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Oral history transcript, Herbert J. Kramer, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

think at first he had thought of me in the capacity of Executive Director of the Kennedy Foundation, which had just lost its director. I indicated to him that I would not be interested in thiS; that I couldn't do it; that I was very flattered, but I
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968

Oral history transcript, Paul H. Douglas and Emily Taft Douglas, interview 1 (I), 11/1/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Four years later, in 1964, as the fight for voting rights continued, Johnson and Dirksen put this same provision, in almost identical language, in their bill without any reference to their action in 1960. What had produced the change? Kennedy had been

Oral history transcript, Mary Lasker, interview 3 (III), 1/11/1984, by Clarence Lasby (Item)

written into the Democratic platform an idea to have a heart conference at the presidential level, and President Kennedy had called such a heart conference but it was a disaster. I wondered if you remembered any of the reasons why it didn't turn out well
trying to get practical results from the NIH; Wilbur Cohen; fact sheets on heart disease, stroke and cancer; Lasker’s disagreements with Dr. Shannon; Truman’s effect on heart research and health insurance; the Kennedy family; doctor’s response to medical

Oral history transcript, Terry Sanford, interview 2 (II), 3/1/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

with the States, had he had any prior consultation with you? Had he arrived at this independently? I know that you at least embraced the principle, if not the specifics. S: No, I think that work was done primarily at Brookings with Joseph Pechman doing a good

Oral history transcript, Dixon Donnelley, interview 1 (I), 1/14/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

to that, during the Johnson Administration, you were an assistant to the Secretary of Treasury from about 1963 on. Is that right? D: From the beginning of the Kennedy M: From '61 until you-- D: Until I came back here. M: Did you have any occasion prior
Biographical information; first association with LBJ; Estes Kefauver; Douglas Dillon; Pierce Salinger; Joseph Laitin; Horace Busby; George Reedy; Henry Fowler; Bill Moyers; Bob McCloskey; Frederick Deming; George Christian; relations with the White

Oral history transcript, Kenneth A. Randall, interview 1 (I), 3/14/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

at that time, I had met him, but I can't say that I knew him. This was 1962? There was a presidential election in 1960 with Kennedy and Nixon. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral
Califano, Joseph A., Jr., 1931-

Oral history transcript, Lee C. White, interview 3 (III), 3/2/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

under President Kennedy, at least none that I recall. The first day that we were sworn in we all got herded into Sherman Adams' old office and took the oath together, and that was the last tL--:e, I think, we ever got in the same room. P=esident Johnson
of politics in the CAB; the Trans-Atlantic and Trans-Pacific cases; Watts riots and Joseph A. Califano Jr., Leroy Collins, Governor Brown, and Ramsey Clark; LBJ's skill at using events like Selma and Watts to achieve legislative goals; LBJ uses civil rights

Oral history transcript, Jack Howard, interview 1 (I), 10/20/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

programs. Well, he was overtaken by events, and after Kennedy's death and the great push to create th~ poverty program in his memory, things went so fast that Sam's pace and I'll have to say rather narrow views were not needed. Hence Moynihan became

Oral history transcript, Hubert H. Humphrey, III, interview 1 (I), 8/13/1979, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

III -- I -- 8 breakfasts after the election and when he became vice president, and one morning he had arranged for us to meet him in one of the side rooms of the White House to meet the President. I distinctly remember Kennedy and Johnson and Humphrey

Oral history transcript, William B. Cannon, interview 1 (I), 5/21/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

had been talking to [Walter] Heller--this is Kennedy--and had asked Heller, who was then chairman of the Council [of Economic Advisers], as you know, to do some kind of study, to get the analysis done in essence for maybe a major presidential thrust
Kennedy Task Force; comprehensive community action program; Sargent Shriver; Shriver Task Force; legislation; VISTA; drafting the bill; resident participation; planning and operation problems; regional planning; political power; Moynihan; Job Corps

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 13 (XIII), 7/12/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

[Joseph] McCarthy's accusations, and they come up throughout the year. The first one that I have in my notes concerns the appoint ment of Charles Bohlen to be ambassador to USSR. J: When was that? G: That was March 27. LBJ spoke in support of Bohlen
Recollections from 1953-1954; LBJ’s Texas State Networks broadcasts; Joseph McCarthy; LBJ and Knowland; Mary Rather leaving the staff; long working hours; Bill Moyers and foreign policy input

Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 2 (II), 11/12/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

standpoint was when I came here, I was new and Mr. Katzenbach actually held my job in 1961 and 1962 under [Attorney General] Bob Kennedy and [Deputy Attorney General] Byron White, before he succeeded Byron White as Deputy. So that he knew perfectly well what
general; LBJ's advice to Wozencraft before Wozencraft's Senate confirmation; how the OLC works with the president's White House staff, including special counsel; Joseph Califano's work as special assistant to the president; Harry McPherson's work

