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Oral history transcript, Dwight A. Ink, interview 1 (I), 2/5/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

circumstances, to various kinds of proposals. M: Then how long did you stay with the AEC? I: I stayed with the AEC in the changeover of Administration, and I was White House liaison under both the Republicans and Democrats. I came to know President Kennedy

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 9 (IX), 9/22/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

later? J: In 1948 I saw them meet, and if they knew each other before that they put Did they--? on a good show of meeting. G: Really? J: At the Democratic [state] convention in Fort Worth. of this--George Stevenson. He'd judge--I've

Oral history transcript, Raymond E. Buck, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

was the youngest administrator in America . I also met him many times through our mutual friend Sam Rayburn who had served in the Texas Legislature with his father [Sam Ealy Johnson] . The roadside parks and the other improvements that we see today gracing our
Relationship with LBJ in Congressman Kleberg's office in 1933; airline regulations; LBJ's election to Congress in 1937; Senate campaign in 1941 and 1948; 1956 Democratic Convention; 1960 campaign with JFK; influence of Lady Bird Johnson on LBJ's

Oral history transcript, Robert Lampman, interview 1 (I), 5/24/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Lampman -- I -- 7 and so on, clearly got its expression in the community action approach as a remedy. But I would say in general there were sort of the econo- mists against the rest of the disciplines
of draftees from disadvantaged backgrounds; income maintenance programs; campaign program proposal; January 1964 economic report on U.S. poverty; Sargent Shriver; community action; employment and poverty; labor union viewpoint; budget problems; Defense

Oral history transcript, Leonard H. Marks, interview 1 (I), 6/15/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to convince them that this was a great addition to the national ticket and would help the Democratic Party in the November election. F: Fortunately, that worked out. On an occasion like that you have got very influential people like Walter Reuther, Soapy
Biographical information; JTBC AM, FM and television; 1960 presidential campaign; 1960 Democratic Convention; Communications Satellite Corporation; USIA

Oral history transcript, Wilton Woods and Virginia Woods, interview 3 (III), 5/4/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

o'clock in the morning, and he required reading of the morning newspaper before you could go into his class. If he called on you. you had to name the topic. then he would call on someone else and ask how that was affecting America or how it would

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krock, interview 1 (I), 11/21/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

said, "Now, how is it that you are now in favor of Humphrey, you, who are responsible for the Democratic southern walkout of the 1948 convention?" And Johnston said to me, "He's changed. our problems. He's a changed man." that Humphrey had "changed
Democratic Convention; JFK-LBJ rivalry; LBJ’s acceptance of the VP nomination; LBJ’s irritation over his Alfalfa Club Dinner speech and camel driver story; cross off; LBJ’s personal reaction to the JFK assassination; LBJ and the press; RFK; LBJ’s judgment

Oral history transcript, Robert Short, interview 1 (I), 8/22/1979, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in terms of most other approaches of the Democrats; in other words, the southern Democrats had a lot of other approaches. But I think Johnson was--he was a schoolteacher; he was bright; he was knowledgeable; and he was articulate in that, you know, he
in retirement; Short's "Discover America" work with government agencies; Humphrey's relationship with Eugene McCarthy; Short's work for Humphrey and McCarthy while they waited for LBJ to decide who would be his vice presidential running mate; Democratic fund

Oral history transcript, John A. Schnittker, interview 1 (I), 11/21/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

to the Democratic national convention. B: Did you find Kansas at that time receptive to the idea of a Kennedy candidacy for the Presidency? S: No, it was a rather bitter struggle even within the Democratic Party. There was partisans there of Mr. Johnson, Senator
Biographical information; Democratic and political activity background; LBJ’s acceptance of VP nomination; Orville Freeman; positions on JFK/LBJ staffs; 1961 Grain Act; struggle with Congress; JFK assassination; appointment as Under Secretary

Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 7 (VII), 4/17/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

particular years you're talking about. I don't remember which one that was. And we went to the White House, and there, Republicans or Democrats, I had to literally go up and nudge them to go up and shake hands with and be seen with the President of the United
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA); an alliance between Republicans and Southern Democrats in the Senate, and Everett Dirksen's influence on that alliance; Tommy Corcoran; the Hill-Burton Act and ESEA legislation that favored poorer states.

