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Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 5 (V), 8/16/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of these fellows said in effect, "Don't worry about us. We're not going do anything to hurt him about what he's done." As I recall, the Dallas News story--it could have been someone else, but the Dallas News story was the only one that--it was written by a fellow

Oral history transcript, Lincoln Gordon, interview 1 (I), 7/10/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Adolph Berle in New York--whom I knew not intimately, but in a casual way--saying that the President-elect had asked him to form a task force on policy toward Latin America. They wanted an economist and they thought I would be the best person. I tried

Oral history transcript, Lawson B. Knott, Jr., interview 1 (I), 4/21/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

for installations in the new Defense structure. Floete went to the Hill to testify from time to time on Defense Property matters. I was a back-up, supporting witness. So when he later--about 1954, I believe, or 1955--went to GSA as administrator, the Public

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 18 (XVIII), 9/26/1980-9/27/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

or July or when, because I did return to Austin later on. At any rate, sometime during the summer I went to see our old friend Dr. Will Watt in Austin and got the big news that I was, at last, pregnant. It was big news because from 1934 to 1943--of course
the war in 1942-1943; James Forrestal as secretary of the navy; the 1944 division among Texas Democrats; women in Texas politics in the 1940s; a woman's "I remember Johnny" speech about LBJ helping her find her son; receiving the news of D-Day, June 6

Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 7 (VII), 8/26/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

is a former newspaper reporter for the Dallas News, Chicago Tribune, but at that time he was working for the United States Information Agency. He said, "That's all right." Of course, that Saturday, July 2, he called me about at noon, about one o'clock

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 21 (XXI), 8/10/1981-8/11/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

remember walking the hospital corridors and going through the ritual of having the castor oil and all that, and then Luci was born uneventfully the next morning about dawn sometime. As I began to come to, I said something hazily about how is he, because
of the country's rubber plants; a trip to New York City with LBJ's relatives; Warren Woodward and Horace Busby joining LBJ's staff; Soviet control of the occupation zone in Germany; LBJ's first television appearance and why he was a less effective speaker

Oral history transcript, D.B. Hardeman, interview 1 (I), 2/26/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

And the Austin district then was more of a New Deal district than most districts in Texas. too much of it; I read about it of course. him speak in the campaign. I didn't watch And I don't recall hearing I don't know whether I heard any of the speeches

Oral history transcript, Thruston Morton, interview 1 (I), 2/26/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

at five o'clock in the morning and go through all the tapes, all the cables, everything that we had from Geneva, try to sift it out, and find out what might be of interest to the Congress, what they should know before they read it in the paper

Oral history transcript, Truman Fawcett and Wilma Green Fawcett, interview 1 (I), 4/21/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

in Dallas and then they moved the University of Texas Pharmacy School to Austin. I transferred to Austin and finished the University in 1931 and passed the board in 1931. M: Then you set up your drug store? TF: My father was in the drug business

Oral history transcript, John V. Singleton, Jr., interview 2 (II), 7/15/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Singleton -- II -- 6 during the war. business. It was growing very rapidly and eagerly seeking new The Wood, Gresham part of the firm, McCorquodale

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

in his office at the University of Texas. The date is July 19, 1971, and it is 9:10 in the morning. My name is David McComb. Last time we left off with the first committee being dissolved and the Regents appointing a committee to search for a dean. L
The creation of a new committee related to the LBJ School of Public Affairs; how the committee members were appointed; the committee duties of administration, budgeting, architectural planning and searching for a dean; Norman Hackerman; considering

Oral history transcript, Elaine Fischesser and Ellen Taylor Cooper, interview 1 (I), 12/9/1967, by Douglass Cater (Item)

, just beautiful volumes. Lady Bi.rd's brother has some of the books~ I have seen them in his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. So they are a family that liked books, and read them. MR. CATER: How long had her mother died at that point when she was five? ·-1

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 42 (XLII), 11/5/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

forays out into the country, sort of dipping our toes into the water, into, "Are we going to launch into this full scale? Here it is April. Is Lyndon running for the presidency, or isn't he?" One time I went to Dallas to a coffee where there were all

Oral history transcript, W. Sherman Birdwell, Jr., interview 3 (III), 2/9/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: All right . G: You say you went to work on Monday morning after that . B: On the Monday morning after the Sunday [meeting] . He called me to meet him at the Old Post Office Cafe in San Marcos, six o'clock, Sunday morning . I walked in and saw

