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Oral history transcript, Lindy Boggs, interview 1 (I), 2/15/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

at the press conference, because number one, I was having a difficult time selling tickets. The chairman of our party and the treasurer of our party were in some disagreement with each other, and some very splendid volunteers were sort of holding this dinner

Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 6 (VI), 11/17/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the press was brought out to the compound, and it was drizzly. Jackie was very pregnant; she made a sort of a distant appearance. Bobby was around. There wasn't any glamour to the compound at that point, but everybody got to see it. Johnson had picked

Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 7 (VII), 3/4/1996, by Harry Middleton (Item)

architect in Culpeper, Virginia, by the name of Meade Palmer. Carol Fortas became our treasurer, as I remember. I also remember holding a press conference in my old office building at Hains Point, the Park Service office building, where we had the model

Oral history transcript, Welly K. Hopkins, interview 2 (II), 11/14/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

haven't seen him for some time.--and others. And they got out literature on their own steam, maybe using some of the printing presses at the Normal--I'm not sure. bit. I had very little money; I contributed a little Lyndon traveled with me from time

Oral history transcript, Ardis C. Hopper, interview 1 (I), 11/6/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was a good student, but you know, nobody studied too much. G: I gather there were a lot of bull sessions. H: Yes, bull sessions. G: What was he interested in? H: He was interested in debate. There was a press club out there that he was a member

Oral history transcript, Francis Keppel, interview 2 (II), 8/17/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

going stronger in that. We had to fight him, and all the rest of the story is true, but unattractive adjectives attract the press. Finally, with regard to the material on particularly Pages 27 and 28, in which I was quoting my memory of conversations

Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 1 (I), 1/30/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was in the first car and I was about three or four cars-because whenever there was an official ceremony like this the press people had to be up forward. Liz Carpenter was up forward, etc., and I always stayed out of the way. Oh, about eight miles out we began

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

." At the last minute, I decided to make the race, to the consternation of the press. elected. You see, I did not live in Tom Ford's district. Melvyn was at the time already overseas Burma, China Theatre of war. I was serving in the India, He heard of my

Oral history transcript, John W. Gardner, interview 1 (I), 12/20/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

." "Well," I said, "I've got a memo yellowing in the files and I'll send it down to you," so I sent him the memo and with astonishing speed Lyndon Johnson just took hold of it. Apparently both he and Lady Bird read the memo and just pressed the buttons

Oral history transcript, E. Ernest Goldstein, interview 5 (V), 5/3/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

say it and it's something unpleasant, you can't take it back." This was a little bit like the story of the press conference that was told yesterday, where he had made some remark. And that, I think, LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org

Oral history transcript, Bertha Allman Graef, interview 1 (I), 10/20/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was rather upset so I went back and told the librarian about it, and she said, "Oh, well, you can go to see Lyndon Johnson. head of the Press Club. He'll know what to do about it. He's He'll talk to you about it." So she sent me over to his office

Oral history transcript, Gerard C. Smith, interview 1 (I), 4/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

in the quiver. Let's go ahead with it." In effect, he said to Finletter, "You go ahead and get this thing done, and I'll be ready to move the day after election." I remember going back with Finletter to talk to the press about it, and Finletter of course

Oral history transcript, Frank F. Mankiewicz, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

and I guess you functioned in the capacity of press assistant. . The official title was press M: .That's right. but every.one called job "press secretary'. "· ~he G: assistant~ Well, I'd like to_begin just by asking you about the '64 task force

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 6 (VI), 10/13/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

a nice occasion it was, that kind of thing. G: You mentioned the picketing. Why was he so concerned about the picketing? Was it because of the press coverage of it or was it just a personal--? K: I don't want to overdo his concern because he
LBJ’s frustration at the end of his presidency, especially regarding the Soviet Union and Vietnam; LBJ’s attempt to meet with Nixon and Soviets; Urban League dinner in New York; LBJ’s concern over press coverage of anti-war, anti-LBJ picketing; sale

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 10 (X), 5/13/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the situation that he was in, that he had to have some kind of bill. G: There was a good deal of criticism from the southern press that Johnson had tricked the South in this way. M: Yes, with his announcing that this bill that had been blocked would

Oral history transcript, Guy S. Meloy III, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Oral history transcript, Wilbur Mills, interview 1 (I), 11/2/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

and I were at daggers points. That was not true. F: That's one thing I wanted to ask you. M: That was not true. F: In the press, sometimes you seemed to be heading on a collision course. M: Oh, that's the press making that up. F: The two of you

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 4 (IV), 5/21/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

be--I didn't know Russell quite as wel 1 at that [time]. I \vas still working for the United Press when that happened, you know. While I knew Russell, I didn't know him as well as I got to know him later. It may \\fell be that Russell was already

Oral history transcript, James Robinson, interview 1 (I), 2/21/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

the presses. I thought for a while they might go ahead; we tried recasting the first and last chapters. It still didn't quite fit with--to their satisfaction. And, within two or three weeks, they cancelled the publication altogether. G: I'm

Oral history transcript, W. Evans Buchanan, interview 1 (I), 2/7/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

pressed for money, I had collected for all but, I think, three tickets the night of the dinner . The State Chairman and the Chairman of the Central Committee were so pressed for money they collected hourly . I am told through some of my friends in Texas

Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 1 (I), 2/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

and chatted with the~. This attracted a lot of very favorable 12 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] attention on the part of the press. More on LBJ Library

