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  • . And of course there was the other element, too; he resented the fact that the Russians had made the progress they had made. G: Did these successes in the space program help you on Capitol Hill in terms of selling the NASA budget? O: It was of help. Could you
  • O'Brien's and John F. Kennedy's (JFK) relationship with John Glenn; how Glenn's space success helped NASA; the role of a vice president and how well Lyndon Johnson (LBJ) fit it; JFK's staff members' opinion of LBJ after JFK was assassinated; LBJ's
  • always see Kerr directly. Very often I used to see Senator Kerr through Jim Webb, who was then the Under Secretary of State. M: This is James Webb--later of NASA? F: Yes. Same Jim Webb. He was a close associate of Kerr's. So it may very well
  • into the details, but this is chronologically. It brings me up to the next step. Space business then got civilianized, after a few other events took place. NASA. Medaris was retired from the service; Von Braun went to My job at the Cape was [over when] RCA came
  • to be in Illinois. And I'm sure that there was no quid pro quo. F: What about the placement of NASA down in Johnson's home state by the Kennedy Administration? ' M: Well, that I don't know too much about. I think that it would be more logical to assume
  • of LBJ’s gall bladder surgery; how LBJ’s treatment of individual reports affected their stories; television coverage of a White House event regarding a Rural Electric Association meeting; press coverage of NASA events; the difficulty in denying rumors.
  • of this trip had to do with visiting NASA space facilities. R: Yes. Sure. G: Tell me the reason for that. R: He was chairman of the President's Commission on Outer Space [National Aeronautics and Space Council]. And obviously, as chairman
  • of as all-white settings, to have them cover NASA, to look at those things that have been LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral
  • the [inaudible]. He just got through selling property down in Houston to NASA, and they got a tremendous price for what he sold and came up here and bought this place here. BW: This Sweeney we're talking about, and he was the one who caused the most trouble
  • was the head of NASA at that time, James Webb, and we came back right on schedule to land at Cape Canaveral. But that was the occasion when he said, "By God, LeMay's always told me I can have anything I want, and now you're telling me I can't. By God, you