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

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Knowlton -- I -- 2 So, in 1964, I came into the office of the secretary general staff of the army heading the strategy and policy division, which was kind of a deep-think tank for the chief of staff. While I was in that post
of Vietnam; problems with civilians and military personnel working together, especially in terminology; Senator Edward Kennedy's visit to Knowlton's operations; Knowlton's work to secretly employ over 800 new White House staff members during LBJ's
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

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

to Washington from your home state in Texas, and you worked with them until 1945. From 1945 to 1958 you were with the New York Times and rose to the position of chief congressional correspondent. In 1958 you left to become nationally syndicated. Your column
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Margaret Mayer Ward, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Rather and I baby-sat with Lynda and Luci while the Johnsons went to New York. Luci had the mumps, and I caught the mumps. G: Did you do anything with the press at all? W: No. No. I didn't. They really laid me low. I don't recall the period being
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, George P. Miller, interview 1 (I), 4/22/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

be very quick to say, if they wanted to know a good reason that by the time the troops came down here--and at that time, people were coming here in busloads from New York, et cetera, going around .Congress--by the time they got through seeing the people
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 7 (VII), 2/25/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

it was 1964, in order to get more scientific exploration of the new hallucinogens, such as LSD. It also had a policing role, however, which in many respects was similar to what Bureau of Narcotics traditionally had performed in Treasury as to the narcotic
for the plan; the Office of Legal Counsel's role in approving the plan of reorganization and drafting the executive order; constitutional arguments for and against the Plan of Reorganization Act; the new joint organization director's pay grade; the Civil
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, H. Ralph Taylor, interview 1 (I), 3/25/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

Richard Lee of New Haven and his then secretary, now the president of the New York State Urban Development Corporation--Ed Logue--made to me. Mc: How does he spell his name? T: L-O-G-U-E. I went to New Haven in August of 1955 to be Director
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Merrell F. "Pop" Small, interview 1 (I), 8/20/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Small -- I -- 11 voted with Victor [Vito] Marcantonio of New York, who was damn near a Communist, on 60 per cent of the votes
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., interview 1 (I), 11/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

session about once every other week and I got to know him then. He called me one day in New York and suggested that I come down and talk to him. I did. F: It must be quite a wrench, in a way, for a young lawyer who's just getting set up
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Harry Provence, interview 1 (I), 5/5/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

was Lorraine, and Jim was the guy on the phone. But I went up there on some kind of business, I've forgotten what now, towards the end of the campaign, I think about a week before it was over, when Johnson and Kennedy were in New York together for that final
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Michael V. DiSalle, interview 1 (I), 2/4/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Ribicoff and I sat through both meetings. The first mee ting was held with Northern leaders, and I think in that group were Soapy Williams, Dave Lawrence, Carmine DiSapio, Dick Daley, Pat Brmm, possibly Mike Pendergast from New York, myself, Ribicoff, John
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Whitney Shoemaker, interview 1 (I), 11/25/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

with newspapers himself a few years prior thereto. Then he left Washington, went to New York, and in a while came back at his brother's and the President behest to take over the Presidential Message Operation. In a short time he asked if I would be interested

Oral history transcript, John A. Baker, interview 2 (II), 12/11/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

departments would handle it, and whether there would be a new agency as opposed to having HEW--? B: Which period, is this pre-assassination or post-assassination? G: No, post-assassination. B: Post-assassination, the answer is yes to your question. G
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, James R. Ketchum, interview 1 (I), 7/26/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

school at the end of the Eisenhower Administration. As a means to an end I signed on with the Park Service to work I knew not where, but I was assigned to what was then called the Custis-Lee Mansion, Arlington House. As a native of western New York State
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 8 (VIII), 4/8/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, 1986 INTERVIEWEE: LAWRENCE F. O'BRIEN INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. O'Brien's office, New York City Tape 1 of 4, Side 1 G: [I'd like to] have you focus on that list of the congressional liaison people and assess the value of each
and Appalachia; LBJ as a supporter of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal and his deep commitment to helping people; Sargent Shriver's early leadership in the War on Poverty; Phil Landrum as a leader in supporting War on Poverty legislation; the poverty bill's referral
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Jane Engelhard, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

