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Oral history transcript, Florence Mahoney, interview 1 (I), 6/13/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to school or universities or anything. You wouldn't remember it, but it's true. So I guess that's how I got interested in it. I was always interested in mental health and when I was in school they sent us one time to a big public hospital in New York
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 3 (III), 6/9/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was elected speaker [of the Little Congress], I ran and was defeated. It goes on and says what I wanted to do was to be in charge of entertainment to New York. Here's what happened. for speaker. In 1937 my name was put in the pot to run Lyndon Johnson
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Alexander Buel Trowbridge, Jr., interview 1 (I) A, 2/19/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

to be made. T: Is this fairly accurate? Can you add some detail to that meeting? The story that appeared in the New York Times by Eileen Shanahan was not accurate. The facts were as follows: In October-November of 1966, I went to Puerto Rico
into the Department of Economic Affairs; Labor was 95% against the new Department; Labor-Management Advisory Committee studies merger and proposed that it not be done; personal contact with the President; White House staff; Cabinet meetings were basically
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

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

on that considerably even after he became defense secretary, but yet you would hear or read these things in the national magazines and the New York Times, how "Clark Clifford is trying to lead a dovish position, a change in policy on the war." The public print just
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, John L. Monahan, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

, one man might have the state of New York, and another man might have, say, a whole mid-west area of five states. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, James C. Gaither, interview 5 (V), 5/12/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

I remember the time--it wasn't a Community Action Program but it was in the manpower area--John Lindsay got upset about something that was happening and went to the New York Times. Well, it was impossible to answer that. did hurt that program. do
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

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

recall it was Mitchell Field in New York. This was before the [House] Armed Services Committee for its approval, and GSA was to be involved from a disposal standpoint. involved. Mr. Vinson got There were a couple of members on his committee from New
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 27 (XXVII), 1/30/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that there were fourteen Anna Rosenbergs in the New York telephone book, where she lived, and there was no proof in the world which one of those Anna Rosenbergs had attended the communist meetings. Somebody had. Anyhow, she was one of the smartest, toughest, most
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Lee C. White, interview 5 (V), 11/2/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Walter Jenkins had his great difficulty. I must say, that's a mark of a very decent, very fine, very warm, and very courageous human ceing. She wasn't thinking about what the hell impact this would have in Texas or New York or Greenwich Village
Barber to a Defense Department post; advising LBJ on having Lynda move from her segregated dorm at UT and inviting civil rights leaders to dine at the Ranch; LBJ's understanding of the militant forces released by progress in civil rights
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 19 (XIX), 1/27/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

--and they were ready to go. They wanted to make sure we paid their expenses and covered everything which we ultimately did. G: Were they currently presenting a show somewhere in New York? LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

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
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Berl Bernhard, interview 1 (I), 5/7/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

don't know--you see, I think he always perceived Moynihan as a Kennedy person, you see-- G: Did he tie him to Robert Kennedy? B: Yes; New York, Bob Kennedy, all that kind of stuff because--the President chewed my head out at another time when I
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Father Wunibald W. Schneider, interview 1 (I), 4/21/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

staying with me from Washington or New York, people who are Catholic. They want to go to church, and I go with them because I want to make them feel at home. It's better if I go with them than if I send them off on their own." So at that time he had some
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Estelle Harbin, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh So I went down there and went to work and Mr. Driscoll died in late spring 1930. The Crash had come, but it didn't affect us; it affected New York more than us. We were just bewildered with Mr. Driscoll
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Charles Fitz Baird, interview 1 (I), 12/9/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

a very short but very pleasant trip to Newport News while Hrs. Baird launched a submarine on a specific kind of occasion. Fact finding because __lhenever in my capacity I go anYHhere for whatever purpose, I learn a goo'd deal by talking to the LBJ

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 4 (IV), 12/4/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, 1985 INTERVIEWEE: LAWRENCE F. O'BRIEN INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. O'Brien's office, New York City Tape 1 of 3, Side 1 G: Let me start with one note that I have from last time that you were going to talk about
O'Brien's discussion with Joseph Kennedy about the New Frontier program; leadership in the House of Representatives before and after Sam Rayburn's death; the Trade Expansion Act of 1962; a private-sector public-relations operation led by Howard
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Frederick O'Reilly Hayes, interview 1 (I), 10/7/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of renewal through supporting services to help the families, individuals and businesses located in or displaced by projects. In New Haven, Mayor Dick Lee and renewal chief Ed Logue had brought in Mike Sviridoff to start an effort of this kind under the Ford
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Whitney M. Young, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/18/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

worked on for almost six or eight months leading up to the announcement and then later there was a magazine article on it in the New York Times and then later in my book, To Be Equal, which went into it more in detail. Mr. Johnson is mentioned in the book
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 51 (LI), 8/14/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, and we got the story in the [New York] Times we wanted, which was that there was flexibility, and I guess we got back in the business of keeping a head count on these plans. (Long pause) [Inaudible] (Long pause) In our Civil Rights' proposals. . . . Now
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, W. Averell Harriman, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

not before Congress as a platform for the Democratic party in '56 and again in '60. Most of the time I was governor of New York--a considerable part of the time I was. Then afterwards I still remained as a member because we were very much concerned
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Sharon Francis, interview 3 (III), 6/27/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