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 38 (XXXVIII), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

remember, but living in Dallas at the time. Lyndon was very glad to get him in the Democratic Party, but not really sure that he would go. He did, however. I remember a very nice luncheon being given for him in one of those old Senate rooms that I just

Oral history transcript, Leonard H. Marks, interview 1 (I), 6/15/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

and con's, and what it would cost, and what the risk would be. That meeting lasted all morning, all afternoon. and well into the evening. And I pointed out the hazards, but I also pointed out what, in my judgment, were the opportunities for rendering

Oral history transcript, Lindley Beckworth, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Beckworth -- I -- 16 any money . The Dallas News had a fairly good little article written by John King, whom I later knew and thought a lot of in Washington . About a year ago, I spoke to the real the house builders . ested

Oral history transcript, J.J. Jake Pickle, interview 5 (V), 3/2/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

President Ken nedy has been shot in Dallas and may have been killed . " I turned to Dr. Bob and reported that to him. "My God," and bol ted upright in his chair. He said, Without another word we both tore out into the hall, and Dr . Montgomery was lost

Oral history transcript, Hale Boggs, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

in the Navy in the Maritime Service, elected again to Congress in 1946 from one of the New Orleans districts where you have served since; in 1956 named Deputy Whip and in 1959 Whip of the Democratic party. And, as I say, that is a very brief summary of a long
interest in passage of legislation; RFK; 1964-1965 legislative success; Congressional briefings on Vietnam; compromise on seating of the Mississippi delegation; LBJ’s political speech in New Orleans; inactivity of the DNC; media image of LBJ; assessment

Oral history transcript, Mary Rather, interview 4 (IV), 6/10/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, and things of this nature. Do you recall anything about his work on the West Coast? R: Not much, because I was so new in the office for one thing. I had enough to learn about how to do his office work representing the Tenth District. His committee work, his

Oral history transcript, Jerre Williams, interview 1 (I), 1/8/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that morning and said, "If you've got anybody that can help out on the Hill, you better let them know. noon." It's coming up this after- I was reached as I stood up to speak in Dallas. I finished my speech; I called back to my office and I talked to Mary

Oral history transcript, George McGovern, interview 2 (II), 2/3/2011, by Mark Updegrove (Item)

, and Mike Mansfield, the majority leader, came in and he said, "George, would you take over for Teddy? We've got some bad news there." I said, "Well, sure." As I remember it, as soon as I took the seat and Mansfield had told Teddy what had happened, he moved
and Robert Kennedy; civil rights legislation debate; civility among legislators; the New York Times not running a story about Senator James Eastland referring to Anwar Sadat as a "nigger;" McGovern and Frank Church meeting with Hubert Humphrey about support

Oral history transcript, Jack Albright, interview 1 (I), 12/11/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to contract with a New York company, and they provided us with a great number of teleprompters. Now, these were heavy, very heavy things to haul around. There are generally three things that looked like podiums that sat out in front of him and through a piece
to Mexico for LBJ to see a ranch, Las Pampas, he was thinking of buying; LBJ’s growing passion for secrecy; WHCA staff working as farmhands at the Ranch; LBJ’s resentment of Secret Service; LBJ’s radio system in Texas; the New York City blackout; gadgets

Oral history transcript, Edward Clark, interview S-I, 12/15/1986, by Robert Dallek (Item)

there and then I moved him on up there. D: But now he's back down. And you know what? He's going to fall further. Before he's done he's going to fall further. You saw the news this morning about this whole business with Colonel [Oliver] North and funneling money

Oral history transcript, Welly K. Hopkins, interview 3 (III), 6/9/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

familiar with what was then a new field of the law. I think his practice and his influence and activities as a mem- ber of the senate put on the statute books a lot of the present Texas water and irrigation law of today. So 1 don't think there's be any

Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 4 (IV), 1/22/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Gordon [?], Ralph McGill, Maurice Templesman, and Governor Robert Meyner of New Jersey--former Governor Robert Meyner of New Jersey. He also puts on ex officio the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, the Secretary
of Congress and the executive branch in developing new legislation; Congress' ability to draft legislation; statutory commission funding; Wozencraft's involvement on the tripartite Commission on Political Activity of Government Personnel; the Commission's