it. One of my best paintings, which is now in the apartment in New York, the Fragonard called "Lady Reading a Letter," was in the hands of Göring, who wanted it more than anything in the world. He even made an offer through Seyss-Inquart, who
to the United States and involvement in the microfilm business; New York Governor Alfred Smith; a plane crashing into the Empire State Building; marrying Charles Engelhard; Engelhard’s political career; Engelhard’s involvement in the gold business; race
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Robert H. Finch, interview 1 (I), 2/23/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and President [Richard] Nixon during LBJ's retirement. F: Well, obviously this ignores the striking earlier history between the two going back to the Eisenhower years, but Johnson made it a point with the [1968] election barely over--we were in New York
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, John A. Schnittker, interview 2 (II), 5/18/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

for Robert Kennedy. The next day in the New York Times there was a story which described how Johnson had directed all cabinet and sub-cabinet officers to withdraw from whatever they were doing in the Humphrey, Johnson, whatever other campaigns there were
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Cyrus Vance, interview 2 (II), 12/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

seeing something on page ten of the New York Times that morning--nothing on the front page--so that I was really quite surprised to hear from Nick that the situation was as serious as it appeared to be. As we talked further he indicated to me
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, John A. McCone, interview 1 (I), 8/19/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that they had indirect control of where a missile could reach Washington or New York and not reach Moscow. So the situation was somewhat different. Furthermore, the bulk of opinion was that what we were witnessing in the build-up in the summer of 1962
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Mary Rather, interview 9 (IX), 7/14/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. And I went to work at the White House. (Interruption) R: Recently Nancy and Drew were on a trip to New York and New England, and then coming back they stopped in Washington and saw the sights there. Nancy told me that all of a sudden they passed
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Wright Patman, interview 2 (II), 2/4/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Patman -- I -- 11 in New York or Washington or some other place. just sitting around in the car. He got hold of his daughter [Luci] that had the little boy about four years old
1960 convention in Los Angeles; the Biltmore Hotel; decision to take the Vice-Presidential post with JFK; connection with Johnson family in Oglethorpe County, Georgia; Lady Bird Johnson’s grandfather as founder of Baylor University; the LBJ Library
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Sally O'Brien MacDonald and Sarah McClendon, interview 1 (I), 2/16/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Baskin of the Dallas News and Vernon Louviere of the Houston Chronicle and--I can't think at the moment--oh, I guess Felton West of the Houston Post. We thought we'd get down there and get a lot of hot poop, you know. He'd talk to us all weekend, and we
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Sam Kinch, Sr., interview 1 (I), 6/3/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (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 26 from Washington, New York sources, wanting background information on Johnson
Skelton; LBJ’s acceptance of VP; covered VP while in Austin; move of press from Austin to San Antonio; Eastern press; post-Presidential press conference; John Connally’s dissatisfaction for some of LBJ’s policy; off the record meetings; Sam Kinch, Jr
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Donald M. Baker, interview 2 (II), 3/5/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

, I don't think there has been a case study approach, unless somebody within OEO has done it, of the kind of problem areas in Community Action. I think one of the earliest ones was the HarYou Act situation in New York, and particularly the Black Arts
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, James J. Rowley, interview 1 (I), 1/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

into the public. Now he couldn't, in many instances, he couldn't commit himself even for a dinner in New York, but then when things subsided, particularly in various parts of the world, he could then go up to a dinner in New York, and with the aid of a jet, you
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Bess Abell, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

to this country--"Don't just go to New York and Washington. Please come to Texas, to Iowa, to the blue grass country" of my state of Kentucky. "See something more of what makes up this country." You obviously can't do that in two days, but you can get more
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, William S. White and June White, interview 3 (III), 7/21/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: No, I never was with him on any Texas matter or affair, except in 1952 when I was with the New York Times. I was out on one of those ear-to-the- ground surveys, you know, what's gOing to happen in the election. Johnson was running or assisting
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, R. Vernon Whiteside, interview 2 (II), 8/6/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to speak at Riverside also in 1928? W: No. G: Or Senator Wirtz coming to speak, Alvin Wirtz? W: No. G: Were you? W: I was at New York University. G: In the fall of 1928? W: Yes. G: Okay. I wasn't in school in 1928 down there. September
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, McGeorge Bundy, interview 2 (II), 2/17/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

