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Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 1 (I), 4/13/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • the reasons and all that. The press didn't have time enough to charter their own plane to follow us and they rode with us, along with some extra Secret Service men. So then he made his speech. He came back with Mayor [Richard] Daley and Colonel [Jacob
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 17 (XVII), 6/11/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • between the convention and election due to a lack of political stability; the JFK/LBJ 1960 campaign kickoff parade in Boston; LBJ drinking too much in El Paso at the beginning of the campaign; the nature of LBJ's campaign speeches; the Richard Nixon-Henry
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 25 (XXV), 8/25/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • with [Richard] Nixon and Wallace on law and order. But we're going too far on the justice emphasis. Let's emphasize order and justice." Then you have Geri Joseph, a great liberal, commenting that "if the election depends on law and order, we won't win
  • Caucasian vote; how Humphrey compared to Richard Nixon and George Wallace on order and justice; campaign staff debate over whether Humphrey should release a clear Vietnam strategy and whether Humphrey should resign as vice president; concern that policy
Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 2 (II), 6/7/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . If he doesn't, he's in pretty bad shape. G: I wondered to what extent having a party for the congressional aides was motivated by the fact that he himself had been one when he worked for [Richard] Kleberg. J: That may have been part of the motivation
  • ; Ed Clark as ambassador to Australia; Jacobsen's opinion of Jim Symington; George Reedy as press secretary; the appointment of General William McKee as Federal Aviation Administration chairman; the death of Senator Richard Russell's nephew; tracking
Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 5 (V), 4/9/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • was climbing the wall. He had also had calls from [Mayor Richard] Daley about Chicago, and he moved troops. We called the Pentagon, and he got troops to go in from Texas, from Fort Hood. 18 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY
Oral history transcript, R. Sargent Shriver, interview 4 (IV), 2/7/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
Oral history transcript, William G. Phillips, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
Oral history transcript, Charles M. Haar, interview 1 (I), 6/14/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
Oral history transcript, James Adler, interview 1 (I), 2/23/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • coordinated them to involve the poor. And I think that process did happen. was greater or lesser. I mean obviously to some extent it I think as soon as Mayor [Richard] Daley in Chicago found out what was going on, he said, "Not in my city," and the CAP
Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 5 (V), 6/23/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 16 (XVI), 9/13/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • advance exploration. But for some reason he just cut himself off from almost everybody that could have given him any decent advice on it. G: [Richard] Russell referred to this tactic as procedure in the Senate. 11 a lynching of orderly 11 R: Right
Oral history transcript, Joseph Laitin, interview 3 (III), 2/13/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Panmunjom; Dr. Richard Morstein’s plan to end the war in Vietnam; the large crowd that welcomed LBJ to Korea; Okamoto’s photography lab and pictures LBJ didn’t want publicized; firing/evaluating/hiring staff members.
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 2 (II), 10/29/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . C. in time for a vote; Bay of Pigs events and JFK accepting responsibility for failure there; JFK's trust in the CIA and military; education legislation; opposition from James Delaney to aid to education; Cardinal Richard Cushing's visit to the White
Oral history transcript, Sherwin J. Markman, interview 1 (I), 5/21/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • And tried to keep my contact at absolutely a ground Didn't talk to leaders. There was one difficulty: whether we should tell [r",layor Richard] Daley I was in there, because politically.. We finally decided, Watson and I -- he may consulted
Oral history transcript, S. Douglass Cater, interview 1 (I), 4/29/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • the public story that he was forced out and, apparently, he lost his effectiveness as commissioner--in part I suppose in regard to Mayor Daley. C: The Daley thing was a real embarrassment because in my judgment, looking into it, the Office of Education had
  • for ESEA; Morse-Green rivalry; the Quie amendment; Congressman Fino objects to busing; reorganizing HEW; Keppel, Mayor Daley, and the Chicago quarrel with HEW; Henry Loomis and the Voice of America press conference; Wilbur Cohen evaluated; the heart-cancer
Oral history transcript, Carl B. Albert, interview 4 (IV), 8/13/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • him that they wouldn't take it, but apparently he wanted it out of the way. But finally we just decided--it got so tumultuous--booing that was so loud, and we decided to recognize somebody and to adjourn until the next day. M: That was Mayor Daley
  • Gun control bill; Barefoot Sanders; Housing and Urban Development Act; effect of the Vietnam War on Great Society programs; Vietnam War; March 31 statement; 1968 Democractic convention; Mayor Daley's role; congressional working relationship with LBJ
Oral history transcript, James H. Tate, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • National Municipal Association, which is now the National League of Cities. We had with us Mayor Daley of Chicago, Mayor Dilworth of Philadelphia, and Bob Wagner of New York was the mayor of New York at that time, to call on the then Democratic leader
Oral history transcript, Daniel K. Inouye, interview 2 (II), 5/2/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • information you had-I: We did not discuss this? M: No, we had gotten right up to this point? I: I did not participate in thedttermination of Chicago as the convention site, but it was rather obvious that it was selected because this was Mayor Daley's
  • issue; Alaska statehood issue; the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago; Mayor Daley; John Bailey, Governor Dempsey of Connecticut; LBJ decides not to attend the convention; the 1968 campaign and HHH's failure to win the election; occasions when Inouye
