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Oral history transcript, James R. Jones, interview 3 (III), 6/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, it could have been anything from professional jealousy to reality, but some sniveling by the Washington press. I'm talking about the larger press, that Marianne Means and Bill White were sort of captives of the White House. Did he ever feel that they were
influence on LBJ to be greater than it actually was; LBJ’s love of telephones; LBJ’s “earthy” language and storytelling ability; LBJ’s private nature; LBJ’s relationship with the press; night reading; keeping LBJ’s schedule.

Oral history transcript, Phillip B. Davidson, interview 1 (I), 3/30/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

activity through computer capability; CIA; Robert Komer and pacification; the Tet Offensive; Westmoreland press briefing after Tet; the media; infiltration; the importance of Cambodia; Sihanouk; problem of interpretation of intelligence; body counts; Sam

Oral history transcript, J.Willis Hurst, interview 3 (III), 11/8/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

with him, so we were good friends. He was seeing President Eisenhower. Well, I saw Majority Leader Johnson then and indicated he was doing quite well. A member of the press obviously came by, and I indicated in the press report that his electrocardiogram

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 12 (XII), 4/25/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

regular duties on the Policy Committee as well? Did you have any--? J: Yes, I was staff director of the Policy Committee. I had administrative at least jurisdiction over the people like Reedy and Siegel and so on. I didn't certainly follow press
Committee; LBJ and the press

Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 2 (II), 3/4/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, the status factor between being a senator and being a House member was still eschewed very much to the Senate. Senators were the equal of cabinet officers, and House members were not. So it was a showy audience. He also had some celebrity figures from press

Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 5 (V), 5/1/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

cities like Philadelphia and New York and Chicago. The first indication we had that they planned to hold a Solidarity Day exercise came from the press. Progressively, as we had visits with their leaders about matters relating to Resurrection City

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

today, Lyndon Johnson felt he was the president, and they all worked for him. Some of the things I've seen recently in the press about his Secret ServiceCone thing in particular: I read an article about bathroom habits and the Secret Service. I can't

Oral history transcript, William J. Jorden, interview 2 (II), 3/20/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

on and so on. It just developed in a very natural way to the point where we forecast that there would be a Chinese nuclear explosion within a reasonable period of time. This was covered very fairly, accurately, honestly by the press, and by the time

Oral history transcript, Kermit Gordon, interview 1 (I), 12/16/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

, taking note of the fact that the press had reported the likelihood of a round of steel price increases. The President urged the steel companies to hold the line on prices and strongly implied in that letter that if the steel companies would behave

Oral history transcript, Luther Holcomb, interview 1 (I), 6/24/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

?". He said, and he spoke very low, "The Speaker just announced me for the presidency." Sure enough, Rayburn had called a press conference over in the Adolphus Hotel without saying anything to anyone about it and made the announcement. Mr. Rayburn

Oral history transcript, Emma Long, interview 1 (I), 5/11/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)

for the American-Statesman. I started as a capitol correspondent for the Galveston N~s, and then the Trans-Radio Press; that was a news service. Then I picked up another paper--this was [as] capitol correspondent, [the] Wichita Falls Post, which is no longer

Oral history transcript, Eugenie Moore Anderson, interview 3 (III), 11/14/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

of imagery. P: And according a certain respect to women in general. A: Yes. Public image is important today in communications. For instance, when I went to Denmark, I think that the photographers, the press photographers, were far more interested

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 26 (XXVI), 4/18/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of community action. We were still full of--we had to make sure that the poor got their piece of it. We couldn't--when I say "we" I'm not talking about the President now because he increasing would press me. "We," I mean the social planners, the Reuthers

Oral history transcript, S. Douglass Cater, interview 1 (I), 4/29/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

the editing work. Was that actual reporting? C: Yes. M: Did you actually go to a press conference and things of that nature? C: Yes, I had during my Washington years the whole of Washington as well as political stories outside Washington as my bailiwick
for ESEA; Morse-Green rivalry; the Quie amendment; Congressman Fino objects to busing; reorganizing HEW; Keppel, Mayor Daley, and the Chicago quarrel with HEW; Henry Loomis and the Voice of America press conference; Wilbur Cohen evaluated; the heart-cancer

