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Oral history transcript, William C. Westmoreland, interview 2 (II), 7/25/1985, by Charles B. MacDonald (Item)

deteriorated at lower levels during the latter years of the war and became a weak point. Operations put such a load on small-unit action that leadership at that level became strained. tour exacerbated it. The one-year I consider that the marines were used

Oral history transcript, McGeorge Bundy, interview 2 (II), 2/17/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

of assurances without much action, and those due bills fell in. As soon as the election was over, when it became apparent, as indeed it had been right through the year that we were living on borrowed time, the President hadn't wanted to make and the government
after he left the LBJ administration; Bundy's view of U.S. action in Vietnam 1966-1968; events leading up to LBJ's 3/31/1968 speech announcing he would not seek re-election; Bundy's DePauw University speech and response to it; Bundy's surprise

Oral history transcript, Robert M. Montague, interview 1 (I), 9/27/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

to see the Vietnamese want to mount a positive program even if it was not terribly well thought out, planned and executed. G: Were there after-action appreciations of Hop Tac? Was there an effort to draw lessons from it? M: Well, we had a pretty

Oral history transcript, Stewart L. Udall, interview 4 (IV), 10/31/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

apparently nervous about decisions that I might or might not make with the oil program. There began to be inquiries about actions that were pending or that people thought might be taken and this came into view. Then it later on, along in January, that the two

Oral history transcript, Lee C. White, interview 4 (IV), 3/3/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

development. You can't set the d2:!lned thing up so that only the large privately owned utilities can benefit from this. We ought to have some way of getting a slice of the action. 11 The big utilities say, "Well, now, just a second. We've got some stuff
FPC concerns: pollution, future energy requirements, nuclear power generation; cooperation between the FPC and the AEC; the changing role of the NEA; the 1965 NYC power failure ("brown-out"); LBJ summons the FPC to action, the beginning

Oral history transcript, David G. Nes, interview 2 (II), 3/25/1983, 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 Nes Congress on the other. ~- II -- 5 And it listed ten or fifteen recommended courses of action, which I

Oral history transcript, Ray S. Cline, interview 2 (II), 5/31/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

that leading eventually to Che Guevara's death was a side of our operational program in Central America and the Caribbean. But Mongoose, as I understood it, was aimed at Cuba proper and it was to prevent the economy from being successful. I know

Oral history transcript, Clark M. Clifford, interview 5 (V), 12/15/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was a fascinating one. Mr. Forrestal at that stage was very clear on what was needed, and he chose a course of action that is rarely selected by men. He was completely forthright with President Truman and in effect said, "I've come over to tell you I have been wrong
by Defense Department; Middle East tension; U.S.-limited partner in regional associations of nations; balance of power in South America; beginning of arms limitation talks; U.S.-U.S.S.R summit meeting; invasion of Czechoslovakia; role of National Security

Oral history transcript, Paul C. Warnke, interview 1 (I), 1/8/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

of Defense to take action to insure that no discriminatory practices existed. We were able to point to this pro- vision in the Maryland law as sort of the opening wedge, so that initially we evolved the policy of requiring that any housing near bases

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

some suggestion that toward the end of his life his thinking on civil rights evolved more to affirmative action than he had previously embraced. Did he talk about that at all or do you think that was part of it? EG: No, I don't remember the words

Oral history transcript, Jesse Curry, interview 1 (I), 8/18/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

man out of Washington. M: [l~inston G.] Lawson,who was a Secret He led the parade that day. Now, I would assume that you've given testimony about your actions at thi~ parade. C: Yes. M: What, before the Warren Commission? C: Yes, before

Oral history transcript, Edward R. Fried, interview 1 (I), 4/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

came in that de Gaulle had decided not to devalue the franc. That was a surprising develop- ment, but not ruled out in the briefing we had given him. didn't know what action he would take. statement that he would not devalue. we had a further