Oral history transcript, Wilbur J. Cohen, interview 3 (III), 5/10/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

the literature nobody made a big deal about it at all. Sort of said, "Yeah, that's a pretty good idea." This is the solution to the Achilles' heel problem which had vexed the Kennedy Administration and others up until this time. 15 LBJ Presidential Library
[For interview 1, 2, and 3] Biographical information; social security; Eleanor Roosevelt; 1939 amendment to Social Security Act; Congressional committee and chairmen; unemployment insurance; disability benefits; Kennedy administration; Medicare; LBJ
Cohen, Wilbur J. (Wilbur Joseph), 1913-1987

Oral history transcript, Lewis Blaine Hershey, interview 1 (I), 11/22/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

talk history. Sec: [Identifying professor referred to above] H: Well, you see, a minute on Califano. Professor Shea. Well, the Cubans were coming in fast, and when they decided in the Kennedy Administration, to put the people who had been through
Califano, Joseph A., Jr., 1931-
Adams; gaining minority representation; John Doar; Jim Folsom; Patrick Moynihan; rehabilitation program; attitude toward voluntary or national service systems; Ted Kennedy; definition of uniformity in relation to draft; criticism of lack of uniformity

Oral history transcript, C. Robert Perrin, interview 2 (II), 3/17/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

and not running for re-election. here: So there were three nominations being held Harding's, mine, and Pat Kennedy as director of the VISTA program. So this was the situation then as Congress took off in August for its vacation. And when they came back

Oral history transcript, Robert J. McCloskey, interview 1 (I), 5/1/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

to remember whether it was late that day or the next morning, but Dean Rusk called me in to show me a letter that John Kennedy wrote to Lee Kuan Yew apologizing for the incident. Well, needless to say, I got a lot of religion out of that, and that day
in the Middle East and where the phrase came from; the Liberty incident and whether or not it was accidental; preparing for press briefings; Joseph Stalin's daughter seeking asylum in the U.S.; an attitude of secrecy in the Foreign Service; McCloskey's

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 27 (XXVII), 9/23/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to prepare myself for the private sector that extended back prior to joining Hubert Humphrey and shortly following the death of Bobby Kennedy had been brought into focus. I had failed to comply with the agreements I had made with the three networks and Hughes

Oral history transcript, Henry Hirshberg, interview 1 (I), 10/17/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

principals, none of whom ever held public office or aspired thereto, there are three that come to my mind. Beside myself, Dan Quill the postmaster, Walter McAllister the mayor of the city of San Antonio and Joseph Sheldon. In any event that outfit, after
Biographical information; formation of Citizens League; Walter McAllister; Joseph Sheldon; Maury Maverick; Dan Quill; Roy Miller; LBJ’s marriage ceremony; speech writing during court packing controversy; John Ross; LBJ’s campaigns; appendicitis

Oral history transcript, Helen Gahagan Douglas, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Emma Long, interview 3 (III), 6/1/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)

Long -- III -- 9 B: So that was just one particular campaign, I guess. Well, two. L: Three, I guess. [In] 1948, 1951, and 1953 there was a lot of that. was in the days of Joseph McCarthy. B: So I guess it had died down some by then. L: It had

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 19 (XIX), 4/22/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh O'Brien -- Interview XIX -- 11 understand cabinet meetings that I saw in both the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations

Oral history transcript, George R. Davis, interview 1 (I), 2/13/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Davis -- I -- 2 D: I won't begin with the small churches I served in high school and during college. My major ministries were, the first, in Chickasha, Oklahoma, twelve years; and then to St. Joseph

Oral history transcript, Josh H. Groce, interview 1 (I), 8/3/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Groce -- I -- 14 JG: In the subsequent election of 1960--of Kennedy--I wrote to the clerk in Washington and asked him to please send me a copy of the motion that had been filed several years before. I've got the letter

Oral history transcript, Carroll Kilpatrick, interview 2 (II), 5/24/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Kilpatrick -- II -- 3 G: What about people like [Joseph W.] Alsop, and [Benjamin C.] Bradlee, and so forth

Oral history transcript, William D. Krimer, interview 1 (I), 3/2/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

while. Erhard had been-- K: The conversation took place in deputy chief of mission's residence--Ambassador [Martin Joseph Anthony] Hillenbrand; at that time he was the DCM. I got there at the appointed time; Erhard had not yet arrived and I was shown

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 11 (XI), Jan. 27-28, 1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Johnson -- XI -- 2 at the Kennedy-Warren in a small apartment, our return to the Kennedy-Warren actually, because it had been our first, brief home after Lyndon came to Congress. Lyndon had had, for a few weeks, a little apartment over there the summer

Oral history transcript, Lawrence McQuade, interview 1 (I), 1/15/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

