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Oral history transcript, Earle C. Clements, interview 1 (I), 10/24/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • say that he was less an initiator of legislation than he had been prior to that time. G: I guess one could explain his ability in the House of Representatives as a result of having worked for Richard Kleberg and being an assistant, but how did he
Oral history transcript, John G. Feild, interview 1 (I), 5/2/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • the press. You must remember a little piece of political background. There was a senator in Georgia at that time named Richard Russell. Richard Russell had been the foremost opponent of Jack Kennedy in the Senate, and in the lame duck period between being
  • ; 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
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 1 (I), 9/18/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Virginia primary and what JFK learned from it; the JFK/Nixon debates; JFK's handling of the Bay of Pigs incident; O'Brien meeting with each cabinet member to review roles in the Kennedy Administration; JFK's and O'Brien's time spent learning their roles
Oral history transcript, Raul Castro, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • , you will remember, Vietnam was coining into the fore and President Johnson was not getting too good a receptivity in the United States. Neither is President [Richard] Nixon at this moment--a very similar situation at this very moment. The feeling
Oral history transcript, John W. Gardner, interview 1 (I), 12/20/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • , changes in the way they ran their institutions, could look to something steady and say "Here's what we have to live by." Well it grieves me to say so, but when President Nixon came in, he shattered that--that growing coherence of doctrine--and we began
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 9 (IX), 4/9/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • tendency in a campaign. Your own people are apt to react strongly to hard-hitting spots. We had that with [Spiro] Agnew and then Nixon at a later date, by the same Tony Schwartz. G: Oh, really? O: Yes. G: Which spots in particular? O: We had one
  • organizations found in Philadelphia under the leadership of Bill Green, Chicago under the leadership of Richard J. Daley, Minnesota under the leadership of the Democratic-Farm-Labor group, and in Albany, New York; O'Brien's concern about the two-party system
Oral history transcript, David E. Bell, interview 1 (I), 12/27/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 8 (VIII), 10/1/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • in which Eisenhower was elected. Then along in about December was when it really began to jell. Lyndon himself hadn't decided at the time and hadn't taken any--he was there to see who was going to be the Democratic leader. He had urged [Richard] Russell
Oral history transcript, Raymond L. Telles, Jr., interview 1 (I), 3/1/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 4 (IV), 3/24/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
Oral history transcript, Richard J. Hughes and Betty (Elizabeth) Hughes, interview 1 (I), 8/6/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • INTERVIHJEES: GOVERNOR AND NRS. RICHARD HUGHES (Betty Hughes) INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: The Hughes' home in Princeton, New Jersey Tape 1 of 2 F: First of all, Governor Hughes, tell us briefly where you came from, how you gradually moved up
  • See all online interviews with Richard J. Hughes & Betty (Elizabeth) Hughes
  • Hughes, Richard J. (Richard Joseph), 1909-
  • Oral history transcript, Richard J. Hughes and Betty (Elizabeth) Hughes, interview 1 (I), 8/6/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
  • Richard J. Hughes
Oral history transcript, David Ginsburg, interview 2 (II), 8/26/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • now, that it was the Kennedy organization that arranged for it, that gave him the text of his speech. MG: You discussed your negotiation discussions with John Connally of Texas. What about some of the other party leaders like Mayor [Richard] Daley
  • inner circle; Humphrey's compassion; George Wallace's candidacy in 1968 and its effect on Humphrey; the Jewish vote; 1968 concern over violence and crime in the U.S.; Humphrey's knowledge of Nixon's communication with Anna Chennault; the October 1968
Oral history transcript, S. Douglass Cater, interview 4 (IV), 4/24/1981, by Clarence Lasby (Item)
  • to Chicago, and Mayor [Richard] Daley hit the fan, and then it did escalate pretty rapidly. But I was never aware--I was never called on to play a role of having to make all these kinds of little adjustments to accommodate congressmen. There may have been
Oral history transcript, Sid Davis, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Davis -- I -- 12 meant I spent about eight weeks with Richard Nixon and about eight weeks with John Kennedy, and got to know both of them in a reporter/source
Oral history transcript, Charles M. Simpson and John McCarthy, interview 1 (I), 5/2/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
Oral history transcript, John E. Lyle, Jr., interview 1 (I), 4/13/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • left Congressman [Richard] Kleberg's office. G: That was in 1935 was the year that he left. L: Yes. As I recall, he was still working with Kleberg when I first met him, but he subsequently left. G: Do you recall the substance of your first
Oral history transcript, Glen P. Wilson, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • to see what some of the real importance of this was, not only to the defense of the country, but also to the prestige of the country. At the same time, it was pretty clearlY a good political issue. He had met with Senators [Richard] Russell and [H
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 13 (XIII), 2/29/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • /show/loh/oh ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] Reedy -­ XIII -­ 17 G: The next day he wrote to [Richard] Russell that he was going back to Texas and let things settle down for a while. Can you recall
Oral history transcript, Peter R. Rosenblatt, interview 1 (I), 7/26/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • he came through the office, which he always did when he was in Washington, and I saw him in Vietnam. But I wasn't a primary point of contact between the RD operation and our office; that was mostly [Richard] Holbrooke and-- G: I have to say you
Oral history transcript, Jonathan Daniels, interview 1 (I), 3/6/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • in Philadelphia. 1936 He was a very violent young man even then. But no, I don't remember any relations with Lyndon. F: What about Richard Russell? D: I think Lyndon was a great admirer of Russell. And I remember when Russell-- LBJ Presidential Library
Oral history transcript, John Michael Dunn, interview 1 (I), 7/25/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • brother is"--it was during the visit of the then-outof-office and Pepsi Cola executive, Richard Milhous Nixon. G: 1964? D: Yes. And, you know, Lodge had asked me to keep an eye on [him], as you could understand his wanting to do that, since they had
