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Oral history transcript, Dorothy H. Jacobson, interview 2 (II), 4/23/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

for a short time. B: Of course, the surpluses diminished, too. J: Yes, the surpluses diminished, only in part, however, because of the food shipments, but also because of the acreage restrictions--the philosophy had changed under the new administration
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Earle C. Clements, interview 1 (I), 10/24/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (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 Clements -- I -- 5 would travel. Some of us would try to keep him posted, keep him
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Robert Q. Marston, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

and then became dean of the new school of medicine in Jackson, fVJississippi, in 1961. During the time I was there I continued to have contact with NIH and was chairman of the postdoctoral fellowship review conmi ttee over a peri od of some years then. Duri ng
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Everett D. Collier, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

with each other a great deal over the years. The part where perhaps I came to know him best, and had the closest association with him, was right after he became president. He requested a news media liaison from Texas in Washington, and I was the one
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Gerald W. Siegel, interview 1 (I), 5/26/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

-establish the Democratic Policy .. Committee, which was the major staff available to the Democratic · · Leader. And as Democratic Leader, he held all of the leadership posts . that in the Republican Party are divided among four different
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, William J. Crockett, interview 2 (II), 8/19/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

I think Kennedy trusted him to go and wanted him to test the waters and bring back a recommendation on what this new administration should be doing out there . I think the President trusted Johnson's political judg- ments and his ability to judge
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

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

milling around out in a field with tents, and tractors, and a table full of food, and hopeful candidates, and at brief times of each one getting to speak. It was sort of a Saturday Evening Post cover, a little bit of Americana. And there were the lively
; protocol at government social events; decorator Genevieve Hendricks; the many people with whom the Johnsons socialized; Marjorie Merriweather Post; Lady Bird Johnson's interest in parties and other cultures; Mrs. Johnson's interest in cooking; the Johnson's
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Richard Morehead, interview 1 (I), 6/26/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)

came down here, and I worked for the Dallas News as a kind of part-time employee in Austin and worked for United Press on the same basis. I graduated in 1935. United Press made me a correspondent. Then I went to Dallas News in 1942 and worked for them
News' lack of support for LBJ; Texas Democrats in the 1900s and late 1800s; the rise of Republicans in 1960; Governor Beauford Jester and his campaign against Homer Rainey; Jester overhauling the Texas prison system and state hospitals; the Texas
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 30 (XXX), 3/22/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Country in the spring. It'd been a long time since I'd been in the countryside repeatedly in February, April, May, June, and I saw it all unfold. And there's just nothing in the world as green, and as new, and as fresh, and as sure of the revival
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

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

the editors of the conservative publications that were not sympathetic to Johnson anyway were not present at this thing--the Dallas [Morning] News was not there; maybe one editor was, but not the top people. They were dissatisfied by and large. They did
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, George R. Brown, interview 3 (III), 7/11/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that ran the paper at that time were not pro-Johnson . I had a friend who was editor, but he died and a new regime came in over there in 1939 or 1940 and they didn't like Johnson's politics very much . G: On the other hand, I guess Mr . [Charles] Marsh
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Frank Church, interview 1 (I), 5/1/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

of the Senate at the commencement of a new session of Congress to proceed with the consideration of new rules and not to be bound by the rules that had been adopted by the previous Senates in the past. This was an effort, of course, to modify Rule 22
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, W. Sherman Birdwell, Jr., interview 1 (I), April 1965, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)

morning at the old :Fast Office Cafe iri Sari la'arcjs at 'clock. I zx et him Ind jeElse Kellam . Pardon Y -,e, what were you doing in South America? I had been an accountant for Gu genbeirn Brothers of New s ,ark at the old nitrate company

Oral history transcript, John E. Stavast, interview 1 (I), 3/12/84, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, either via the boats in Haiphong harbor--and Haiphong harbor happened to be another one of those things. Mining Haiphong harbor was not a new plan; it had been there since day one, whenever they started actual activities against North Vietnam. G: Right
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Irwin Wolkstein, interview 1 (I), 4/26/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Wolkstein -- I -- 8 W: The old Medicare legislation was in effect coverage of hospital benefits essentially, purely without the major addition of physicians services. That was the kind of form it had taken post-1960. In fact
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Roland Boyd, interview 1 (I), 6/4/1985, by Dave McNeely (Item)

, telling political stories. So then the next morning--we were assigned different bedrooms or cabins--after breakfast he said, "Well, let's all go in the new office." It wasn't completed then; it was just being built. So we sat on the saw-horses and piles
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Julian J. Ewell, interview 1 (I), 11/7/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

there until about March or April of 1970. So I was in Vietnam for two years, from post-Tet to just before the invasion of Cambodia. G: I see. What was the situation like, post-Tet? What did you find when you came in country and took over the division? E
Biographical information regarding Vietnam tour of duty; post-Tet to pre-invasion of Cambodia; Delta; Long An; Dinh Tuong occupations by Viet Cong; TO & E NVA units and Viet Cong main force; press and TV coverage of Vietnam War; body count; Hamlet
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Eugene McCarthy, interview 1 (I), 12/12/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and maybe not in the news. high at that time, 1952. Because Joe was riding pretty LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

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

and the terrain, and Palmer was new to the scene. As an example, one of ffly more successful tactical moves was when I foresaw that the -:!nemy would try to take over the two northernmos t prov inces. As I saw thdt coming, we began on a priority basis to build
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 8 (VIII), 4/15/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of the Department of Interior. Stewart Udall was the secretary of the interior. They waited until the day before Johnson left office and announced--and I think I'm right in this--without ever checking with the President that the name of the new stadium would
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 40 (XL), 12/21/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

start to look at these papers, and now I look--you look at these papers, for sure going up there in 1966 with a State of the Union Message that I can tell you, I remember that night, [it] just blew their minds. A dozen or so brand-new programs. Nobody
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Clark M. Clifford, interview 3 (III), 7/14/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

