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Oral history transcript, John T. Jones, interview 1 (I), 6/17/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • INTERVIEWEE: JOHN T. JONES, JR. INTERVIEWER: DAVID McCOMB PLACE: Mr. Jones' office, Gulf Building, Houston, Texas Tape 1 of 1 M: First of all, lid like to know a little bit about your background. Where were you born and when and where did you get your
  • Oral history transcript, John T. Jones, interview 1 (I), 6/17/1969, by David G. McComb
Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 1 (I), 4/13/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Eisenhower's campaign and didn't think he had any serious opposition. It surprised everybody, but money can talk. Now, I don't know, I'm going to buy up a bunch of these two dollar bills because I'm getting LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org
Oral history transcript, Lawrence E. (Larry) Levinson, interview 6 (VI), 8/18/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • of Camp David, and I know Johnson did some. But Camp David was not nearly as intensively used or enjoyed. I suppose the Ranch formed a sort of an alternative to Camp David. L: I would say that. I would say absolutely that to my knowledge I remember
  • The Sequoia; LBJ's assessment of Nixon; LBJ's comments on Martin Luther King; working on a tax surcharge speech on the Sequoia; staff members wanting access to the Sequoia for personal use; Camp David; visiting the Ranch; LBJ's office at the Ranch
Oral history transcript, Robert Oliver, interview 2 (II), 11/29/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • down to the White House about ten or twelve days after it passed the Senate-­ Eisenhower vetoed it even though under other circumstances he would have signed it . He was for the bill . Everyone knew he was for the bill, but in view of this bribery
Oral history transcript, Jerry Voorhis, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • INTERVIEWEE: H. JERRY VOORHIS INTERVIEWER: DAVID McCOMB PLACE: Mr. Voorhis's office, Monadnock Building, Chicago, Illinois. Tape 1 of 1. M: First of all, I'll identify the tape. This is an interview with Mr. Jerry Voorhis. That is correct? V: M: Mr. Voorhis
  • Oral history transcript, Jerry Voorhis, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1969, by David G. McComb
Oral history transcript, Harris Melasky, interview 1 (I), 8/3/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • INTERVIEWEE: HARRIS MELASKY INTERVIEWER: DAVID McCOMB PLACE: Mr. Melasky's office in Taylor, Texas Tape 1 of 1 Mc: To start off with, we need to know something about your background. Where were you born and when and where did you go to school? M: I
  • Oral history transcript, Harris Melasky, interview 1 (I), 8/3/1971, by David G. McComb
Oral history transcript, W. Evans Buchanan, interview 1 (I), 2/7/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTERVIEWEE: W. EVANS INTERVIEWER: DAVID G. McComb DATE: February 7, 1969 M: More on LBJ Library oral
  • Oral history transcript, W. Evans Buchanan, interview 1 (I), 2/7/1969, by David G. McComb
Oral history transcript, William B. Macomber, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/17/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • with him. The success of the Eisenhower relationship with Congress in foreign policy I always felt depended to a large degree on two things: One, the enormous confidence and respect Dulles had--that they had for Dulles up there. They felt Secretary
  • Contacts with LBJ; success of Eisenhower relationship with Congress in foreign policy; personal contact between Secretary Dulles and LBJ; AID bill; estimation of LBJ; formidable experience of talking to LBJ; Macomber never brought good news
Oral history transcript, A. Leon Higginbotham, interview 1 (I), 10/7/1976, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • wanted to have this commission. The impression he gave to me--but I think it's sort of like what Harry McPherson says, that Lyndon Johnson had one hundred people who were like a father to him--was that he had just talked to Milton Eisenhower and I
Oral history transcript, William Hunter McLean, interview 1 (I), 5/11/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • : INTERVIEI~EE : WM. HUNTER McLEAN INTERVIEWER: DAVID McCOMB PLACE: Continental Life Building, Fort Worth, Texas Tape 1 of 1 O~: This is an interview with W. Hunter McLean. M-C-L-E-A-N. his office at 2204 Continental Life Building, in Fort The date
  • Oral history transcript, William Hunter McLean, interview 1 (I), 5/11/1971, by David G. McComb
Oral history transcript, A. Willis Robertson, interview 1 (I), 9/27/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTER VIEWEE: A. WILLIS ROBER TSON INTERVIEWER: DAVID G. McCOMB More on LBJ Library oral histories: http
  • Oral history transcript, A. Willis Robertson, interview 1 (I), 9/27/1968, by David G. McComb
Oral history transcript, Rufus W. Youngblood, interview 1 (I), 12/17/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • , 1968 INTERVIEWEE: RUFUS W. YOUNGBLOOD INTERVIEWER: DAVID G. McCOMB PLACE: Mr. Youngblood's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 2 M: To identify the tape, this is an interview with Mr. Rufus W. Youngblood, who is the deputy director of the United States
  • Oral history transcript, Rufus W. Youngblood, interview 1 (I), 12/17/1968, by David G. McComb
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 36 (XXXVI), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)
  • feelings. And his feelings were opposed to Adlai Stevenson, period, and ardently supportive of [Dwight] Eisenhower as I remember. And Lyndon, who believed that, as he would express it, from the court house to White House, on balance, adding it all together