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

. But he had not yet moved over to be press secretary, I don't believe, at that time. George Reedy was still there. Shortly after Bill Moyers moved to press secretary, George Reedy left and Marvin Watson then became my boss. This was the summer of 1965. G

Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 3 (III), 11/15/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

the question of when we would resume arms aid to the Paks was a quite live orie, wi th the Pentagon--as I recall--and to an extent State pressing for some resumption and the Paks screaming for it because they had lost an incredible amount of resources

Oral history transcript, William A. Knowlton, interview 1 (I), 3/21/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

easier to pull these things together. I'd like at this point to go back before I go on to the Delta or anything else [and] mention one subject which I think is very badly misunderstood and which gets a very bad play from the press because I don't think

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

, newspaper people--there were days when we got along much better with the press than in the later years of the presidency--and Texans. Among them there was Albert Jackson, who actually ran the Dallas Times Herald. Mr. [Tom] Gooch--it was their family
to be on the ballot for more than one office; Jefferson-Jackson Day dinners; Mrs. Johnson's ability to remember names; Hubert Humphrey's political defeat; the Women's National Press Club and May Craig; Mrs. Johnson's uncertainty regarding LBJ's rise in political

Oral history transcript, William C. Trueheart, interview 1 (I), 3/2/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

with the press and so on connected with the introduction of all this equipment, which came in, I recall, on board these converted aircraft carriers which would anchor at the foot of Tu Do Street and unload these things. We were stopped from confirming

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

was handling Mrs. Johnson's press relations-F: Was this your first real contact with Liz? L: I got to know Liz, probably, very well then. I had known her, but not [well]. F: Your life seems to be always running into people who you are going to get mixed

Oral history transcript, Spurgeon H. Neel, Jr., interview 2 (II), 12/19/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Neel -- II -- 13 N: Yes, and I tried to come up with the proper press release, and he would have none of it, because he said, "It's not true. I was playing tennis." I said

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 29 (XXIX), 11/3/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

articles in the southern press that I was mistreating Wallace, that I was causing harm to party unity in November in the South. As Wallace in some primaries showed strength, it became clear to me that on a roster of candidates, Wallace would have

Oral history transcript, Arthur E. Goldschmidt and Elizabeth Wickenden Goldschmidt, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Oral history transcript, Harold Fleming, interview 1 (I), 5/14/1986, by Michael Gillette (Item)

." Well, that of course was indignantly reported and commented on by Pat's partisans in the press, and I'm sure it didn't please him very much, though I don't recall talking to him after that was [said]. I'm sure he didn't hang around for the whole thing
of the conference; the impact of the conference on related legislation; White House reception for conference organizers following the conference; the impact of the planning session on black leadership; press coverage of the conference; the relationship between

Oral history transcript, McGeorge Bundy, interview 1 (I), 1/30/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

, and the President was sensitive to the fact that it was said. We were in the habit of explaining to the press, and I think perfectly fairly, that the fact that the President had not had formal diplomatic experience to any great extent was no true measure
return to Washington, D.C. following JFK's assassination and his transition into the presidency; LBJ's desire to have his staff always with him; LBJ's perceived lack of openness with the press; LBJ trying to control the press; Bundy's decision to leave

Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 4 (IV), 7/29/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

a press conference. Now these were all his own traps. We were not having anything to do with it--there were people in and around the Johnson campaign, the only one I identified with it myself from what I saw was Bob Clark, Tom Clark's brother. They picked

Oral history transcript, S. Douglass Cater, interview 4 (IV), 4/24/1981, by Clarence Lasby (Item)

, but at the same time they were not something we just made up. I've forgotten what they were. It would be worth checking at the time. I don't think the press gave that particular thing a big play. In fact, when he gave the speech, I think he didn't make a big to-do