Oral history transcript, Katie Louchheim, interview 1 (I), 4/1/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • -breaking. He had chairmen like Richard Russell and Willis Robertson. M: A Virginia senator then. L: Yes, a senator from Virginia. As chairman, at various times, [of] Banking and Currency, Robertson, I think, 1959-61, Fulbright before that; Richard
Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 2 (II), 5/17/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • remedy for discrimination? K: Yes. G: Did he? K: Why do you question that, because in my recollection that was a given, and he was very proud of the way that he had persuaded [Richard] Russell and some of the other southern 10 LBJ Presidential
  • Baker, Robert Kennedy and wiretapping; President Kennedy’s record; LBJ on civil rights and voting rights; Richard Russell; the LBJ Presidential Library; the appointment of Abe Feinberg’s brother to the Circuit Court; relations with Pakistan; first visit
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 32 (XXXII), 8/3/1982-8/4/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , the youngest man to ever hold that, in years and in seniority. One thing that gave him a lot of satisfaction was that he was nominated by [Richard] Russell of Georgia, to him the always top senator, and he was seconded by Theodore Francis Green of Rhode Island
Oral history transcript, William Cochrane, interview 1 (I), 3/17/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • not sign it. Charlie Dean, a congressman who had been in for several terms, and [Richard] Thurmond Chatham, of Chatham Mills, you know. Those three did not sign it. Incidentally, in the subsequent election, in the subsequent primary, Charlie Dean
Oral history transcript, John G. Feild, interview 3 (III), 10/12/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Kennedy or Johnson; it was done much later, perhaps in the seventies under Nixon--all of the temporary employees by an act of Congress were made permanent civil service employees in one stroke, like that. That enabled the Post Office to develop a universal
Oral history transcript, McGeorge Bundy, interview S-II, 11/10/1993, by Robert Dallek (Item)
  • : There was anxiety about it, but it wasn't dominant. It wasn't anything like as acute as the one that our friends had in 1973. D: You mean Nixon and [?] B: Yes. D: What do you think was Johnson's general objective here? To try and get this settled as quickly
Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 10 (X), 3/31/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • or the second night after that, Richard Nixon gave a party for the leaders of Congress, Taft and Lyndon, or Styles Bridges and Lyndon. I think Styles Bridges was leader before he quit and Taft came, and then Lyndon as Democratic leader--that kind of a deal
Oral history transcript, Luther E. Jones, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/13/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • was a part of his debating team. After I finished high . school, I went to Rice Institute for two years. During the summer immediately after that two-year period, I became assistant secretary to Congressman Richard Kleberg. time Mr. Johnson was secretary
Oral history transcript, Robert S. Strauss, interview 1 (I), 5/22/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • Administration. M: He was the chief man then for the nation. s: That's right. He really had more to do with it than all the rest of them put together. \ [Richard] Maguire had helped some, and LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL
Oral history transcript, Phil G. Goulding, interview 1 (I), 1/3/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • have not been on the ticket, and then there would have been more chance of Nixon winning. Then he still would have been a Democratic Majority Leader in a Republican Administration. I don't know whether that many steps went through his mind or not. P
Oral history transcript, Charles A. Halleck, interview 1 (I), 9/19/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • the Democrats side and not from Southern Democrats. And so this gentleman from Chicago whose name slips me, but Mayor (Richard) Daley (of Chicago) took him out right after that time in the primary. He was to offer the first amendment, but overnight he changed
Oral history transcript, Bertrand Harding, interview 2 (II), 11/25/1968, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • : Particularly in participation of the poor in the program. H: That's right. And he just recently made a statement as a matter of fact along those lines that I just read in the press within the last couple of days. He said he felt that the Nixon
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 10 (X), 10/14/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • : Nixon issued an opinion that the Senate ought to be able to change its rules. R: That is one of the most dishonest opinions that has ever come down the pike. What he ruled was the Senate can change its rules by a majority vote. Well, of course
Oral history transcript, John W. Macy, interview 2 (II), 4/25/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 6 My first exposure to Richard Nixon was in connection with the Commission's reporting of cases where loyalty and security conditions had resulted
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Pechman, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • Development to be on the staff of their research group, which was then headed by Herbert Stein, who is now a member of the Council of Economic Advisers under the Nixon Administration. M: I'm not too familiar with this Committee for Economic Development. What
Oral history transcript, Elie Abel, interview 1 (I), 1/19/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • later put itlr:aifferent words on this program. He said, 11 I 've gotten to the stage with the Congress where they won't do anything for me. I don't care who the next president is, whether his name is Gene McCarthy or Richard Nixon or Bobby Kennedy
Oral history transcript, David W. Angevine, interview 1 (I), 1/7/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • it. If the [Richard M.] Nixon Administration were determined that the Department of Agriculture should serve commercial farmers and serve commercial farmers only, then I doubt that the changes that have been made under Secretary Freeman could survive. Fortunately
Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 4 (IV), 7/29/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • members of Congress that year who were closest to Roosevelt were himself in Texas and Jerry Voorhis from California. Well, he was closer to Roosevelt by a long shot than Jerry Voorhis. Jerry Voorhis was beaten by Richard Nixon. He was the proponent of co
Oral history transcript, Stephen J. Pollak, interview 2 (II), 1/29/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • to these men like Richard Boone, that they had been associated with the Kennedy undertaking and the Johnson poverty undertaking was not making use of them. I don't. know whether that was really purposeful or whether it was a correct evaluation. LBJ