Oral history transcript, Clark M. Clifford, interview 6 (VI), 4/24/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • : You don't think there was any sort of overwhelming commitment of President Johnson to Mayor Daley to take it in there? C: I wouldn't know. I don't know about the relationship between them, but I'm sure Mayor Daley fought to keep it in Chicago. I know
Oral history transcript, Sharon Francis, interview 3 (III), 6/27/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
Oral history transcript, Joseph W. Barr, interview 4 (IV), 6/10/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • been certain just why, who did push him. It may have been Dick Daley. Kennedy was very beholden to Dick Daley. Dick Daley was one of the men who elected him, the Mayor of Chicago. And Saxon was a banker in Chicago, at First [National] of Chicago
Oral history transcript, Chester R. Huntley, interview 1 (I), 5/12/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • certain that-- F: I'm not trying to sound like a newsman avoiding libel. I'm just trying to keep from leading the witness. H: Sure. I don't know who influneced whom, but it was obviously an arrange- ment between Daley and President Johnson
Oral history transcript, Ruby G. Martin, interview 1 (I), 2/24/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • are awfully funny, but nobody really knows. B: I certainly don't know. From the view of this office, was it plain political interference on the part of Mayor Daley? M: I think so. There are some people who suspect that Lady Bird's Beautification Program
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 20 (XX), 4/23/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • the climate of 1967. The impact in this area that impressed me the most was Mayor Daley's position on Vietnam, which was revealed to me by Dick Daley at some point during 1967. The President had old supporters and friends--Jim Rowe would be typical of them, I
Oral history transcript, Alan S. Boyd, interview 4 (IV), 5/15/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • , and I didn't blame him a bit, didn't blame him a bit . that, he went out and tried to amend the bill . But with all But we created, God, I don't know how much ill will with that! Also, we were having a lot of trouble on the House side, and Mayor Daley
Oral history transcript, Orville Freeman, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
Oral history transcript, Beryl A. (Mrs. Lloyd) Bentsen, interview 1 (I), 12/23/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • to run that 1968 convention from the White House and to direct it . Did you notice anything to substantiate this? B: M: Nothing whatsoever . I saw Mr . Daley many, many times during the convention at meetings that we had and everything, and he made
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, Michael V. DiSalle, interview 1 (I), 2/4/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • at the convention. On the first ballot, we're going to be faced with a choice between Jack Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. And at that time people like Dave Lawrence, DiSapio, Dick Daley, Williams, Pat Brown, are all going to have to make the decision I've already
Oral history transcript, A.S. Mike Monroney, interview 2 (II), 2/26/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • they were both definite candidates and both had powerful organizations and very well financed--and bloc votes. I mean, the big city vote--you couldn't jar Mayor Daley to even give you the time of day for Adlai Stevenson, even though he was from Illinois
Oral history transcript, R. Sargent Shriver, interview 5 (V), 11/29/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . Mayor Daley was angry--the mayor of Chicago was a good friend of mine--that we would decide to spend money in a certain part of Chicago and then give it to people in that area of Chicago to spend, federal money, and he, the mayor of Chicago, didn't have
Oral history transcript, Lester Maddox, interview 1 (I), 5/13/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • party, but the national party. I believe that when Mr. Daley, if he was involved, and Mr. Hughes and Hubert Humphrey, when this group decided that they would throw out the Maddox delegation in order to let the whole country see that they were totally
Oral history transcript, Perle Mesta, interview 1 (I), 10/4/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • experiences at the convention. M: What convention? F: This is the one in which you had the blowup outside, you know, with kids Tell me about the convention. and Mayor Daley. M: That was this last one. F: Right, this last one. M: oh no, no, now I'm
Oral history transcript, Cecil E. Burney, interview 1 (I), 11/26/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
Oral history transcript, Harold Howe II, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • a brouhaha. Mayor Daley apparently called the White House and the Secretary's office and put on the heat for withdrawal of Frank's ruling. You'll have to get details from Frank or from Wilbur Cohen, who became the middle-man for HEW and the White House
  • ; Doug Cater; Califano; enforcement of Title VI of Civil Rights Act; first set of guidelines; trouble in Chicago with Mayor Daley; Keppel’s resignation; Dave Seeley; Pete Libassi; de facto segregation; racial isolation; teacher militancy; Education
Oral history transcript, Robert A. Levine, interview 1 (I), 2/26/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • , that by and large it's ineffective. Could you agree with that? L: Yes. I'd also add to that that where it's too inside it's also ineffective. I think that Chicago, for example, where it's owned by Mayor Daley, is not going to be terribly effective. And the old
Oral history transcript, James H. Blundell, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • at the invitation of Mayor Daley, and he went to California . But he had something in his mind that he thought the Eastera'Liberals would really cut him up . To follow up that meeting, I went back to the Committee headquarters, which was 1001 Connecticut, and I
Oral history transcript, Joe B. Frantz, interview 1 (I), 9/7/1972, by David G. McComb (Item)
Oral history transcript, S. Douglass Cater, interview 3 (III), 5/26/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • the department had--well, actually, it was Frank Keppel in the Office of Education who had sent a letter off, an order on a Chicago school thing. Daley blew up. And then the Justice Department lawyer said that the HEW lawyers didn't have a leg to stand