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Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 15 (XV), 11/20/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to crop up regarding equal opportunity. [You had to] cope with it to the best of your ability, but hope that while you were there, because of your unique situation--your relationship with the White House and the President--you had an opportunity to launch

Oral history transcript, J.J. Jake Pickle, interview 1 (I), 5/31/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, we never did get this Loop. Even today, there is a need for a well We'll have it; and when we do, I hope it will delineated loop. be called LBJ Drive or Loop, because he was really the originator of it over thirty years ago. When I was traveling

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 9 (IX), 4/9/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to for the necessary financing to carry out my programs. But they were not to look to me as a source of financing. That was the same when I was national chairman and Bob Strauss was treasurer. Bob and I had an understanding. Bob's job was to raise the money to keep

Oral history transcript, R. Sargent Shriver, interview 3 (III), 7/1/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Yarmolinsky, and Adam Yarmolinsky was Bob McNamara's special assistant. Bob McNamara was my great friend, and so was Adam Yarmolinsky. In fact, when we thought about starting the Job Corps, I said that it seemed to me the best way to get that through Congress

Oral history transcript, Charles L. Bartlett, interview 1 (I), 5/6/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

speculation as to who would be Mr. Johnson's running mate, and of course for a time there Bob Kennedy's name was put forward. Then due to Mr. Johnson's announcement that no member of his cabinet would be in contention, this put a damper on this. Did you

Oral history transcript, Clark M. Clifford, interview 1 (I), 3/17/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

forward to getting back to my law practice in St. Louis, because I had a wife and three children, whom I had sent back to live with her people in Boston during the time I was in the service. I was hoping that we could get our family together again and I

Oral history transcript, Clark M. Clifford, interview 4 (IV), 8/7/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

spot. At the very end he commented again on the fact that he hoped that he could have our support, and I informed him again that I was sure that Senator Symington was going to want it to go to a ballot. He wanted Senator Symington to withdraw prior

Oral history transcript, David Ginsburg, interview 3 (III), 9/19/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

began to put a staff together. That wasn't easy. Remember this was the end of the summer, we were by that time maybe in early August, mid-August, and I had hoped to be able to recruit from a number of sociologists and others, experts from within academia

Oral history transcript, Joseph Palmer II, interview 1 (I), 1/8/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

making clear our hope that the Consultative Committee of the OAU which has been active in this would be successful, and that it has the support of the United States. and accepted. It's not resented at all. This is understood They want our understanding

Oral history transcript, Herbert J. Kramer, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

were inflated; hopes and promises were raised. I think that the hallmarks in the first year of my regime here were an attempt to be open with the press and honest, to play down some of the more apparent exaggerations, to limit the number of dogand-pony

Oral history transcript, Herman Talmadge, interview 1 (I), 7/17/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

in the Senate in those days was particularly close to Johnson? T: The late Bob Kerr of Oklahowa was very close to him and so was Senator Clinton Anderson. There were a great number of senators who were close to Senator Johnson. close to him. Senator

Oral history transcript, Donald S. Thomas, interview 4 (IV), 3/23/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

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 Thomas -- IV -- 10 So anyhow, he had hoped that he would

Oral history transcript, Paul C. Warnke, interview 2 (II), 1/15/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

would hope is that something satis- factory can be worked out at a political level in Paris. I say at a political level because it, to me at least, seems apparent that from the military standpoint you aren't ever going to be able to achieve any kind

Oral history transcript, Leverett Saltonstall, interview 1 (I), 10/31/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, paintings, and the great problem now is to build an air museum and to get the money for it. Now, I would have always hoped as I say with a smile when I approached President Johnson once when he was a Senator that some of these very well-to-do oil men

Oral history transcript, Terry Sanford, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in the Senate in his position, might very well be able to carry this talent into the international field, and I put most of my hopes at that time on a . candidate that could do something in international affairs. I wasn't too concerned--obviously the domestic

Oral history transcript, John E. Lyle, Jr., interview 1 (I), 4/13/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

worked on some- thing together that--? L: No, it was purely personal. I liked him, and I felt that we had a lot of the same ambitions, hopes and desires. Lyndon and I were both a little naive in that we both felt that public service

Oral history transcript, A.S. Mike Monroney, interview 2 (II), 2/26/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

and I said, "Now, will you give us a courtesy vote on the first vote from the Illinois delegation." of blew up the hope. And the answer was "no." And so this kind If we couldn't go in with the home state of the man who had been governor

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

there working in the army as part of a psywar company-G: Can I get these names from you later? P: Yes, sure. Bob Burns [?] is the guy who was the psywar guy. interesting guy to talk to. He's an He's out in California. I got John O'Donnell, who had also

Oral history transcript, Hubert H. Humphrey, III, interview 1 (I), 8/13/1979, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to rise, it was no different here than in the remainder of the country. Did he use you as kind of a sounding board for what they were thinking? H: Oh, some, some. My brother Bob was 4-F, because he'd had cancer and he was still in the five-year period

Oral history transcript, Lyndon B. Johnson, interview S-IX, 8/12/1969, by William J. Jorden (Item)

in the lurc h, afte r all the com mit men ts Eise ni1o wer had mad e, and all that SEA TO had mad e, and all that the Co:: 6 res s had mad e, and all that the Ton kin Gul f said , and all the stat eme nts that Ken :1ed y had mad e, and Bob by Ken ned y had mad

