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Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 15 (XV), 12/15/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • for anyone who was trying to quit smoking or quit drinking or do anything like that. It was really-G: Was Vietnam a divisive issue in terms of the staff? C: Well, I think certainly McPherson and [Walt] Rostow did not see eye to eye on it. McNamara
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 58 (LVIII), 12/13/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , as we talked briefly, Arthur Burns talked to [Walt?] Rostow and sent him a paper, and asked questions about whether it was an appropriate time for a tax increase. Johnson was always ambivalent about it, because he knew how tough the politics of it were
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 1 (I), 4/14/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • or domestic problems we had and probably as much backgrounding of the press as anybody there except Christian and [Walt] Rostow, but again, in program areas, trying to sell our programs, or what have you. The only exception really was when I would ask
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 39 (XXXIX), 12/20/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • point with Freeman and Rusk and Rostow and Bundy--I see one here for five o'clock on February 3, but I had one which led into a six o'clock meeting with the President, but I had one before that with that group, which preceded my memo of February 3. (Long
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 36 (XXXVI), 9/21/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • on the first of August with O'Brien, Ginsburg, Wirtz, Reynolds, Ackley, Katzenbach, Douglas, [Walt?] Rostow, Clifford, and [Bill] Moyers. In and out. I guess O'Brien's reporting on where the legislation stands, and he says that Yarborough will support
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 60 (LX), 1/17/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • -- LX -- 15 Then, for some reason on the eighth of April, we got into a discussion of--let me just get my own calendar for April 8. Christ, he's got [Walt] Rostow. Well, I was in his office for the postal reorganization thing for thirteen minutes
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 2 (II), 5/27/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)