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Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 52 (LII), 8/15/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, Mayor Lindsay of New York, because of the settlement he had just agreed to with the transportation workers who went on their annual New Year's Eve strike. And we had no idea how we were going to draft that legislation at the time we put that in. We knew
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Robert J. Smith, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Smith -- I -- 10 a French-American investment firm called Lazard Freres, Lazard They're in New York even now. Brothers. the objective of dividing
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Kenneth Torp, interview 1 (I), 6/23/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: No, none. F: Where had you gone to school? T: CCNY in New York. Got a bachelor's there in Modern American History, Modern European History. F: Well, you got in on some modern history. T: Yes. F: So, you showed up there, then, in a commercial
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 1 (I), 4/23/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, to cover the legislature and continued on covering the Governor's Office. My bureau chief, who was Bill Carter--he was from New York--did not know much about Texas politics. He had been sent down to take over and spruce up the bureau and so he let me write
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, O.J. Weber, interview 2 (II), 12/28/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

where Senator Wirtz had been. Fortas could give you a lot of information in a New York minute. Every now and then, Lady Bird would call Mr. [Thomas G.] Corcoran. He knew his way around too; while he was not in the government at that time, he certainly
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Sharon Francis, interview 4 (IV), 8/20/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

take them to heart. Now, I have some further information on that situation, too. The next day, the twenty-fourth of January, I showed Udall the New York Times article which said that other cabinet officers, Wirtz and Cohen particularly had had real
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 21 (XXI), 2/22/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of dollars going out by competitive bids. We created a whole new procurement appeal system with one board LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 5 (V), 9/12/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

on our side. Most reporters don't work hard enough to actually read the law. Weaver, wanting really to be secretary, wasn't about to create a flurry on this. About ten days later, Weaver called me frantically and said that the bond lawyers in New York
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth Shoumatoff, interview 1 (I), 11/3/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, 1973 I NTERVI EloJEE: MADAME ELIZABETH SHOUMATOFF INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: Her home on Long Island, Locust Valley, New York Tape 1 of 1 F: Suppose you tell me at the beginning how you got to be a president's portrait painter. S: You
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Mary Margaret Wiley Valenti, interview 3 (III), 5/2/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, and perhaps that quality may have been exaggerated to some extent. Maybe it was in comparison to her husband [that she was considered cultured]. G: Okay. Now before we turned on the tape we had talked about the trip to New York and going to the make-up
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Ruth Prokop, interview 2 (II), 2/1/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. At which point Harry told me the other side of that story. At some point during the vice-presidential years, Harry had accompanied Mr. Johnson to a meeting in New York and they had been invited to a cocktail party. They were all in the apartment and Harry
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 25 (XXV), 8/7/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, that was pretty horrible. G: The President had gone to New York. R: We were in New York. G: Al Smith dinner, was that it? R: I've forgotten what the dinner was. I was the first to know. I think I knew even before he did. Oh, I think the Associated Press
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Roy L. McWilliams, interview 1 (I), 8/15/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. I stepped out I'm sure he called Roy Swift up at Blanco, and he said, "How about this guy?" When I went back in he said, "Roy says that you may not be quite ready to settle down just now. You may be dazzled by the bright lights of New York
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 25 (XXV), 1/2/1982-1/3/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. And then lots of other little places like the Iron Gate and the Parrot. So Dorris and Diane and I got on the train and went up to New York, and saw some plays and went to some museums. Lyndon, I think he went with us for about twenty-four hours, but not for long
visit to Washington, D.C. and Mrs. Johnson's trip with them to New York City; F Street Club; Joseph Davies' home, Tregaron; visits to Senator Harry Byrd's home; "Byrd houses" along the Appalachian Trail; socializing with the Texas delegation; Tony Buford
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Helene Lindow Gordon, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

the freshmen. It was part of a Hell Week, or something like that. F: Where is Bennett? L: Millbrook, New York. You know, all schools have that sort of thing. It was sort of a ritual. And so my roommate and I had locked our door that night, because we
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, James A. Shannon, interview 1 (I), 4/9/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

which we can then go into some of the material. S: Okay. Well, I was born and brought up in New York City and spent the bulk of my time there, except when I was away at school, until about 1946. I graduated from the College of the Holy Cross
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Brooks Hays, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Truman Democrat and I am an Orval Faubus Democrat." F: And never the twain shall meet! H: That experience~ of course, is beside the point, except that it brings us together in this matter of geography. F: I think New York City is beginning to get
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, S. Douglass Cater, interview 3 (III), 5/26/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, the New York Times carried a front page story saying he was leaving and it was decided it was too late to remedy the situation; he had become a cause célèbre. F: He and Johnson never actually broke, though? C: No, in fact . . . . F: I know Gardner's
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

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

that that was the case. His instinct as a politician told him that he was being undercut, and that there was a very strong feeling in the New York Times and some parts of the Washington Post that was determined to bring about his downfall. B: May I ask you one more

Oral history transcript, Ramsey Clark, interview 2 (II), 2/11/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of the problem. B: My chronology was off. In '64, that summer came the murders in Philadelphia and several disturbances in northern cities, in New York and Rochester. C: Yes, I particularly wanted to mention those. Of course, the Philadelphia murders were
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Ramsey Clark, interview 1 (I), 10/30/1968, by T.H. Baker (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 Ramsey Clark -- Interview I -- 10 Attorney for the Southern District of New York

