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  • one, that Johnson saw Bob Kennedy as a threat to his own supremacy in the party, and the President protected himself against what, I guess we could call, the Kennedy threat—in a very gingerly manner, but nonetheless he protected himself. I can't
  • how he oversimplified the role of the Federal Reserve Board. But, in mind, Bob Weaverls, obviously, and Thurgood Marshall 'S [another]; you're placing people in positions of real power and authority where they can make some substantive decisions
  • and General Bob Smith of Dallas, had gotten a hundred former servicemen to put in some money to get a helicopter to put at Lyndon's disposal for a certain length of time, I think it was about a month. They had figured that it wouldn't cost any more than
  • . Mulhollan PLACE: Mr. Bundy's office, New York City Tape 1 of 1 M: This time the subjects I want to talk about--and for your time benefit I hope we can wind it up--are Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East, particularly. Suppose we begin with Latin
  • that Jack assigned his brother, Bob, who was to go up and visit with Governor G. Mennen Williams and Walter Reuther, and advise them of the decision. G: Was this at that early meeting that he asked his brother to--? O: Once it was determined that Lyndon
  • got some very poor human beings in deep trouble ; we have the power to help them and give them some hope in the future . Shall we do it or shan't we?" And the whole room, including some pretty hard-boiled reactionary individuals who had never shown
  • with much gusto and stimulate our enthusiasm for beautiful language. And I remember there was one speech [by] Bob Ingersoll. You know who he is, don't you? Well, Bob Ingersoll was a great speaker maybe seventy-five years ago, a public speaker, and many
  • administration, as I recall. What were they? Bascom Giles. The insurance scandal, the big land scandal-- The lid of that was blown off by one of my townsmen, you remember, from Cuero? G: Bob Trotti, wasn't it? No, it wasn't. What's his name? S
  • persisted for the next i t~o or three years, during which time I had no further contact whatever with the future President. PAtTL BOLTON: Well, Dr. Bob, when did you next make contact \,i th the President? ROBERT MONTGOME~Y: '-[hat was the occasion
  • of the Eighty-second Airborne Division, who followed Bob [Robert] York. He was sort of the acting commander of Bragg and the Eighty-second, what was left of it. sion was in Santo Domingo. At one time the whole divi- He was trying to run Fort Bragg, and I had
  • HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Admiral Stevens has just spent an hour with Bob Mayo talking about it." So I called him up
  • that the station was available? J: I can't remember exactly. We knew at least one of the three absentee owners, and that was Bob Anderson who used to be from Vernon. He'd been on Lyndon's advisory committee in the NYA. It was there in our hometown. We could have
  • come see him. I voiced the hope that he might be interested in becoming NYA state director. If he was interested I would make an appoi.ntment for him to see Aubrey Williams when Aubrey returned to the city. My recollection is that he was obviously
  • Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh PICKLE -- V -- 2 I was at my campaign headquarter s, and I was in a little private room talking to Dr. Bob Montgomery, my dear friend from University days. We were talking about how
  • was going to do and what I wanted to do, and I told him that I hoped to study law . And he asked me where I was going to go to school, and I explained my problem to him . He said, "Well, they're hiring people in Washington now in many of these New Deal
  • system; modification of standards; working relationship with Bob Weaver; Austin pilot program; Boston Rehabilitation Project; low cost housing; social services; Fanny Mae; LBJ's effectiveness in a small group
  • , But if I had found out that he had just absolutely said no the day before, I might wait a week to bring it in and hope that maybe he had had a change of heart which he often did. B: When did you first get called in on agricultural redevelopment for Viet
  • hope on that and don't make him a flat promise, Porter would try, "No, no. We can't do that." And Crockett would say, "Well now, you know, yes, that's very interesting, and when we get back, try [and] 9 LBJ Presidential Library http
  • and less on separate staff operations than perhaps Mr . Acheson and Mr . Dulles and Governor Herter . Even there, it's awfully hard to generalize, Mr . Dulles had a very close relationship with Bob Bowie, who was head or chairman of the Policy Planning
  • near--where, Marlin? I don't think Marlin. G: Killeen, I guess. R: Up near Waco. You know, back to Mr. Johnson and owning land and hoping some day to have enough money to buy land and also bank stock, the only other thing that he said to me--and he
