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Oral history transcript, Solis Horwitz, interview 1 (I), 6/9/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Experiences working for LBJ during the late 1950s, especially in matters of legislation, such as the Civil Rights Act of 1957; Defense Department matters
Oral history transcript, Jack Howard, interview 1 (I), 10/20/1980, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; War on Poverty task force; Labor Department; Job Corps; Youth Opportunity Centers; influence of organized labor groups; minimum wage; Willard Wirtz; Jack Henning.
Oral history transcript, Harold Howe II, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1968, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; John Gardner; McGeorge Bundy; Frank Keppel; talk with LBJ regarding commissionership; LBJ’s deep concern regarding education; Guaranteed Loan Program; National Defense Education Loan Program; easy access to White House;…
Oral history transcript, Earl Howsam, interview 1 (I), 5/9/1980, by Michael L. Gillette
Edwin Johnson's use of a helicopter in the 1948 U.S. Senate campaign in Colorado; the work of Ed Johnson, Robert Kerr and LBJ on oil and natural gas legislation; the power of the southern and western states in the Senate in the 1950s; Ed Johnson's…
Oral history transcript, Palmer Hoyt, interview 1 (I), 7/29/1970, by David G. McComb
How Hoyt met LBJ; Hoyt’s role as domestic director of the Office of War Information; Sam Rayburn; LBJ’s persuasive techniques; staying the night at the White House visiting with LBJ; LBJ’s public relations; 1960 election; Hoyt’s appointment…
Oral history transcript, Allie T. Hughes and Lorena D. Hughes, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1965, by Eric F. Goldman
Met LBJ at Southwest Texas Teachers College, San Marcos, TX in 1927; LBJ's interest in debating; LBJ's residence over garage at President Evans' house; influence of Dr. Greene on his students; as freshmen, LBJ interested in psychology, government and…
Oral history transcript, Inez Hughes, interview 1 (I), 6/4/1985, by Lewis Gould
Biographical information; Marshall High School in the 1920s; Lady Bird Johnson's brothers, Tommy and Tony Taylor, and her father, Thomas Jefferson Taylor; Hughes' contact with Lady Bird Johnson after the 1920s; items in the Harrison County Historical…
Oral history transcript, Phillip S. Hughes, interview 1 (I), 3/7/1969, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; Legislative Reference; BOB; legislation; speaking for the President; relationship with the White House; budget; budget cuts; contact with Wilbur Mills; directors of BOB; Troika/Quadriad; comparison of presidential…
Oral history transcript, Richard J. Hughes and Betty (Elizabeth) Hughes, interview 1 (I), 8/6/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Meeting LBJ in 1959; Governor of New Jersey, 1961; LBJ and Kosygin held a meeting at Glassboro State College; Kosygin’s daughter, Dr. Gvishiana, joined Lady Bird, Lynda and Mrs. Hughes for lunch at Island Beach; Ramsey Clark; candidates, 1966-1968;…
Oral history transcript, Sarah T. Hughes, interview 1 (I), 10/7/1968, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; 1948 Senate campaign; 1960 campaign; federal judgeship appointment; VP nomination at the 1952 convention; swearing-in of LBJ; funeral of JFK; meetings with LBJ; appointment as member of U.S. National Commission of UNESCO
Oral history transcript, Dr. Ralph K. Huitt, interview 1 (I), 7/12/1972, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; how Huitt came to know LBJ in 1954; Huitt working under George Reedy; LBJ's work as Senate Minority Leader and effort to pull the Democratic Party together; argument between Senator William Knowland and LBJ regarding who…
Oral history transcript, Dr. Ralph K. Huitt, interview 2 (II), 10/5/1972, by Joe B. Frantz
Education-related legislation in the 1950s and 1960s; Huitt's involvement in civil rights programs and the civil rights office within HEW; White House staff members with whom Huitt worked; difficulty coordinating the work of separate government…
Oral history transcript, Dr. Ralph K. Huitt, interview 3 (III), 11/29/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ's 1958 interview with Paul Ringler of the Milwaukee Journal; LBJ's practice of making telephone calls while people were in his office; Senator LBJ's ability to get information from people on the telephone; LBJ's tactics to gain Senate passage of…
Oral history transcript, Don Hummel, interview 1 (I), 10/22/1968, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; first meeting with LBJ; 1956 convention; 1960 convention; Ernest McFarland; mayor of Tucson; President of the National League of Cities
Oral history transcript, Don Hummel, interview 2 (II), 1/13/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Concession business; Assistant Secretary appointment; early proponent of HUD; Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations; minorities; HUD areas of responsibilities; Renewal Assistant Program; “Negro Removal;” establishment of national…
Oral history transcript, Hubert H. Humphrey, interview 1 (I), 8/17/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
Initial awareness of LBJ; Senate run by Southerners; Tidelands; political albatross; DC’s Southern atmosphere; Dick Russell; Harry Byrd; Eugene Milligan; Bob Taft; LBJ as a political operator; LBJ’s relationship with David Dubinsky; Walter…
Oral history transcript, Hubert H. Humphrey, interview 2 (II), 6/20/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ as Senate Majority Leader; strategies in passing or defeating bills and in committee appointments; Walter George
Oral history transcript, Hubert H. Humphrey, interview 3 (III), 6/21/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
Foreign Relations Committee; HHH’s 1955 success in establishing an arms control/disarmament subcommittee; defeat of Lewis Strauss nomination as director of the Atomic Energy Commission; Omnibus Farm Bill of 1954; Esma(?) Taft Benson; how LBJ…
Oral history transcript, Hubert H. Humphrey, III, interview 1 (I), 8/13/1979, by Joe B. Frantz
Early memories of living in Maryland when his father became a senator; visiting the LBJ Ranch; Skip's educational background; LBJ asking Humphrey Jr. to be his 1964 running mate; Humphrey Jr.'s satisfaction with the role of vice president; Humphrey…