Oral history transcript, Ramsey Clark, interview 4 (IV), 4/16/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

deterred a very high riot potential on one or two occasions, and again in '66 by effective early call of national guardsmen and pre-positioning. And we hadn't seen this in many places. Mayor Lindsay had just done a magnificent job in New York City under
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 8 (VIII), 4/2/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Busby -- VIII -- 15 Villard, a very nice man, descended from the Villards in New York, who
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Sid Davis, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

me for more information--I still couldn't file until I'd pleased everybody in the press corps--and that was Tom Wicker of the New York Times. Natur- ally the New York Times, the newspaper of record, had to know every smidgen of this thing, so I
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Joseph J. O'Connell, Jr., interview 1 (I), 10/23/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh October 23, 1968 M: Let's start with your background. According to my data, you were born in New York State at a place called Saranac Lake. Is that right? 0: That is correct. M: In 1905. 0: That is correct. M

Oral history transcript, Harold H. Saunders, interview 1 (I), 9/15/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

a chance to weigh in anywhere, let alone New York. G: Did you have a chance to observe President Johnson's reaction to the withdrawal of the UN force? S: No, not directly. Usually the pattern of interaction between the NSC operation and the President
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Jacob Javits, interview 1 (I), 12/5/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

with the provisions of Chapter 21 of Title 44, United States Code, and subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, I, Marian B. Javits ofNew York City, New York, do hereby give, donate and convey to the United States of America all rights, title
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Richard J. Hughes and Betty (Elizabeth) Hughes, interview 1 (I), 8/6/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

than a big city, indicates to me that people who would not normally bring wives, children, teenagers, grandchildren, will bring them. Furthermore, [there's] the proximity to the New York World's Fair. A lot of people are planning to come to Atlantic
Meeting LBJ in 1959; Governor of New Jersey, 1961; LBJ and Kosygin held a meeting at Glassboro State College; Kosygin’s daughter, Dr. Gvishiana, joined Lady Bird, Lynda and Mrs. Hughes for lunch at Island Beach; Ramsey Clark; candidates, 1966-1968
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Chalmers Roberts, interview 1 (I), 4/23/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

and a reporter for the Baltimore Sun and the publisher of the Washington Post, somebody in the New York Times and what not of the Texas papers that have known him intimately longer, but he's got new areas of interest. He sees--you know, where are the papers
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Nadine Brammer Eckhardt, interview 2 (II), 3-21-84//19, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

[Estes] Kefauver visited New York State recently, not a single member of the Democratic hierarchy showed up to greet him, including Averell Harriman. An aide to Kefauver said that Harriman wants the Democrats licked so he can jeer, 'See what happens when
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Sharon Francis, interview 2 (II), 6/4/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

was charmed with some five and six-year-olds who were dancing to rock and roll better than any teenagers I've seen for some time. I was going up to New York that evening and rode up with now-Mayor Washington, sat together on the plane, and he told me what had
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, David Ginsburg, interview 4 (IV), 11/11/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Ginsburg -- IV -- 5 of some sort, at least the commissioners, the staffs, should know what it is that the White House is trying to do. There was no discussion with me about concerns about the Mayor of New York and his ambitions, or about Fred Harris and his
in the National Guard; visiting Newark, New Jersey; proposed creation of jobs; prioritizing the areas of need; gun control; the decision for commissioners to stay out of the legislative process; "Harvest of Racism" report; the exclusion of representatives
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, William F. Billings, interview 1 (I), 5/23/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

. B: You were the latayer retained in the case . Schwille case that Yes, and worked with another lawyer by the name of James P . Donovan who is now deceased, who was a member of the Texas Bar and the New York Bar . LBJ Presidential Library http
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Clifford Durr and Virginia Foster Durr, interview 1 (I), 3/1/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Durr--l5 That was the heading. The New York Times made that a feature story the day
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Marie Wilson, interview 1 (I), 12/7/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

right. I'm from New York. the end of 1951. Wilson there. I left New York and went to Texas at I worked at Lackland Air Force Base and met Glen I married Glen Wilson in June of 1953. gets me to Austin. Okay, that I went to work for Max Brooks
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, William Friday, interview 1 (I), 7/10/1987, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)

., John, and others of us. John Ochs, who was editor of the editorial page of the New York Times. Oh, gee, I can't remember--do you know who was in that first group? T: I--let's see-- F: [Edgar?] Edwards? David Gold? [Inaudible]-- T: No, I don't. I
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 10 (X), 1/25/1979-1/26/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

my tastes were still bounded by a limited life--an exciting event at the Congressional Club or the 75th Club to take constituents to. One event of the spring was to go to the New York World's Fair on a special train with a whole lot of congressmen
Johnson's time spent sight-seeing and attending events at the Congressional Club or the 75th Club; visiting Bill White in New York City; Sam Rayburn, Wright Patman, Nat Patton, and other Texans in Washington, D.C.; visits with Aunt Effie Pattillo; summer
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Cecil Stoughton, interview 1 (I), 3/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

~ through the years he was a photographer, too, in his early days. He worked with the New York Times, and he worked in th~ Seattle Post-Intelligencer s so he was photo oriented and knew the value of pictures. He was a real sharp editor and knew pictures
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, James H. Tate, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

National Municipal Association, which is now the National League of Cities. We had with us Mayor Daley of Chicago, Mayor Dilworth of Philadelphia, and Bob Wagner of New York was the mayor of New York at that time, to call on the then Democratic leader
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Don Oberdorfer, interview 2 (II), 9/17/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

. wanted after a it was time for me to do a little magazine And I got in touch with my agent in New York ; I began to think about some articles that this question, Of And after the campaign and after I got started covering the White House, writing
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

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