: I came over here in November, 1963, and about first week or two I was here, President Kennedy was assassinated. M: So you've been here almost the exact length of Mr. Johnson's tenure-in this department. Did you ever have occasion to have contact
Biographical information; Hodges’ resignation; John Connor; Sandy Trowbridge; Howard Samuels; C.R. Smith; Andrew Brimmer; Herb Holloman; Commerce internal management problems; effectiveness of Commerce Secretary; Georgetown group of Kennedy people

Oral history transcript, Sid Davis, interview 5 (V), 11/28/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

a sense of urgency about it? D: Oh, yes! You know, I think in later years we were told that the President, shortly after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, called [Joseph A.] Califano and the White House inner circle and said, "Look, fellas, I know

Oral history transcript, Jack Valenti, interview 4 (IV), 3/3/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was organized was probably as follows: The President really made the decisions. I was in charge of scheduling out of the White House; Kenny O'Donnell, who was formerly appointments secretary to President Kennedy, worked out of the national committee office
Valenti, Jack J. (Jack Joseph), 1921-2007

Oral history transcript, Warren I. Cikins, interview 1 (I), 5/12/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

concurrent--I guess what I'm trying to say is that I would have probably gone over to the Civil Rights Commission whether or not Jack Kennedy had been assassinated. As I've been indicating in another context, I often wore a number of hats, and this was a time

Oral history transcript, Dorothy Territo, interview 1 (I), 11/1/1983, by Claudia Anderson (Item)

down the hall from where the subway ended I started building a subject file identical to the file that was being instituted for current mail. And in this, the three that stand out in my mind: one was the censure of Senator [Joseph] McCarthy, Rule 22

Oral history transcript, Lindley Beckworth, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

was Joseph W . Bailey, who, by the way, President Johnson was very interested in and President Johnson's father was very interested in, if I have heard it related correctly . I remember in 1'920 when Joseph W . Bailey ran for governor after having left

Oral history transcript, Roy Elson, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

all that material on [Joseph] McCarthy that he had gotten the two investigators to do: one from IRS and one from the FBI. And [he] was the one responsible for putting on the mail cover on McCarthy from the Rules Committee. I remember having taken
boundaries for Hayden; Hayden's memory; Hayden's investigation of Joseph McCarthy; McCarthy's censure; Hayden's work to prevent the Bricker Amendment from passing; Mike Mansfield's intelligence committee resolution; Hayden's committee assignments; Hayden's

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 11 (XI), 12/20/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

broadcasts into the Soviet Union. R: I remember now. He had accepted the speech, and I'm trying to remem ber now where the original invitation came from, whether it came from Eddie Weisl, or that may have been done through Eddie Joseph, I'm not quite

Oral history transcript, John Sparkman, interview 2 (II), 6/9/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

he was on the ticket. Yes. But I'm thinking there was a move to nominate him for vice president, and he made a speech--I think I'm right on this--and said that he was in favor of Jack Kennedy. Now, was that in 1956? G: I believe so. S: I think
as Majority Leader; Capehart amendment for the 1955 Housing Act; brief synopses of several pieces of legislation; Joseph McCarthy; Civil Rights Act of 1957; LBJ and his mentors; LBJ's power of persuasion; 1960 campaign

Oral history transcript, Roland Bibolet, interview 1 (I), 5/14/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

on to the heights that he did, I know McFarland was extremely proud of the association, and when we went to Washington at the occasion of the Kennedy funeral, McFarland wanted very much to tell Lyndon personally � � LBJ Presidential Library http
personality and his staff; LBJ and Knowland; later contacts with LBJ; Republican senators; the Policy Committee; dealings with Eisenhower Administration; LBJ's attitude toward Joseph McCarthy; LBJ's legislative techniques

Oral history transcript, Harold Pachios, interview 1 (I), 10/15/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. So I was one of them. Pat Kennedy, who was later to head up VISTA and who is now the city manager of Columbia, Maryland, was another. Jerry Bruno was the third one, and you know who Jerry is. Mel Cottone, who was also a Kennedy advance man

Oral history transcript, Lester D. Johnson, interview 1 (I), 10/16/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

[NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 5 only at the present time--it's in effect at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York; at the San Antonio International Airport; and at Dulles Airport here

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 10 (X), 10/14/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

offending anti-Semites, but at the same time there were people like Eddie Joseph and the Marcuses, Stanley Marcus, there were a number of people of Jewish faith who held rather important positions in Texas. Actually, one of the strange things

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 25 (XXV), 1/2/1982-1/3/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Johnson -- XXV -- 17 the home of the Joseph Davies, Mrs. Merriweather Post Davies at that time. It was always in a beautiful part of the spring
visit to Washington, D.C. and Mrs. Johnson's trip with them to New York City; F Street Club; Joseph Davies' home, Tregaron; visits to Senator Harry Byrd's home; "Byrd houses" along the Appalachian Trail; socializing with the Texas delegation; Tony Buford

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