Oral history transcript, Lyndon B. Johnson, 4/16/1970, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

have to continue to do this, and he would like to see me on the Naval Affairs Committee, and see the Texas delegation support him in the action he was taking. G: Did he help you gain a seat on that committee? J: Yes, yes. G: Would you care

Oral history transcript, Robert F. Woodward, interview 1 (I), 11/4/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

a very great admiration for what he has accomplished domestically in the last four years . And this is one of the reasons, this is the principal reason, why I consider myself a Democrat and why I'll vote for the Democratic Party, virtually regardless

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 5 (V), 12/5/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

] socially. When John was initially seeking office, it coincided with a period when I was [Democratic national] chairman, and he came to me to talk about the role of the Democratic National Committee. I had to advise John there was no financial support; we
and O'Brien's role during the crisis; requesting that appropriate congressional leadership and committee members return to Washington D.C. immediately so that JFK could brief them on the situation; possible courses of action and criticism of JFK's decisions

Oral history transcript, Benjamin H. Read, interview 1 (I), 1/13/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

they and their subordinates would deal with this office that I had and the people who work in the Executive Secretariat of the State Department to convey routine actions and sometimes more than routine by the President, to levy demands and requests, et cetera. It's a constant

Oral history transcript, Raymond L. Telles, Jr., interview 1 (I), 3/1/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

by a number of countries. I was decorated by Mexico twice. F: Well, was this for military service? T: Yes, I was in charge of deliveryof aircraft to all of the countries of Latin America from Mexico all the way to Brazil during the war. I

Oral history transcript, Stewart L. Udall, interview 5 (V), 12/16/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

(?) and so forth all were Eisenhower beginnings. U: This whole upper Colorado project, of course, a Democratic Congress passed it, and it was a joint effort in that respect, but there was some action on that front. But still the Corps of Engineers flood

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 32 (XXXII), 12/11/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

is the key man to pressure [Richard] McLaren, implying that the Vice President would implement this action." Colson says, "We believe that all copies of this have been destroyed." Then he refers to other memos; Kleindienst to Haldeman, dated June 30, 1971
; O'Brien's legal fees for his civil suit; obstacles and delays in giving the remaining settlement money to the Democratic National Committee (DNC); how well the listening devices worked in O'Brien's office; listening devices on Spencer Oliver's phone; FBI

Oral history transcript, John W. Macy, interview 2 (II), 4/25/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

would be happy to weight this opportunity, along with others that were being presented to me.' But that I had one reservation which I felt he ought to explore. I confessed that I was a registered Democrat, even though my performance had been

Oral history transcript, Orville Freeman, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh (TAPE 4frl) February 14, 1969 This is the interview with Orville Freeman. Sir, you've been in one way or another in Democratic politics since the 1940 1 s. in~olved Do you recall when you firsr met Lyndon Johnson? F
[For interviews 1, 2, and 3] LBJ as a liberal-conservative; LBJ record up to 1960; Democratic Advisory Committee; 1960 and 1964 conventions and elections; Freeman’s personal interest in the Vice-Presidency; JFK problems in Minnesota; LBJ

Oral history transcript, John Sparkman, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTERVIEWEE: SENATOR JOHN SPARKMAN (Democrat/Alabama) INTERVIEWER: PAIGE E. MULHOLLAN More on LBJ Library oral

Oral history transcript, Lloyd N. Cutler, interview 1 (I), 4/12/1969, by William Helmer (Item)

, and we're now about a forty-five man law firm. I'm politically a Democrat, and I have worked as an advisor on the edges of government and in various political campaigns, in the course of which I've come to know the president and also President Kennedy. live
civil rights interests and actions; views on LBJ's administration; comparison of JFK and LBJ's backgrounds; Commission on Violence work; gun control laws

Oral history transcript, Jerry Holleman, interview 1 (I), 4/19/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

in 1956. This was the year that Sam Rayburn, in his attempt to take the Democratic Party away LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral

Oral history transcript, David E. Lilienthal, interview 1 (I), 6/18/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