Oral history transcript, A. Ross Eckler, interview 1 (I), 10/25/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

thirty years ago when that took place quite often, but I believe it was as a result of very considerable action on his part in soliciting political support and backing. In my own case, I did not do that. I left it to be decided. LBJ Presidential

Oral history transcript, William Reynolds, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Reynolds -- I -- 2 was the key to legislative action on the Hill. G: Do you know why you were selected for this assignment? Had you had experience in working [in this area]? R: I had

Oral history transcript, Elie Abel, interview 1 (I), 1/19/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

/exhibits/show/loh/oh Abel--I--7 A: He had done it in the beginning. ~~ere he was--I suppose--technically right; blockade is one of a possible range of warlike actions. But to have said that a blockade was necessarily an act of war at that moment

Oral history transcript, John Ben Shepperd, interview 1 (I), 12/30/1968, by Elizabeth Kaderli (Item)

stages of the war and that was more of a holding action than anything else before I went into the service. Then when I got out of the service in 1946 I was elected a vice president of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce. And then the next

Oral history transcript, Philip Lee, interview 2 (II), 1/28/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

, there was tremendous change in attitude in industry of both the polluting industries and the industries-the R&D kind of industries who are interested in getting into the action--with respect to working with the government. That's just another example of the sort

Oral history transcript, Lawrence E. (Larry) Levinson, interview 3 (III), April 1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

the automobile manufacturers did a tremendous lobbying campaign and had all of their franchise dealers [do so, too]. As you know, in America there is always a Chevrolet dealer in every town and that represented an amazingly potent political force. Well
The Transportation Department; a comprehensive auto safety plan including all related issues; Ralph Nader; automobile manufacturers' response to legislative action; passing the Auto Safety bill; the history of studying highway and auto safety; 1966

Oral history transcript, Harold Fleming, interview 1 (I), 5/14/1986, by Michael Gillette (Item)

[The Negro Family: The Case for National Action] at just the time the conference was being anticipated, somewhere between the time Johnson made his Howard University speech and, what he must have regretted more than once, rashly promised this conference
Daniel Patrick Moynihan's involvement in the White House "To Fulfill These Rights" conference; Moynihan's report "The Negro Family: The Case for National Action;" deciding who would be invited to speak at the conference; Fleming's career and how

Oral history transcript, James W. Gulick, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

house, goes simply to the point that, assulning Haritime had gone under DOT, you \vould have had in one agency the ship side; airlines which are nm.] under FAA safety regulations; the St. Lawrence Seaway, which is a small piece of the action

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 6 (VI), 10/17/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

of people. It's a conservative [organization] like the Americans for Democratic Action on the left. And the second way was in anti-communist seminars. Now, there was a little flurry and some news about that and some complaining in the press and arguing

Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 6 (VI), 3/29/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

really--because it looked up to this stage of the game impossible--one really along with the fact that the Senator's father had been a famous physician and so on and was the first fellow in North America to suture the human heart, in Wetumpka, Alabama

Oral history transcript, Robert F. McMahon and Mark T. Muller, interview 1 (I), 7/7/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

in a couple or so weeks and having lunch, and I think it was Ben Green brought over this tall Navy commander, nonrated, and I--my immediate thought was, "Well, I know that maybe the Navy is about due to get into action here with us, but why would they send

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 3 (III), 7/18/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR. INTERVIEWER: Joe B. Frantz PLACE: Mr. Califano's office, Washington, D. C. Tape 1 of 1 F: Let's talk about crises and the management of crises, your action in them, the degree of presidential involvement, the degree

Oral history transcript, Willard J. Smith, interview 1 (I), 12/10/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 11 what you might call contingency action. Ordinarily, we only join the Navy on a full-time basis in times of national emergency. Now, we work with them in a good many programs

Oral history transcript, Barry Zorthian, interview 2 (II), 4/24/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of the Voice of America. Frank Stanton was just a sort of adviser to the President; I don't think he had an official position then. He may have been chairman of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Information. He became that later, in any event, but whether