--or some of them might have. I did know, and it is entirely possible that the President knew, that there was some new thinking on the part of at least some of them. I knew that Dean Acheson and McGeorge Bundy were in the process of reevaluation; that Tet
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 6 (VI), 11/17/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Well, I see now what it was, some kind of multi-state group. So Oveta Culp Hobby, publisher of the Houston Post, intervened with the program committee and invited him out there to speak. It wasn't a dinner. He was speaking in a relatively small room
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Maxwell D. Taylor, interview 3 (III), 9/14/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

been fighting it in the North to begin with. ~ G: Of course, politically that's another story. T: Now don't bring in these details. (Laughter) G: .. Red China is not really a detail, I guess. T: Many times in post-war years in the course
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 6 (VI), 12/9/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Committee. G: Do you think Johnson grasped the significance of the space program early on? R: I don't know whether he grasped it, but he knew it was a new vehicle and he wanted to grab it. G: Did he see it as a vehicle for political advantage? R: I
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, George Pazianos, interview 1 (I), 8/30/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

think of specific pieces of legislation, but a lot of the concepts were not brand new. They weren't fresh off the tree or anything like that. They had been around for some time. I think that the administration felt that it had the clout; it had
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, W. Evans Buchanan, interview 1 (I), 2/7/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

new housing laws . Look at You've � 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://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, William J. Jorden, interview 4 (IV), 11/7/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

really better sitting in Washington and watching a television monitor, and contacting their sources here about what's really going on. But the mystique of the news profession is that you've got to be at the scene of the crime and so on, whether
Selection of the team to go to Paris to negotiate with North Vietnam; Averell Harriman; Cyrus Vance; Philip Habib; organizing the trip to Paris; failure to make serious progress in Paris; debates regarding “the shape of the table”; portraying news
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Gerald N. McAllister, interview 1 (I), 10/18/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

a new Episcopal mission there. I spent about four and one-half years in Corpus Christi and then at the invitation of the Bishop to begin yet another mission, I moved to Victoria. P: What year was that? M: It has been about ten years ago now, so

Oral history transcript, Andrew J. Goodpaster, interview 1 (I), 6/21/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

hy adminiscracion spokesmen at each critical stage of this development. f: Without getting i nto personalities, and relying to a certain extent on the news •tories, have you perceived a cha nge in t he people who came from Congress to participate
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Earl Howsam, interview 1 (I), 5/9/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in that first day. G: When did you first become acquainted with Lyndon Johnson? Do you recall? H: I think it was soon after that, after we were in the Senate with all the new senators. I was over at the Committee of Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 7 (VII), 1/18/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, but Buzz was quite 1ate. They finally got a wire from him saying, 11 Snowbound. 11 The wire was sent from somewhere in Mississippi, where I don't think they'd had snow in a hundred years. G: (Laughter) Did Busby replace someone or was this a new position
Reminiscences of 1945 touching on the hiring of new staff, the Marshall Plan, 70-group air force; detailing LBJ’s decision to run for the Senate
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 3 (III), 12/14/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. In 1958 you had a big Democratic majority elected in the Senate. How did that change the politics within the Senate? C: In 1958 there would have been a tremendous influx--I remember 1958. There would have been a tremendous influx of new Democrats
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Robert L. Phinney, interview 1 (I), 9/19/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

had the pleasure Lyndon Johnson and his entire NYA state staff in establishing this new organization, working out their procedures, their accounting system and the whole works. We became fast friends in a hurry, because of our close working

Oral history transcript, O.J. Weber, interview 1 (I), 12/7/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was in in high school, and, of course, the Longhorn Band in those days traveled by train to most of the football games we attended, but a cross-country trip, spending a couple of nights on the train--that's what it took then--was something new. I 3 LBJ
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 14 (XIV), 7/19/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, and then he'd have another period of despondency. G: Did you do anything during these periods to cheer him up? J: I tried to, or we did. We tried to tell him everything that happened at the office, all the good news, all the wires and letters and so
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, William J. Jorden, interview 3 (III), 8/13/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, and when I went out, obviously, I talked to a lot of old friends and new friends in the press business, and that was a major gripe. My recollection is that they were sending it through the telegraph office. I don't know which one, whether it was IT&T
McGeorge Bundy and the public affairs committee; Bill Moyers; press coverage of Vietnam; Dan Duc Khoi; Bui Diem; improving methods for transmitting news; American journalists from other countries; Morley Safer and Mike Wallace; Vietnam Psychological
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Reynaldo G. Garza, interview 1 (I), 12/2/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, until we got two more judges. F: Now this put you in a new relationship with the now-Vice President Johnson, because you're not in a position where you can campaign anymore. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Keith Waller, interview 1 (I), 12/1/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

on the northeast coast-F: Yes, lIve been there. W: Well, he'd left there on a bombing raid over New Guinea. He'd spent some timein Brisbane, certainly a number of weeks, staying in a funny little country hotel, and he wanted to go back and see it, which he did
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Paul Henry Nitze, interview 3 (III), 12/26/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

no action against it. And the problem was that they had a naval headquarters separate from their air headquarters, and a navy command post in Tel Aviv separated from their general staff headquarters. And as we understand it, due to a change of officers

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