. Mulhollan PLACE: Mr. Bundy's office, New York City Tape 1 of 1 M: I'm sure you have no reason to recall exactly what we covered in the last tape. B: None. You'll have to stop me. Just put your hand up if I've said it before. M: I'll do
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Louis Shanks, interview 1 (I), 8/20/1987, by Gina Gianzero (Item)

. Johnson is so very, very gracious. I had some friends from New York City that were dying to see the inside of Mrs. Johnson's home on the Ranch. So I didn't wish to bother Mrs. Johnson, and I called our very dear, dear mutual friend, Donald Thomas, and told
; Ernest Willinger giving LBJ a plane; Shanks' visits to the White House; LBJ in the post-presidential years; LBJ's behavior around women.
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, James J. Reynolds, interview 2 (II), 10/1/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

unions, and it was declared in short order to be illegal, as I recall it. F: Now the New York Times, for instance, and it wasn't alone, called--and this happens in other instances--for federal legislation to deal with strikes that hurt the national
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Robert D. S. Novak, interview 1 (I), 11/15/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

was another. M: Did any of them ever do it? N: No. The only successful effort came in connection with our Johnson book. It was rather widely syndicated in newspapers in installments. The [New York] World Journal Tribune, short-lived, was started in 1966
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Vide G. (Mrs. E.L.) Bartlett, interview 1 (I), 5/14/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

a couple of years and retired. In 1950 there was only one dissenting voice in the committee; while J. Hardin Peters on was still chairman, and that was a northern congressman, [Frederic] Coudert, C-O-U-D-E-R-T, of upper New York. LBJ Presidential
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Walter W. Heller, interview 2 (II), 12/21/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

the "New York desk" of the Fed, where they do the open market operations, was lagging. The idea would be for the President to get Martin to instruct them to buy more longterm government securities and thus put more money into the 10ngterm money market
Troika; Quadriad; Council of Economic Advisers; administration differences; details of tax cut; trade-offs with Congress on budget cuts; Wilbur Mills; Harry Byrd; origin of tax cut; Samuelson Task Force; “new economics;” tax increases; Vietnam’s
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Nancy Dickerson, interview 1 (I), 8/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

me to New York to work at the United Nations and all those kinds of things. But that is how I got to know John Connally, whom Senator Connally wanted to run his re-election campaign. John Connally refused him. There was really very little doubt
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, James C. Gaither, interview 4 (IV), 3/24/1970, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

as the California campaign. And on Saturday, the day before the President's speech, we had gotten five guys to resign from their jobs to go out and work in California--Larry O'Brien and Marvin Watson had gotten some people for New York, and they were working
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 11 (XI), 7/24/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

INTERVIEW XI DATE: July 24, 1986 INTERVIEWEE: LAWRENCE F. O'BRIEN INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. O'Brien's office, New York City Tape 1 of 4, Side 1 G: Okay, why don't we begin 1965? You talked briefly last time about the impact
demonstrations like the one in Selma on the Voting Rights Act; LBJ's support for voting rights; the negative effect of American media coverage on public perception of U.S. involvement in Vietnam; O'Brien's concerns over television news presentation of events
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Charles Roberts, interview 1 (I), 1/14/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. Here we were in Dallas and some reporters called New York, their home offices, to find out what they knew. I ran out into the parking lot and a cop was sitting there on a three-wheel motorcycle listening to all the traffic on the police radio. Maybe
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Frank Stanton, interview 2 (II), 7/22/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, 1987 INTERVIEWEE: FRANK STANTON INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Dr. Stanton's office, New York City Tape 1 of 2, Side 1 G: You visited the President after his heart attack in 1955. S: Oh, yes. G: Can you describe your visit
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Robert M. Montague, interview 2 (II), 11/5/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, I was detailed on a part-time basis, still as special assistant, still working at J3, but I was also supposed to go out and spend some time with III Corps in planning this particular operation. I don't think it had any really significant and new
to improved the placement of new chiefs and staff; dealing with questions from the press; how Jack Cushman dealt with the press; Montague's role in planning the Hop Tac operation and why it was unsuccessful; General Westmoreland's request for an estimate
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

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