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Oral history transcript, Carroll Kilpatrick, interview 2 (II), 5/24/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

in advance. He was terribly sensitive, as I said earlier, about leaks. One of his best friends in the press was Philip Potter of the Baltimore Sun, and Potter wrote a rather innocent story once saying that the President was going to grant the request of India

Oral history transcript, John W. Macy, interview 1 (I), 3/18/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

in the management-consulting business. But before I could make up roy mind I was approached by the recently appointed chairman of the Civil Service Commission, Philip Young, about transferring to the Civil Service Commission as its Executive Director--the top career

Oral history transcript, Adam Yarmolinsky, interview 2 (II), 10/21/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

quote--who was it, who was the first president of the AFL-CIO--Philip Murray, who talked about giving people a rug on the floor and a picture on the wall and a little of the comforts of home. Poverty is a bad thing, let's get rid of it, it was just

Oral history transcript, J. Roy White, interview 1 (I), 2/24/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 25 (XXV), 8/25/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and the Jackie Robinson Program is now funded in part. "Medgar Evers is going to work for us in California. We have [Julian] Bond, Philips, Evers, [Aaron] Henry, Robinson and others on tape for radio spots. We need money for a full-page ad. The ad publisher

Oral history transcript, A. Leon Higginbotham, interview 1 (I), 10/7/1976, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

McCulloch, of course Milton Eisenhower, Albert Jenner, Patricia Harris and Eric Hoffer and Senator Philip Hart and you. Where did he get Eric Hoffer? H: Well, many of us wondered. (Laughter) F: I wondered what he had to contribute? 11 LBJ Presidential

Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 3 (III), 3/25/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

rights leaders--that [A. Philip] Randolph, Mr. Randolph, the Pullman porter, and all of them, they were just fine people. King was not of their caliber at all. They were nice to deal with and they understood. They didn't back off an inch, but they were

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 13 (XIII), 9/2/1979-9/3/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

a movie, The Philadelphia Story. I remember because afterwards, long, long afterwards, I got to know the wife of the author, Mr. [Philip] Barry. The women with whom I spent some time were, and still remain, my good friends: Virginia Durr, Elizabeth Rowe

Oral history transcript, Charles Evers, interview 1 (I), 4/3/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

[discussed it]. I know he had a few favorites. For instance, Roy Wilkins and Whitney Young and A. Philip Randolph, they were his top. And remember now, I wasn't near the kind that had the relationship with the President that they had. I just happened

Oral history transcript, Phillip S. Hughes, interview 1 (I), 3/7/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

Oral history transcript, Henry H. Fowler, interview 1 (I), 1/10/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

9 F: No, not in any meaningful personal way, only in large public gatherings. M: How about people, say, Dwight Eisenhower or major personnel? F: Same thing. Naturally I worked very closely with the chiefs of our Mission who were Mr. Philip

Oral history transcript, Clifford P. Case, interview 1 (I), 3/1/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Case, Clifford P. (Clifford Philip), 1904-1982

Oral history transcript, Mamie Allison, interview 1 (I), 10/13/1986, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)

, and he was proud of the cemetery. B: It's a beautiful-- A: I can remember when there was only one grave, our Grandmother Bunton, and the story goes that--Philip Tanner said that his father said that the river got up when Grandmother Bunton died--her

Oral history transcript, David W. Angevine, interview 1 (I), 1/7/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

very much with the law that was approved, but despite the valiant efforts of Senator [Philip] Hart [D. Mich. ], I don't think that anything would have been done without the support of the Consumer Advisory Council and this additional impetus

Oral history transcript, Joseph C. Swidler, interview 2 (II), 7/11/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was protecting its own interest, and there was likely in connection with such a contract that you would not exhaust all the possibilities or that, even worse, you wouldn't be able to make a deal at all. If we were dealing with Mr. [Philip] Sporn of the American

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

was somewhat of a restraining influence. F: For instance? W: The President wanted to have a group of leaders like Roy Wilkins, ~.fnitney King, Young, Philip Randolph, and a few others come down to Texas a~d go out to the Ranch and have dinner with him

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 33 (XXXIII), 9/4/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

; Wright Patman; hosting Sid Richardson for dinner and socializing with Philip and Katharine Graham, among others; the possibility that Allan Shivers would run against LBJ in 1954; attending events with John Foster Dulles and Ezra Taft Benson; first seeing

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 10 (X), 9/23/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

is excellence. Then another one of these stream-of-consciousness conversations with the President. Here's another one of these calls from Yorty calling me and saying he doesn't know why Collins is out there. "What is Collins supposed to be doing?" [A.] Philip

