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Oral history transcript, Warren Christopher, interview 3 (III), 12/2/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • . by no means unique in that attitude . Oral history is really fairly new, and we are just sort of relying on the intelligence of the future scholars to be well aware that that kind of circumstance does develop . And indeed I think perhaps the purpose
  • . and Chicago riots; police violence; D.C. city council
Oral history transcript, Fred M. Vinson, Jr., interview 3 c (III), 12/16/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • the recent Chicago affair of this summer. There's such a startling difference between the handling of the march on the Pentagon and the activities in Chicago this last summer. What makes the difference in that kind of case? V: Well, I suppose it's your
  • Urban disorders; Pentagon demonstration; floating federal force; Detroit riots; Control Center-Communication Centers; riots in Chicago; Baltimore riot; Ten Blocks from the White House; Daniel Walker Report: “Rights in Conflict;” Bobby Baker’s case
Oral history transcript, Katherine Graham Peden, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • . Johnson happened to be in Austin at that time and was gracious enough to come down to the meeting. So I've known Mrs. Johnson through the broadcasting field, and [I met] the President, as I recall, at a meeting in New York. senato~ He was then U.S
Oral history transcript, Robert C. Weaver, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • , "Let's form a committee and let's talk about it and let's have our grandchildren decide." F: By the time you got to New York in '43, had you begun that white flight to the suburbs? W: I didn't go to New York, I went to Chicago in '43. As a matter
  • to LBJ Ranch regarding housing message; his impact on LBJ’s thinking; reason for resignation; prejudice; feeling that the new administration will attempt to make administrative reform
Oral history transcript, Robert E. Jordan III, interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • Luther King's death and problems encountered 1 Shocked at the potential for simultaneous multiple disorders 3,18 Secretary Reser 5,6,7,8 Democratic Convention in Chicago LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT
  • ; comparison of police and military units in controlling civil disturbances; the Chicago riots of 1968; police relations with the black community; The D.C. riots following the MLK assassination; reluctance to use federal troops; difficulties in planning the use
Oral history transcript, Otto Kerner, interview 1 (I), 6/12/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • INTERVIEWEE: OTTO KERNER INTERVIEWER: Paige E. Mulhollan PLACE: Judge Kerner's chambers, Chicago, Illinois Tape 1 of 1 M: Let's begin by identifying you, sir. You're Otto Kerner, currently United States judge of the circuit court, and during most
Oral history transcript, Donald M. Baker, interview 1 (I), 2/24/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • school people, some of the welfare agencies and other groups from each of the towns--there was Detroit, New Haven, Chicago, and Pittsburgh. We had them in here and we sat down for several days with each one, a couple days at least with each one, and we
Oral history transcript, Donald M. Baker, interview 2 (II), 3/5/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • going to be run, and what types of things the money w a s going to be spent for. A typical example , as I recall, was the city of Chicago. The first grant, I think we had something like 1 0 to 15 million dollars or something like tha t, that we could
Oral history transcript, Jerome P. Cavanagh, interview 1 (I), 3/22/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • in the Kennedy Administration, particularly the poverty program which was in the mill, so to speak, at that time, there was some concern over whether the new President would support it and push it in the manner that it was being pushed by the Kennedy
Oral history transcript, Warren Christopher, interview 2 (II), 11/18/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • believe Paul Ylvisaker was the principal spokesman for the state of New Jersey at which there were also representatives from the city of Newark, I continued to play a coordinating role for the goods and services that were made available by the federal
  • . and Chicago riots; police violence; D.C. city council
Oral history transcript, John W. Hechinger, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • with the Daily News editorial staff to tell them his aspirations for the City Council. And the News--nobody had this story about his being withdrawn but the Post, and until the Post said it, of course everybody I guess was trying to investigate it. So he told
Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 3 (III), 6/26/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • either late, late the night of the speech or early the next morning to go tv Chicago on the morning of April 1. F: This was a sudden decision--the overt part of it was sudd0n? T: Well, it was something he'd sort of been holding in abeyance
Oral history transcript, Stanley R. Resor, interview 1 (I), 11/16/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • in June of 1965 to succeed Stephen Ailes. Earlier in 1965 you had been appointed Under Secretary of the Army and prior to that you were an attorney in New York and also active in Republican politics. R: Substantially correct. Is this information
Oral history transcript, Alfred B. Fitt, interview 1 (I), 10/25/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • or the appointment of a new one. In a business way, though, I've bumped into him perhaps half a dozen times, not on Defense matters, but during the period that I was General Counsel of the Army and in charge of the civil works program. Do you know what the civil
Oral history transcript, Ivan Allen, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • by political philosophy or conviction? A: Yes, I would have looked on Mr. Johnson in those days as part of the New Deal, a young man that came up during the Roosevelt days that had been liberal and progressive in his thoughts. Of course he came from what
Oral history transcript, Kenneth Torp, interview 1 (I), 6/23/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • : No, none. F: Where had you gone to school? T: CCNY in New York. Got a bachelor's there in Modern American History, Modern European History. F: Well, you got in on some modern history. T: Yes. F: So, you showed up there, then, in a commercial
Oral history transcript, Edward Re, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • Settlement Commission and rewrite all the job descriptions. It was through Mr. Macy that I obtained some very fine new personnel. M: So he was probably the one who kept your name in the top of the pile as far as prospective talent for the various jobs
Oral history transcript, Harold Barefoot Sanders, interview 3 (III), 11/3/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • under James Eastland. S: Right. F: And I forget who you've got in the House, but undoubtedly-- S: Manny Geller from New York. F: You didn't have any problem as far as the committee in the-- S: In the House. F: What do you do to jack it out
Oral history transcript, Frank F. Mankiewicz, interview 3 (III), 5/5/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • Democratic Party dinner in New York. He came right from the airport to the dinner and delivered a rather flowery tribute to the President. That sort of stilled things for a while. But it wouldn't stay down, and I think the President r s response
Oral history transcript, Powell Moore, interview 1 (I), 1/23/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • for him. So we worked together in the fall of 1966. That was a very useful period for me because it gave me an opportunity in a more relaxed atmosphere than you have here in Washington to get acquainted with my new boss. We talked about a number
  • Biographical information; Senator Richard Russell; LBJ’s decreased popularity and its sources; civil rights; LBJ’s relationship with Russell; activating battleship New Jersey; Russell’s criticism of LBJ’s Administration; editorial cartoon; growth
Oral history transcript, Thomas W. Fletcher, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • that I did in Of course, it does develop problems, but I've yet to find any govern- ment that doesn't present problems. M: The problems are just different is all. There was some thought apparently when this new D.C. government was set up
  • ; initiative for ordinances or legislation in D.C. government; Cloud 9 concept; new D.C. government; urban problems; D.C.'s preparation for marches; April riots after MLK assassination; Brookings study; prevention of riots; gun legislation; Resurrection City
Oral history transcript, Samuel Yorty, interview 1 (I), 2/7/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • statement and return it to the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library. B. If you wish to restrict the use of your transcript for a period of time, a new statement will be prepared (either by you or by us) deleting paragraph 2 and substituting the following