  • vacation to Daytona Beach; getting to know Liz and Les Carpenter; James Forrestal; Dale and Virginia "Scooter" Miller; Lynda's experience with a cotillion for congressional children; Mrs. Johnson's impressions of President Dwight Eisenhower; LBJ's view
Oral history transcript, Chalmers Roberts, interview 1 (I), 4/23/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • starting to say that was when you first knew him. R: I started reporting foreign policy at the beginning of the Eisenhower Administration. He was Minority Leader the first two years and then Majority Leader of the Senate. of that fact. So, I came
Oral history transcript, Alan S. Boyd, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • ) INTERVIEWEE : ALAN S . INTERVIEWER : DAVID G . McCOMB November 20, 1968, Room 812, Department of Transportation Building, Washington, D . C . M: I had better start off by identifying the tape so, know who's talking . in case it's lost, we'll
  • Oral history transcript, Alan S. Boyd, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by David G. McComb
Oral history transcript, S. Douglass Cater, interview 1 (I), 4/29/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • #1) INTERVIEWER: DAVID G. McCOMB April 29, 1969 M: Let me identify the tape first of all. This is an interview with Douglass Cater. I'm in his office in Brookings Institution. The date is April 29, and my name is David McComb. We might start off
  • Oral history transcript, S. Douglass Cater, interview 1 (I), 4/29/1969, by David G. McComb
Oral history transcript, Joe B. Frantz, interview 2 (II), 09/10/1972, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • , 1972 INTERVIEWEE: JOE B. FRANTZ INTERVIEWER: DAVID G. McCOMB PLACE: Dr. Frantz' home, Austin, Texas Tape 1 of 1 F: We were talking about Dorothy Nichols, and about the only thing I need to say more on that was that she was like the traditional
  • Oral history transcript, Joe B. Frantz, interview 2 (II), 09/10/1972, by David G. McComb
Oral history transcript, Dwight A. Ink, interview 1 (I), 2/5/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTERVIEWEE: DWIGHT A INK INTERVIEWER: DAVID G. McCOMB More on LBJ Library oral histories: http
  • Oral history transcript, Dwight A. Ink, interview 1 (I), 2/5/1969, by David G. McComb
Oral history transcript, John W. Macy, interview 3 (III), 4/26/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • ,http://www.lbjlibrary.org . LBJ Presidential Library ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTERVIEWEE: JOHN W. NACY JR. (Tape #3) INTERVIEWER: DAVID McCOMB More on LBJ Library oral histories: http
  • Oral history transcript, John W. Macy, interview 3 (III), 4/26/1969, by David G. McComb
Oral history transcript, William M. Blackburn, interview 1 (I), 5/21/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • 21, 1969 INTERVIEWEE : WILLIAM M . BLACKBURN INTERVIEWER DAVID McCOMB PLACE : His offices in the Republic National Bank Building in Dallas, Texas Tape 1 of 1 M: First of all, I'd like to know something about your background : where were you
  • Oral history transcript, William M. Blackburn, interview 1 (I), 5/21/1969, by David G. McComb
Oral history transcript, George R. Davis, interview 1 (I), 2/13/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • some of my people who have tried to count up the number of times he came to church, but I've never gone in for that sort of thing--many times and in many kinds of situations--at the White House, Camp David, up on the river when they have spent
Oral history transcript, Charls E. Walker, interview 1 (I), 9/16/1999, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • , a long­ time Texas Democrat who had become an Eisenhower Republican. Anderson was very close to LBJ and other Texas Democrats, especially Sam Rayburn. Not long after I arrived at Treasury, Anderson surprised me by sending me up on a solo visit to LBJ
Oral history transcript, Melvin C. Winters, interview 4 (IV), 3/12/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • a five-year highway construction bill worth eighteen billion dollars. Do you remember that incident? W: Yes. G: That was, of course, relevant to your business. W: Right. It sure was. G: Eisenhower had proposed a thirty year, 3 per cent bond
Oral history transcript, Francis Keppel, interview 2 (II), 8/17/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • to the Chicago situation giving a great deal more detail, written by the man who was then Assistant Commission of Education [David S. Seeley] lmo handled the matter. And what he does is to give much more procedural detail [about} some of the issues which were
Oral history transcript, E. Ernest Goldstein, interview 4 (IV), 12/19/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • acceptance speech long after the convention over at Constitution Hall, etc. Truman had gone; Eisenhower had gone; Roosevelt had not gone every LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 48 (XLVIII), 6/14/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • that. G: Yes. You did. There's one in here. Governor [David] Lawrence was proposing an executive order and you presented the pros and cons of that. C: Do we incidentally have a draft? In any case, we talked about going--fair housing being essentially
Oral history transcript, Stewart L. Udall, interview 4 (IV), 10/31/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • this ran counter to the President's order. My reaction to that--I was prepared to this; I was ready for this--was that all Presidents in the past had done this. President Eisenhower did it, and it was traditional to do this. F: This is bi-partisan really
Oral history transcript, David Ginsburg, interview 4 (IV), 11/11/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , 1988 INTERVIEWEE: DAVID GINSBURG INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Ginsburg's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 DG: Well, one of the key problems in connection with the report, which recommended so many major expenditures