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 12 (XII), 10/29/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that he had with, say, [Roy] Wilkins or Whitney Young, Clarence Mitchell? C: I think yes. Or even with Philip Randolph, who was old, but was still around then. I think the answer to that is probably yes. We didn't have--if I just take myself, I probably

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

Oral history transcript, Helen Gahagan Douglas, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

war obsolete as the instrument of foreign policy, and yet we and others go on making weapons that, if they're ever used in nuclear war, will wipe life off the planet. It's the arms themselves, as Philip Noel-Baker, the Nobel Peace Prize winner said

Oral history transcript, Katie Louchheim, interview 1 (I), 4/1/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

called Philip Coombs, who came in as the first assistant secretary for Education and Cultural Affairs. So I was moved there. I stayed there about seven or eight months, and I moved to Public Affairs. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org

Oral history transcript, Stephen J. Pollak, interview 4 (IV), 1/31/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. And it had been the subject of discussions in late 1966 with Horsky and Philip S. Hughes, deputy director of the Bureau of the Budget, Harold Seidman and Bob Prestoman (?) of the Bureau of the Budget, Califano, and [Walter] Tobriner and Schuyler Lowe

Oral history transcript, Mildred Portner, interview 1 (I), 1/11/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

a letter here where I wrote my good friend Philip [C.] Brooks out at the Truman Library. They only had thirty thousand pictures and they had put them in chronology but no subject identification, and he doubted if they ever would. He said that, as usual

Oral history transcript, John A. Gronouski, interview 3 (III), 2/14/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

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

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

a lovely green dress with a gold-embroidered jacket on it, and I was downstairs as the guests were coming in and her dress walked in on Kay Graham--Mrs. Philip Graham of the Washington Post--I ran upstairs and said, "You may want to change." B: Did she

Oral history transcript, George Ball, interview 2 (II), 7/9/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

, were by Carver of the CIA, [Philip C.] Habib, I think, wasn't it? 8 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http

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

in certain other matters. B: Exactly. Exactly. M: Philip Geyelin, I think, has said that Johnson really didn't pay much attention to Vietnam in 1964. Some of what you've said kind of hints that. Is that your estimate? B: Well, he paid attention

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 2 (II), 4/4/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was going to center on them, and there was a man from Waco, Texas who was head of the sign companies--Philip "something" I'm sorry, I've forgotten. He finally worked out with Bill Moyers a compromise piece of legislation. ' It was not an ideal bill

Oral history transcript, Paul B. Johnson, Jr., interview 1 (I), 9/8/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Oral history transcript, Edward Joseph, interview 1 (I), 8/27/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

brother Philip, who has recently passed away, and I gathered to take some pictures with Lyndon and some of these other people had gathered around. Joseph boys. He said, "No, I just want the They have been close to me and I just love them, and I want

Oral history transcript, Bertrand Harding, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

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

Oral history transcript, Carroll Kilpatrick, interview 1 (I), 5/5/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

the Post? K: These are arranged by the publisher and primarily she [Mrs. Philip Graham] presides if she's in town; if not, the managing editor or the executive editor presides. They're very informal and most of them are understood to be off-the-record

Oral history transcript, Marjorie Lawson, interview 1 (I), 6/11/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and the effort there, or lack thereof, and it was a relatively critical report. Do you recall that and how the committee responded to it? L: I don't remember that. G: Any specific cases that you are familiar with, like the Philip Morris? This was one that had

Oral history transcript, Burke Marshall, interview 1 (I), 10/28/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Oral history transcript, Gerald W. Siegel, interview 2 (II), 6/9/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

was there. ' B: . . . Did you ever discuss the events at Los Angeles with Philip Graham.or · Katherine Graham? S: No. With neither, actually, except that I think I mentioned to you, when I got to Los Angeles the first people I happened into were

Oral history transcript, Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., interview 2 (II), 2/17/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. [A. Philip] Randolph. F: You got along fairly well with Heineman? A: Oh, yes. We got ourselves a hell of a staff. But more importantly. the planning council for the conference that met several times here included the most respected 9 in every sense

Oral history transcript, Mary Margaret Wiley Valenti, interview 1 (I), 7/24/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

over. All sorts of people were advising him. During the day he called various friends to ask them what he should do--Senator Kerr and Bobby Baker were around; I think Jim Rowe was very much around; Philip Graham. F: Did you hear much of the advice? V