Oral history transcript, W. Marvin Watson, interview 2 (II), 12/19/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Watson -- II -- 3 W: Temper? I'm not sure I know what you mean, what you might be trying to--you may be talking about what someone may have written in the press that didn't know him. There have been some

Oral history transcript, Harfield Weedin, interview 1 (I), 2/24/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

this young man that he wanted to come to Washington and help him. G: Let me ask you about his dealing with the press. Did you have an opportunity to observe his relations with either the print media or the radio media? W: Mildly. He was very effective

Oral history transcript, Eugene V. Rostow, interview 1 (I), 12/2/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

cases. R: Well, I suppose I'm one of the few people who has been appointed to a job Some months after the appointment had been signaled in the press. M: You mean that didn't mean that you didn't get it after the press leaked it? R: Evans and Novak

Oral history transcript, Frank W. Mayborn, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, is that correct? M: That's right. G: Did he ever have you up to Washington? M: Oh, I was up to Washington. I didn't ever stay in the White House. One time I went in there when Kennedy had all the Texas press in there, and I wasn't on the list and I got
; the Brazos River Authority; LBJ makes a last visit to Temple, Texas; at the Dallas Trade Mart with Storey Stemmons during the JFK assassination; LBJ is faithful to his friends; investigating the M-16 rifle; observing the Tet Offensive; Ted Connell; the press

Oral history transcript, Robert W. Murphey, interview 2 (II), 2/8/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

opinion, it's not just mine, I've seen it stated by people in the press corps--that he probably had the best relationship with the press of any governor that ever held the office. He had the respect of the press corps and he respected the press corps

Oral history transcript, Frederick Nolting, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

supervised elections, whatever that might mean; it surely doesn't mean everything that it implies. But [it means] at least certain supervision of the fairness of the elections. Nevertheless, most of the press interpreted the elections as another

Oral history transcript, William C. Westmoreland, interview 2 (II), 7/25/1985, by Charles B. MacDonald (Item)

the Vietnamese that they themselves had to do the job, not us. M: How could press relations in Vietnam have been improved? satisfied with the job done by Barry Zorthian and JUSPAO? Are you In retro- spect, do you think that censorship should have been imposed
. forces; press relations; general assessment of the Vietnam War

Oral history transcript, Lawrence E. (Larry) Levinson, interview 2 (II), 3/18/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

much you should or should not talk to the press, period? L: Well, I think he believed firmly and for good reason that the staff should be as Louis Brownlow has said, or as Roosevelt has said, men with a passion for anonymity. He 8 LBJ
House staff's public exposure; Pat Anderson; press criticism of domestic programs under LBJ; the long process of enacting domestic programs; urban housing developements; Model City task force members and work; funding Model Cities and getting

Oral history transcript, Lee C. White, interview 1 (I), 9/28/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, as the press sometimes charges? W: I wasn't close enough in the ring to President Kennedy. man, he has got concentric rings about him. Like any I was in a fine spot. I wasn't so close in that when President Kennedy sneezed I had to wipe myself off. But I

Oral history transcript, Warren G. Woodward, interview 2 (II), 5/26/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

that the basic thread of friendship between John Connally and the President was ever truly broken. squabble. It is as if a couple of brothers might fight and But the bond was there then and always has been. I have often been amused at press accounts which

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 4 (IV), 8/21/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

of it to Moyers who was in Austin, I guess, with [the] press corps. I had a hell of a time getting Goodwin, who was out on a sailboat, but we finally sent the Coast Guard after Dick. We got him. He wrote a statement, dictated it to my secretary. The time was so

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 59 (LIX), 1/16/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

from the meeting in Punta del Este. This request was strongly and repeatedly pressed; it was denied." So the unions wouldn't even give him that much time. What did he go to Punta del Este for? G: Well, that was the conference with the Latin American

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

"Alliance for Progress" had been coined during the Kennedy election campaign for use in a speech which was never delivered, a speech somewhere in Florida, but the speech was mimeographed [and] had been given to the press. Dick Goodwin, I think

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