. It was very funny. His office was two blocks away on New York Avenue, but we had called the garage for a car to take us over there. Well, the garage cars were all out, so we waited ten or fifteen minutes sort of standing out on the curb cooling our heels
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 10 (X), 10/14/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

inspiration for that letter. worth checking out. I'm not sure of that, but it's If you find the letter, I think the letter first appeared in the New York Herald Tribune. G: Was Johnson upset about the leak of it? R: Not really. He said that he
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Theodore Berry, interview 2 (II), 3/15/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

to have it a viable, acceptable, legal entity, and for the first time in the history of the agency, we established a trustee ship . There were visits from delegations from Syracuse, and I remem ber very distinctly telling the new chairman
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Daniel O. Graham, interview 1 (I), 5/24/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Graham -- I -- 19 I remember after Tet, about a few weeks after, not the New York Times, not the Washington Post, but the Stars and Stripes came out with an issue. I went
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Russell M. Brown, interview 1 (I), 1/10/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

counties on the coast to make a new district, and Dick Kleberg ran and was elected . My best recollection is that he came to Congress January 1, 1933 . G: No, it was earlier than that . Lyndon Johnson went up there I guess the first time in December
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Frank McCulloch, interview 2 (II), 8/15/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

points in David Halberstam's book The Powers That Be is that your stories were given a very different slant by the editors in New York, and let me ask you to address this point and explain to what extent you think this occurred. M: I think it occurred
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

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

: Well, the Regents' action in July of 1967 was to thank and discharge the committee. Now the question was to create a new committee to do whatever else was necessary. (Interruption) At the July meeting, the Regents accepted the report and accepted
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
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Peter R. Rosenblatt, interview 1 (I), 7/26/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

House, which was just after Labor Day in 1966, I had absolutely no background in Southeast Asia, in Asia, or any part of the Pacific. And I don't know if you want me to get into how I got there, but-- G: Certainly. R: I had come from New York
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, William H. Chartener, interview 1 (I), 1/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

. Is that correct? c: Well I was appointed in January of '68, and actually came into the office early in February of '68. M: You came here, I believe, from private business with Goldman-Sachs of New York? C: Yes, I had been an economist for Goldman-Sachs. M
price policy; union democracy; stockpiling; Direct Investment Program; balance of payments; transition; cabinet committee work on post-planning for economic consequences of the end of Vietnam War
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Kermit Gordon, interview 3 (III), 3/21/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

: No. That issue was not settled for at least a year. In the Johnson Administration, the President appointed a committee of two men, Eugene Black and Harold Osborne--is that his name?--I forget, a New York LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Louise Hermey Stanford, interview 1 (I), 9/6/1989, by Sybil Jackson (Item)

TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Stanford -- I -- 2 Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in New York to see about working in the summer
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, John William Theis, interview 1 (I), 12/1/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Theis -- I -- 2 was about to leave he put his arm around my shoulder--we scarcely knew each other--and he said, "Bill, I spent the weekend up in New York with Dick Berlin." Well, Dick Berlin at that time
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Alfred B. Fitt, interview 1 (I), 10/25/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

remarked to me one day about how important it was not to repeat the mistake of the 1950's in the expansion into South Post. So we worked some and got some good architects in and landscape designers to help design the new areas and realized that if we took

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
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, David Ginsburg, interview 1 (I), 8/15/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of differences, and stirring the country to bring pressure to bear on the unions--public pressure through the media. There were many meetings with individuals associated with the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post and others to explain
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, R. Vernon Whiteside and Walter Richter, interview 1 (I), 8/1/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

for the Texas Power & Light Company as a salesman. University. In 1927 and 1928 I went to New York They laughed at me for going to that little old school LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Manuel Cohen, interview 1 (I), 7/1/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

. For example, when Mr. [Robert] Haack became president of the New York Stock Exchange, I brought him in to introduce him. But I know that on occasion people associated with the Exchange would come to visit him just because they, one, liked to meet the president
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth Johnson, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1986, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

of ELIZABETH WOOLLS JOHNSON In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 21 of Title 44, United States Code, and subject to the tenns and conditions hereinafter set forth, I, Sarah Roberts, ofNew York, New York, do hereby give, donate, and convey to the United
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

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
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Mitchell Rogovin, interview 1 (I), 10/23/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

opportunities to learn sort of a post-graduate degree. In 1958 I came into government and was quite a-political. In 1961, when I became Assistant to the Commissioner, I became privy to many of the policy and political problems of the day. I wasn't

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