Oral history transcript, Charles K. Boatner, interview 3 (III), 6/1/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Boatner -- III -- 7 G: B: Did he listen in silence, or did he give his own commentaries on the news? He might have a pungent word or two to throw in if it was something that he

Oral history transcript, Frank Ikard, interview 1 (I), 6/15/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in either tank or anti-tank-- I: Well, this is the same thing that happened to me, except at a lower level, I mean rank-wise. You knew or remember Bill Francis, I imagine? F: Yes. I: Bill was a colonel in Dallas in Army Intelligence at this time and we

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 1 (I), 12/5/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

brief and yet curiously intense.I was marched across the well of the Senate by Gerry Siegel during a break in the proceedings and introduced to my new boss, and he said, "Glad to have you, do your best," somewhat abruptly but with full force. B: From
Civil Rights Bill; LBJ’s 1964 campaign speech in New Orleans; Johnson treatment; immense capacity to judge people; Johnson-Rayburn relationship; first signs of Presidential ambition; LBJ’s relationship with oil and gas industries; relationship

Oral history transcript, Charles M. Maguire, interview 1 (I), 7/8/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Escapee Program in Nuremberg in the early fifties. I also had considerable experience in advertising and public relations. In early 1960 I decided to leave that world of advertising and public relations and return to Columbia University in New York City

Oral history transcript, Kenneth A. Randall, interview 1 (I), 3/14/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

. His name was Herald R. Clark, and he was dean of the College of Business. The first name is like the herald of the morn, and I think this is appropriate also, because he was that type of an influence in my life. Herald R. Clark was a very interesting

Oral history transcript, Margaret (Mrs. Jack) Carter, interview 1 (I), 8/19/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

in the liberal journals of opinion. So I discovered the Nation and the New Republic in college and began to be interested in seeing the country come out of the Depression, so that the opportunities of many people were enlarged. (Interruption) M: Now, you were
Background in politics and participating in the New Deal; Democratic party state machinery in Texas; 1956 Democrat Party convention; role of Texas Democrats in national conventions and elections

Oral history transcript, Joe Mashman, interview 1 (I), 3/28/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

this young congressman around who wants to become a senator. He started his election campaign late, but thinks he still has a chance. We're interested in helping him out because helicopters are new and if we get an important person such as a congressman

Oral history transcript, Harry Ashmore, interview 1 (I), 1/31/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

circulation spillover into Texas at all? A: Not too much, a little bit around Texarkana and that corner. But we were the state newspaper; we went from border to border pretty much, and we considered the Dallas Morning News a competitor. We butted

Oral history transcript, Hugh Gardner Ackley, interview 1 (I), 4/13/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: Where were you on assassination day? A: Having lunch in the White House Staff Mess. Walter Heller and most of the members of the cabinet were on that plane over the Pacific, and the news c a m e while we were at lunch. F: How did it come, just

Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 9 (IX), 11/18/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

again. Even got mad at me for bring- I think that her boy [Phillip Bobbitt] wants to write her memoirs or something. G: Is that why you think she won't do it? J: She hasn't done anything yet. She's given out statements in New York, she's given

Oral history transcript, William S. White, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

for many years--and he said very formally, "Is this Mr. William White?" I said, "Yes." He said, "Mr. White, this is Senator Johnson." I said, "Good morning, Senator Johnson." He said, "I realize, Mr. White, that in representing the New York Times

Oral history transcript, Paul D. Harkins, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, 1981 INTERVIEWEE: PAUL D. HARKINS INTERVIEWER: TED GITTINGER PLACE: General Harkins' residence, Dallas, Texas Tape 1 of 2 G: General Harkins, will you begin by giving us a brief sketch of your military career before your assignment to Vietnam

Oral history transcript, Marie Fehmer Chiarodo, interview 3 (III), 10/29/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that President Johnson later came to understand but was frightened of in the beginning, Clint Hill, was then second or third, maybe fourth, fifth in command, and he, having been through that thing in Dallas, didn't want to take a chance on another President

Oral history transcript, Vann Kennedy, interview 1 (I), 11/xx/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

://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 Kennedy -- I -- 2 B: Then you became bureau manager for the International News

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