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  • Ginsburg, David, 1912-2010
  • Oral history transcript, David Ginsburg, interview 4 (IV), 11/11/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
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Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 5 (V), 6/23/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • and one for Grandmama and the girls, you see. In other words, if you'd come in Daddy's entrance, you could go in there and talk politics and drink and you wouldn't be bothered about your language. But if you crossed over that line, not like the David
Oral history transcript, Edgar L. Ball, interview 1 (I), 1/29/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • a split delegation go to the national convention again. We Then in the September convention, Shivers had it in Amarillo, and the party itself, the state party convention endorsed Eisenhower for president. And that I think convinced everybody
Oral history transcript, Roswell L. Gilpatric, interview 1 (I), 11/2/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • to view Vietnam as a military problem rather than a civil problem? RG: No, no. I think at that juncture we were all pretty agnostic because during the briefings that the President got during the transition between the Eisenhower Administration and his
Oral history transcript, Lera Thomas, interview 1 (I), 10/11/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • ) THOMAS Interviewer: David G. McComb 2184 Troon Road, Houston, Texas, October 11, 1968, 2:00 p.m. M: To sketch in the background of your husband, according to my data he was born in Nacogdoches County in 1898; educated at Rice, he got an A.B. degree from
  • Oral history transcript, Lera Thomas, interview 1 (I), 10/11/1968, by David G. McComb
Oral history transcript, Wilbur J. Cohen, interview 1 (I), 12/8/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • . COHEN INTERVIEWER: DAVID G. McCOMB DATE: December 8, 1968 PLACE: Mr. Cohen's home, Silver Spring, Maryland Tape 1 of 2 M: First of all, to identify this tape. It's with Wilbur J. Cohen, secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
  • Oral history transcript, Wilbur J. Cohen, interview 1 (I), 12/8/1968, by David G. McComb
Oral history transcript, Hubert H. Humphrey, interview 1 (I), 8/17/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • . At the early days, in the Senate, it should be clear that the labor movement was not close to Johnson at all; on the contrary, with the exception of David Dubinsky,-Johnson always broke into groups, wedged his way in, on a personal relationship. David Dubinsky
  • Initial awareness of LBJ; Senate run by Southerners; Tidelands; political albatross; DC’s Southern atmosphere; Dick Russell; Harry Byrd; Eugene Milligan; Bob Taft; LBJ as a political operator; LBJ’s relationship with David Dubinsky; Walter George
Oral history transcript, Richard A. Prindle, interview 1 (I), 2/3/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • , 1969 INTERVIEWEE: DR. RICHARD A. PRINDLE INTERVIEWER: DAVID McCOMB PLACE: Brookings Institute, Room 530, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 M: Dr. Prindle, I'd like to know first of all something about your background. Where were you born and when? P
  • Oral history transcript, Richard A. Prindle, interview 1 (I), 2/3/1969, by David G. McComb
Oral history transcript, Ivan L. Bennett, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/11/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • . BENNETT, JR ., Deputy Director, Office of Science and Technology INTERVIEWER : DAVID McCOMB December 11, 1968 M: To start off, Dr . Bennett, I would like to know something about your background--where were you born and when? B: Well, I was born
  • Oral history transcript, Ivan L. Bennett, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/11/1968, by David G. McComb
Oral history transcript, Warren G. Woodward, interview 2 (II), 5/26/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • INTERVIEWEE: WARREN WOODWARD INTERVIEWER: DAVID G. McCOMB PLACE: Mr. Woodward's offices at American Airlines, Dallas, Texas Tape l of l M: On the last tape, to pick up where you left off, you mentioned that Johnson had recovered from his kidney stones
  • Oral history transcript, Warren G. Woodward, interview 2 (II), 5/26/1969, by David G. McComb
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 8 (VIII), 8/17/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • criticized the Democrats who he claimed were kissing the administration, Eisenhower, on both cheeks. R: Yes, he did. 22 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781
  • LBJ and the Majority Leadership and various Senate activities, 1955; committee assignments; LBJ and Drew Pearson; LBJ and the oil industry; foreign aid; LBJ and organized labor; Paul Butler; LBJ and Eisenhower; LBJ's heart attack; Whitney speech
Oral history transcript, Francis C. Turner, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTERVIEWEE: FRANCIS C. TURNER (Tape #1) INTERVIEWER: DAVID G. Mc COMB More on LBJ Library oral histories: http
  • Oral history transcript, Francis C. Turner, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1968, by David G. McComb
Oral history transcript, David L. Hackett, interview 1 (I), 4/15/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , 1980 INTERVIEWEE: DAVID L. HACKETT INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: Mr. Hackett's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 G: Mr. Hackett, let's start with your experience with the Juvenile Delinquency Committee. What insights did you gain
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  • Hackett, David L., 1927-
  • Oral history transcript, David L. Hackett, interview 1 (I), 4/15/1980, by Michael L. Gillette
  • David L. Hackett