Oral history transcript, Edie Adams, interview 1 (I), 5/13/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

being what they are, that you could have brought a dog in and given him the kind of publicity, all the press exposure he got, and no one ex post facto wouldn't have claimed him. A: It seems especially now that he was a famous dog [someone would have

Oral history transcript, Ben Barnes, interview 1 (I), 6/28/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

: This is common in politics. But now there I was---I don't know why, and maybe it has been to my advantage, but the press has always written more about me than I deserved or warranted, and a lot of times I didn't understand why. That dinner attracted too much

Oral history transcript, James E. Webb, interview 1 (I), 4/29/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

about what ought to be done and how it ought to be done. I've heard this up in the Senate, or some people tell me this." He was always ready to bring in information, to ask questions, to say, "Have you considered this?" and always ready to press you

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 33 (XXXIII), 6/13/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in charge of the legislative program; he was in the Press Office, but it takes a while for those things to shake down and so he was operating under call, under directions, from the President. I'm operating under directions from the President. The President's

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 38 (XXXVIII), 11/15/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Califano -- XXXVIII -- 2 G: But he took the initiative, as you recall. C: Oh, he took the initiative and pressed very hard. G: Do you recall what he said in those phone conversations? C: No, I

Oral history transcript, William S. Livingston, interview 2 (II), 7/19/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

for the deanship. That is, he never tried to guide the development of the School--no, that's wrongly put; I think he did do that--but he did not try to press the committee to recommend anything about the structure, organization, functions. But he did press

Oral history transcript, John A. Gronouski, interview 2 (II), 2/10/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

it by getting the sense and the meanings of our conversations and our discussions and convey that sense of meaning to Hanoi. Of course there was, I can't remember in detail now all of the elements of the conversations, but the Poles pressed us pretty hard

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 26 (XXVI), 1/9/1982-1/10/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of the spectrum there continued our talking evenings with people like the Bill Douglases, the Bill Whites, Dick Russell. And a sizeable number of press people were a part of our life. Doris Fleeson, of the acid tongue and very perceptive eye. We got along
in Korea; LBJ's work to cut wasteful spending; press attention for his subcommittee work.

Oral history transcript, William R. Desobry, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

the press, the McNamaras, and the rest, people who weren't professional in any sense of the word, but who were either criticizing it, as the press was doing, or running it, as McNamara and his people were doing. They didn't understand it, no. That's so
; updates on the Vietnamese leaders Desobry worked with; the 42nd and 44th Rangers' strengths; Desobry's relationship with the press; Ward Just's writing; events leading up to the Tet offensive; the loss of Viet Cong strength in the Delta; the effects

Oral history transcript, Hyman Bookbinder, interview 2 (II), 5/19/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

shouldn't take the time, but I like to tell the story, so I will. When that meeting was over--it was not open to the press at that time--a reporter from the Washington Post who has since died, a marvelous reporter called--with an E, a woman reporter, I'll

Oral history transcript, Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., interview 2 (II), 5/23/1969 by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

a great genius in this field. And he was going to come down and for nothing, except for his expenses--the installation, donate his time, set up the East Room so that the President would look better in his press conferences because he felt that television
; problems with Interior Department; shift to Civil Division; Pure and Union Oil; critical of Ramsey Clark as Attorney General; LBJ’s difficulties with Establishment press; missile/satellite program investigation; LBJ’s neglect of functions as leader

Oral history transcript, Ashton Gonella, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Oral history transcript, Richard M. Helms, interview 1 (I), 4/4/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

. It's of historical interest to say that that was the first and last conversation we ever had on the subject until totally to my surprise in 1966, he announced at a press conference that he had just appointed me Director, although he had

Oral history transcript, Theodore Hesburgh, interview 1 (I), 2/1/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

still wanted to get the statement out and make it public, we could. And we did. At that point he had a press conference on a number of other matters, and during the press conference said he thought this was a bad suggestion, probably unconstitutional

Oral history transcript, Powell Moore, interview 1 (I), 1/23/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Natural Gas Company for approximately a year. By this time it was fall of 1966. Then I got a call from a guy by the name of Bill Bates, who had been Senator Russell's press secretary since the mid-1950s. By the It/ay, he might be able to make

Oral history transcript, Robert W. Murphey, interview 1 (I), 11/22/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

already had fountain pens--back in those days before the ballpoints--and he had pencils and things engraved for the press and his friends "From Governor Bill McCraw." He was going to pass them out after his election, you know. Well, O'Daniel swept in. I
support; States’ Rights Party; Stevenson and the press; the 1948 campaign; George Peddy votes; election controversy; Murphey’s election as sergeant at arms; Stevenson’s attitude about the decision on the election.

Oral history transcript, Spurgeon H. Neel, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/7/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

in the press. My experience has been that after every war the underachievers come up with something related to the war, whether it's shell shock or whether it's gassed in World War II or whether it's battle fatigue in World War II or whether it's Agent Orange

Oral history transcript, Murrey Marder, interview 1 (I), 5/25/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

was saying that. There were a couple of sources with deep misgivings about how the press and public were being misled, who were not in a position to tell anyone what happened, but to indicate their own disquiet, let's say, about whether the facts were all
Marder's career history covering foreign affairs; LBJ's foreign affairs-related experience as he entered the presidency; LBJ's credibility gap in the press; LBJ's tendency to exaggerate; Marder's August 1964 coverage of the Tonkin Gulf incident

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 2 (II), 12/19/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

very cautious speeches that were entirely suitable for a Senator from Texas.He was getting out of the speech writing business here in the White House, both because of his job as Press Secretary and because the kind of speeches that needed to be written

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