; LBJ as debate coach; M.E. Foster; banquets; debates; Johnson family; classes; Uncle George; tournaments; LBJ as Congressional secretary; Dick Kleberg; office procedures; Dodge Hotel; Corpus Christi law office; House votes; Mrs.…
Oral history transcript, Oscar M. Laurel, interview 1 (I), 10/21/1968, by David G. McComb
LULAC; School of the 400; Texas House of Representatives; Civil Rights Act of 1964; LBJ and minorities; 1960 and 1964 campaigns; U.S. relationship with Mexico; Commission on Border Development and Friendship
Oral history transcript, Marjorie Lawson, interview 1 (I), 6/11/1986, by Michael L. Gillette
Lawson's work for John F. Kennedy in 1958-1959; gaining support for JFK among African American delegates; Kennedy's announcement that LBJ would be the vice-presidential nominee; Mary McLeod Bethune's opinion of LBJ; Lawson's recommendation to Kennedy…
Oral history transcript, John M. Leddy, interview 1 (I), 3/12/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Biographical information; Alliance for Progress; first meeting LBJ; MLF; Policy Planning Council; Nonproliferation Negotiation and MLF; International Atomic Energy Agency; LBJ as a strong supporter of NATO; DeGaulle and France; Hormel proposal;…
Oral history transcript, Philip Lee, interview 1 (I), 1/18/1969, by David G. McComb
[For interviews 1 and 2] Biographical information; family planning; LBJ’s motivation for interest in health programs; international health; Wilbur Cohen; John Gardner; White House Conference on Health; meeting with LBJ; Food for Peace; LBJ after…
Oral history transcript, Philip Lee, interview 2 (II), 1/28/1969, by David G. McComb
[For interviews 1 and 2] Biographical information; family planning; LBJ’s motivation for interest in health programs; international health; Wilbur Cohen; John Gardner; White House Conference on Health; meeting with LBJ; Food for Peace; LBJ after…
Oral history transcript, Ray E. Lee, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1968, by Paul Bolton
Biographical information; 10th Congressional District; first meeting LBJ in 1936; working for LBJ while stage director of NYA; characterization of LBJ; death of Congressman Buchanan; typing LBJ’s announcement to run; LBJ campaign, 1937; Colorado…
Oral history transcript, Ray E. Lee, interview 2 (II), 2/8/1979, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; NYA; publicity; personnel; visits from national office; Mrs. Roosevelt; project procedures; 1937 Congressional campaign.
Oral history transcript, Frank W. Lehan, interview 1 (I), 12/4/1968, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; Lehan's work at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL); Sputnik; leaving Ramel-Wooldridge to start Space Electronics Corporation; consulting for government agencies and committees; how Lehan came to work for the newly formed…
Oral history transcript, Frank W. Lehan, interview 2 (II), 1/31/1969, by David G. McComb
Communication issues between scientists, engineers, politicians, and social activists; Lehan's role as liaison between the scientific and political communities; citizens' advisory committee on transportation quality; dual mode transportation systems;…
Oral history transcript, Erich Leinsdorf, interview 1 (I), 3/18/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
First meeting with young LBJ, arranged through newspaper publisher Charles E. Marsh; LBJ arranges for extension of Leinsdorf's visa and application for citizenship; entertaining during the vice presidential and presidential years; appointed trustee…
Oral history transcript, Curtis LeMay, interview 1 (I), 6/28/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
Bay of Pigs: reasons for failure; criticism of JFK’s Administration; military-industrial complex discussed in reference to General Dynamics controversy; disapproval and disagreement with Robert McNamara’s policies; opinions on LBJ…
Oral history transcript, Lyman Lemnitzer, interview 1 (I), 3/3/1982, by Ted Gittinger
Involvement with the French in Vietnam; problems in the 1950s; General Sam Williams; counterinsurgency; the Special Forces; Bay of Pigs; observations and proposals after trips to Southeast Asia; impressions of JFK; special Counterinsurgency Group;…
Oral history transcript, Kittie Clyde Leonard, interview 1 (I), 7/27/1971, by David G. McComb
Life in Johnson City in the early 1900’s; electricity coming to the area; school and education in Johnson City; chores for children; high school graduation; mother’s and father’s influence on young LBJ; LBJ’s interest in Johnson city…
Oral history transcript, Robert A. Levine, interview 1 (I), 2/26/1969, by Stephen Goodell
Biographical information; Joe Kresahw; Leon Gilgoff; Sargent Shriver; RPP&E program; OEO budgetary process; 5 Years Plans; Congressional understanding of the OEO; budget allocations recommendations; Community Action Program; Jobs; Moynihan; Green…
Oral history transcript, Lawrence E. (Larry) Levinson, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan
How Levinson went to work for the LBJ administration; Joe Califano; the drafting of legislation by LBJ staff; LBJ's involvement in domestic programs; domestic staff members; making plans for the future in government; Matthew Nimetz; how staff members…
Oral history transcript, Lawrence E. (Larry) Levinson, interview 2 (II), 3/18/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
LBJ staff members' involvement in political activities; Department of Transportation legislation and Chairman Chet Holifield; compiling a list of LBJ's domestic accomplishments for speeches and a possible 1968 campaign; March 31, 1968 speech; White…
Oral history transcript, Lawrence E. (Larry) Levinson, interview 4 (IV), 5/13/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
The Truth in Packaging bill; need for a means of easily comparing products; package sizes and shapes; Esther Peterson; the soap and detergent lobby; Herb Hollomon; compromising to pass the Truth in Packaging bill; the Revenue Act of 1968; a ten…
Oral history transcript, Lawrence E. (Larry) Levinson, interview 5 (V), 11/5/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
White House staff deciding what to do after LBJ's presidency; LBJ asking Levinson to move to Texas rather than work for Gulf and Western; LBJ's expectation of long-term loyalty; final Cabinet meeting; Levinson's decision to move to New York; where…
Oral history transcript, Lawrence E. (Larry) Levinson, interview 6 (VI), 8/18/1972, by Joe B. Frantz
The Sequoia; LBJ's assessment of Nixon; LBJ's comments on Martin Luther King; working on a tax surcharge speech on the Sequoia; staff members wanting access to the Sequoia for personal use; Camp David; visiting the Ranch; LBJ's office at the Ranch;…
Oral history transcript, Lawrence E. (Larry) Levinson, interview 7 (VII), 11/2/1973, by Joe B. Frantz
Jack Valenti; Senator Thomas Dodd and the Mite Company; the staff's responsibility to behave honorably; Lloyd Cutler and automobile companies; anti-trust laws; getting podiatry included in Medicare; the staff's relationship with constituents and the…
Oral history transcript, Robert G. Lewis, interview 1 (I), 2/6/1986, by Michael L. Gillette
Early political interest and involvement; work with Wisconsin Electric Cooperatives; editing the National Farmers Union newsletter; views on Benson's farm program; work on Senator Proxmire's staff; LBJ and Proxmire; 1959 Proxmire speech; support of…
Oral history transcript, Robert G. Lewis, interview 2 (II), 5/9/1986, by Michael L. Gillette
Origin of Task Force on Agriculture and Rural Life; LBJ's interest; Opportunity Homestead proposal and its objectives; extending War on Poverty into rural areas; Rural Community Development Service; problems of rural poor in cities; inadequacy of…