Oral history transcript, J.J. Jake Pickle, interview 6 (VI), 8/17/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

so felt, I b.e 1 i eve, that I was trying to vote my convictions. I'm neither far right nor left and because of that, sometime my vote has been looked at as being objective. At least I hope so. F: Do you think you got more mail because of the fact

Oral history transcript, Dr. Ralph K. Huitt, interview 2 (II), 10/5/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. The President would make his State of the Union Address, and then he would send individual messages up for each of these packages of proposals. His education message would go up, and with it, the bills that he hoped Congress would pass. Now this, as I said

Oral history transcript, William Cochrane, interview 1 (I), 3/17/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of the Hope Diamond and so forth, that young girl. He married her and they had one child. But he got fifty thousand votes, and he was over toward the right. He was so far over that in September of 1941 he got back from a trip to Germany during which he had

Oral history transcript, Chester R. Huntley, interview 1 (I), 5/12/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. several times. As a matter of fact Kintner was very helpful I'd just put through a call to Bob if I was in search of some information. He was always very helpful and if he didn't have the answer he could certainly tell me where to get it. F: Kintner

Oral history transcript, Donald S. Thomas, interview 3 (III), 3/21/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. The senior salesman was Oscar Price Bob- bitt, the President's bother-in-law. and sales manager. He was an extremely able salesman He worked a lot with our national reps as well as their regional offices and was an outstanding success, well liked

Oral history transcript, Bertrand Harding, interview 2 (II), 11/25/1968, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

, where the BOB had become involved with Community Action boards and the representation of the poor. I don't recall the specific circumstances, but they were involved in that and were making their influence known in OEO. Well, if it isn't financial
Relationship with Shriver; Shriver leaving OEO; charge that OEO indulged in illegal lobbying practices; Shriver-Adam Clayton Powell relationship; opposition to the program; MLK; Poor People’s Campaign; program for auditing grantees; influence of BOB

Oral history transcript, Robert G. Lewis, interview 1 (I), 2/6/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

on the Progressive ticket. I had talked to the state Democratic chairman and the national committeeman, Bob Tehan and Andy Greene, both from Milwaukee. They wanted me to run but they had to tell me that they didn't have any money, and neither did I. So I didn't

Oral history transcript, Warren Magnuson, interview 1 (I), 3/14/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

think," he said, "we've got to do something about this fellow?" goi ng to have to. again. II I said, "Well, I guess sooner or later we're Then we 1et it res t a wh il e and then break out I kind of had a little hope that he'd get better and sort

Oral history transcript, Paul Bolton and Dolly Bolton, interview 2 (II), 4/8/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

stroke, why, he tried at first to keep it a secret. he not only had a stroke, it affected his mind. But Anyway, while he was still in possession of all of his faculties, his son, Bob Looney-do you know Bob, have you ever met him? G: No. B: He

Oral history transcript, John A. Baker, interview 4 (IV), 6/12/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

/exhibits/show/loh/oh Baker -- IV -- 11 B: It can be done. Youlve just got to have somebody with the guts to motivate it and try and hope you don't stub your toe. G: The Mississippi program I gather was multi-faceted in that it was aimed

Oral history transcript, Frank Stanton, interview 1 (I), 4/21/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of his name right now-- G: Jesse Kellam. S: Jesse, yes. A fine man to work with, never was unreasonable in his demands on us, and I hope we weren't on him. Some affiliates were difficult, but Jesse was the salt of the earth as far as I was concerned

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 15 (XV), 12/15/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

we had any--we may have harbored some dim hope of rolling it back, but I doubt it. I think by that time we wanted to make damn sure no more increases in the discount rate came, LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY

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

to points where I was calling Bob Wagner and saying, "With all those tall buildings you have in New York, have you got somebody focused on people that are stuck in elevators? They can panic. They can have heart attacks. They can die." It got to that level

Oral history transcript, Sharon Francis, interview 1 (I), 5/20/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

marvelously about the Grand Canyon and what it meant and symbolized, and her hope that all alternative means of supplying power and water to the Southwest would be explored before any irrevocable decision to build a dam was made. Now my reason for drafting

Oral history transcript, Lawrence McQuade, interview 1 (I), 1/15/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Oral history transcript, Joe B. Frantz, interview 1 (I), 9/7/1972, by David G. McComb (Item)

Frantz -- I -- 7 along the sort of lines which we had hoped for. But if I had any hand in it it was beautifully disguised, because I couldn't recognize any pride of authorship. Then we went upstairs. Well, he went out first before the crowd was dismissed

Oral history transcript, Robert S. McNamara, interview 1 (I), 1/8/1975, by Elspeth D. Rostow (Item)

Oral history transcript, Walter Washington and Bennetta Washington, interview 1 (I), 12/10/1971, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. Remember the civil rights meeting? He was really coming through and I think, as Walter talks about alternatives all the time, both Mrs. Johnson and Walter saw the beautification as one of the viable alternatives for young people. building up hope

Oral history transcript, Dan H. Fenn, Jr., interview 1 (I), 7/18/1972, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

didn't stir around and try to get support from anybody for my position. of hoped that there wouldn't be hearings on it. were hearings they asked me to testify. I sort But when there It was something which I had felt very, very strongly about; I think

Oral history transcript, Ben W. Heineman, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

and Urban Development. I worked on that for a number of months as a member of that task force under the chairmanship of Bob Wood, later Secretary, and was chairman of a subcommittee on that. F: What was your particular subcommittee? H: Basically

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