Oral history transcript, Ivan L. Bennett, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/11/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

that this was going to be lessened by any individual action. As a result of that, by memorandum to the departments, he indicated that so far as scientific and technological programs in the air pollution field were concerned, he was charging this office to give him

Oral history transcript, Rufus Phillips, interview 2 (II), 5/27/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: RUFUS PHILLIPS INTERVIEWER: Ted Gittinger PLACE: Mr. Phillips' office, Arlington, Virginia Tape 1 of 1 G: What were you doing in Laos? P: I was asked to go up there and start something that was called Civic Action. The Lao government

Oral history transcript, Eugene H. Guthrie, interview 1 (I), 4/26/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

literature worldwide that indeed cigarette smoking was a serious hazard to health and it ought to be recognized and remedial action taken. He agreed with that and asked the Surgeon General and the Public Health Service to put together an LBJ Presidential

Oral history transcript, Jean A. Sauvageot, interview 1 (I), 7/25/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, and be involved in the whole range of military operations, especially the regional force and popular force operations. That's at the company-sized units and platoon-sized units. And all the civic action aspects. In other words, a whole range of both military

Oral history transcript, Woodrow Bean, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to try to keep any continuity on this thing. F: No, no. B: I just want to talk as it comes to me. I did go and look up the 1948 election. The Democratic primary of course had no Republican opposition. You take for instance in the primary here
and the involvement of Judge Clarence Martens, Coke Stevenson, and George Parr; Bean's 1947 House of Representatives campaign; Bean's relationship to Judge Roy Bean; Bean's proposed legislation to raise taxes on sulphur, oil, and gas in 1947; the 1956 state Democratic

Oral history transcript, Harold Brown, interview 1 (I), 1/17/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 14 actions taken then or thereafter, I'm not about

Oral history transcript, Rodney Borum, interview 1 (I), 10/16/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

of legislation where domestic business is involved, this department and this bureau is not given a major part of the action ; therefore, we play a secondary role . different . Of course, it's debatable whether it should be I'm sure many would disagree

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 16 (XVI), 12/16/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of the poverty program, kind of what survived of the community action agencies. We ought to get into the poverty program. Even though it was put in place while I was still in the Pentagon, I was involved in it and in what happened later. On the community action

Oral history transcript, George Ball, interview 1 (I), 7/8/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

a kind of continuous session that went on for that week while we were trying to decide what action to take. He came into the meetings. He said relatively little. He didn't take a dominant part at all in the discussions. The rest of us did to a much

Oral history transcript, Maxwell D. Taylor, interview 2 (II), 6/1/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

helpful to the government, he should report to Washington. G: Can you recall about when you took this action? T: No, I just remember my action when I discovered it. G: Is this when you were chairman of the Joint Chiefs? T: No. Sometime when army

Oral history transcript, John P. (Gen.) McConnell, interview 1 (I), 8/14/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

. He obviously did, as indicated by his actions subsequent to that time. McS: I think That was the main theme of the whole two days, actually. Were you surprised at being invited down to the Ranch? Or had you come to know him fairly well just

Oral history transcript, Richard A. Prindle, interview 1 (I), 2/3/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

a presentation to the cabinet which just ended up with zero as far . • J as any action was concerned. [I remember] the contrast that we felt with the Congress, which was getting extremely interested in push; ng very hard, Congressman [Kenneth] Roberts from

Oral history transcript, Dale Miller and Virginia "Scooter" Miller, interview 1 (I), 8/26/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

are Democrats or Republicans. DM: That is true. When I first came here, old Hatton Sumners was the congressman from Dallas, and that was, well, twenty eight years ago. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B

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

spend $500; if it's $100, they'd spend $100. M: Now, the other side of this coin, of course, is to encourage foreigners to tour in America. J: That's correct. M: Did you do anything at that time to encourage foreign travel? J: Well

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