  • to be given for a long, long time. For instance, reading the love letters exchanged between Lyndon Johnson and Lady Bird, which someday I hope will be published. word in them that can't be used. will be inspiring to people. They are publishable; there's
  • histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 8 ideas were of Mr. Johnson. M: The clearest initial impression I have was of exclaiming, I hope to myself, 11 My God, what a big man! 11 llis size, of course, was and is always magnified
  • , to start this program and hoped that the program would then become self-supporting . What it amounted to was a series of ten steps, beginning with a drive for new registrations, and then some made work things, and then a victory celebration, and a whole
  • it went up in '66 and was whittled down to a much less significant bill before final votes, the vote was not so terribly discouraging as to make it seem impossible to hope to secure the legislation. '67 was really probably an even more negative year
  • : Did he ever talk to you about his hopes for getting an open housing bill through? E: No. I was there when he signed the voter rights bill. I still have the pen. F: I know. Tell me about that ceremony. He invited you up, didn't he? E: Yes, yes. He
  • . charge. Oh, I think Bob Baskin was there. He He had come up there getting ready to take John Connally insisted that Lyndon had serious doubts about whether he wanted to be President; that he was thinking about his chidren, his daughters grmving up
  • in the hell was Chris Weeks doing? Was he on the out- side or inside? G: He was, I think, BOB [Bureau of the Budget]. S: I guess you're right; I guess you're right. But everything was so free- for-all and everybody could just throw in any ideas
  • the only top man in the Johnson organization that was in New York. So that was the sum total of my delegate hunting. B: Incidentally, at that time, was the Johnson effort there kind of a for- lorn hope, or was there still belief that he could get
  • HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 1 3 of the full committee . George and John Kluczynski, Bob Jones [Democrat] from Alabama, who
  • , but when it happened I remember President Johnson said to me when I told him that I wanted to do it-­ F: Did you talk to him. personally? H: Yes. I said, "I hope you feel all right about my going. you say? How do you feel about it?" He smiled
  • Point and spent most of his life in the military? Is there somebody smarter than Bob McNamara? If there is, where is he?" And these requests were coming out of Vietnam, just one, you know, one more battalion, one more this or one more that, and we'll see
  • to pressures from Senator Paul Douglas to designate Percy Williams as the deputy executive director for government contract compliance. I recommended the other deputy and Holleman quickly agreed to it. The other deputy was a guy named John Hope [Franklin]. John
  • ; affirmative action; Jerry Holleman; John Hope Franklin; Gwendolyn Tice; Percy Williams; Jerry Bruno; staffing and funding the commission; Bobby Troutman and the conflict between LBJ and RFK; Richard Russell; the Lockheed plant in Marietta, Georgia; Plan
  • and inspired colleague and friend I needed, and I will always be grateful for the privilege of having worked with you. Our paths will cross often, I hope. Sincerely, Bill" B: Those are kind statements. One suspects that after Moyers' departure, there might
  • to agendas for cabinet meetings. At some stage Bob Kintner came in as a coordinator or secretary of the cabinet. There were efforts made to have the cabinet members report in detail regarding their departments in advance of cabinet meetings. Tight agendas
  • , acquired a handsome, nice wife and lots of people hoped that that would change his life greatly. I think it came along too late, perhaps. At 5 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral
  • you ask what you hope are intelligent questions. One thing I wanted to throw in because it's one other Johnson relationship [is that] somewhere back there, I'd say around 1964, Arthur Schlesinger, Sr., was on the National Historical Publications
  • of his. I remember him asking him, "Bob, are we so poor that we don't have $60,000 that we need to build some facilities on the border with Mexico?" And I suppose that the answer was, "Yes, we have the money." "Well, then, I can tell the State
  • called me again and said, "What about the yacht?" I had hoped she had forgotten about it; I [hadn't] called her back. This is among one of the grandiose things we did at the White House. Sometimes you'd get 10 LBJ Presidential Library http
  • does he look to someone else to direct his difficulties and to remove his problems. somehow c a n He hopes that a third party bail him out. M: So they didn't suggest anything either? B: They didn't suggest anything. There was nothing new
  • oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh HUGHES -- I -- 3 BH: Yes~ Rich~ there were eight presidential hopefuls, of whom John F. Kennedy was one. them around. There were so many that they were shuffling They had two ballrooms