(Music Corporation of America), who had practically everybody from the film company, as well as from the political arena, at his house, and this a time of a very low period for the Johnson prospects. The look of pain and the bafflement on Sam Rayburn's
LBJ-Rayburn relationship; LBJ as legislator; the 1960 Democratic convention in Los Angeles; LBJ and his domestic programs evaluated; LBJ and the watchdog committee for the AEC; LBJ's visit to Iran and his influence on the Shah; LBJ asks Lilienthal

Oral history transcript, Harold Barefoot Sanders, interview 2 (II), 3/24/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

/exhibits/show/loh/oh 3 legislative program had already been submitted; so it was just a question of picking up the things that were nearest to action on the House floor, getting acquainted really first, I suppose, with what were the items that we were

Oral history transcript, Daniel K. Inouye, interview 2 (II), 5/2/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

on the question of Vietnam. It was done in broad daylight, Class A time on television for the world to see, and the high point in the Democratic Convention was that debate. We did not hide. We let the world see a democratic process in action. The Republican
[For interviews 1 and 2] Biographical information; first meeting LBJ and Sam Rayburn at the 1956 Democratic convention in Chicago; made an honorary Texan; LBJ and statehood for Hawaii; LBJ and the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange

Oral history transcript, John A. Baker, interview 3 (III), 4/21/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to revolutionize America through these community action agencies and substitute community action agencies for city and county government and so forth. work. That part r just knew wouldn't Of course, it ran into real problems with Congressman [Carl] Perkins

Oral history transcript, Walter G. Hall, interview 1 (I), 6/30/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

. More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh I was one of the very few in that town who voted for I have been a Democrat, not particularly by inheritance but by interest in what has seemed to me ever since studying

Oral history transcript, Daniel O. Graham, interview 1 (I), 5/24/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, the arrogant part of what we did in Vietnam was to say that we can cure a basic civil war and create some kind of an ideal democratic society at one and the same time. [That] was the fundamental arrogance of American policy in Vietnam. You cannot do
Biographical information relating to Vietnam; fall of the Diem regime; Thieu; General McChristian and order of battle techniques; discrepancies in the figures; the crossover point; "The Uncounted Enemy;" actions of General Westmoreland; Giap

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, Cyrus Vance, interview 3 (III), 3/9/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

were made. That was indeed an intelligence mission. There had been I think, however, a couple of days before, a South Vietnamese intelligence mission, a covert action, in the North Vietnamese water; and perhaps in the minds of the North Vietnamese

Oral history transcript, Mary Rather, interview 6 (VI), 9/17/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

for a few days. That's the way I really knew a little bit about Buck Taylor's campaign was that we weren't paying any attention to it. We were ignoring him. G: Okay. Do you recall anything of the [state] Democratic convention that May where you had two
for his daughters; the death of Rather's mother; the 1944 state democratic convention and later national convention; friction between Democrats who supported FDR and those who did not.

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 9 (IX), 8/16/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

] Reedy ~- IX -- 5 But what really happened was this: once we got to Chicago there were a series of candidates, none of whom could be embraced. One could not embrace Stevenson without creating irrevocable splits in the Democratic Party. Most
Democratic National Convention, 1956; VP candidate decision; Adlai Stevenson; 1956 Presidential campaign; earlier Fort Worth state convention; NATO conference; legislative issues in 1956

Oral history transcript, George L.P. Weaver, interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

the Democratic senators. I'm not sure vlhether it was S·s "ator Johnson or Nr. Symington who indicated thilt Senator ~ussell's support would be decisive. It was finally agreed that he ought to be one of the first among the senior memiJers to be consulted

Oral history transcript, Roy Wilkins, interview 1 (I), 4/1/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

given his word to Lyndon Johnson, he voted in the way he promised to vote. B: In 1960 after Mr. Kennedy was nominated by the Democratic Party and chose Mr. Johnson as his running mate, was there a certain amount of dismay among civil rights advocates
Contacts with LBJ; Rule 22; 1957 Civil Rights Act; JFK’s civil rights stand; LBJ as VP selection; NAACP; LBJ’s interest in civil rights as VP; impressions about the Senegal trip; assessment of JFK’s actions on civil rights legislation; 1963 march

Oral history transcript, Donald A. Williams, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

have been of group nature rather than individual nature. B= Have all of these meetings been in connection with the work of the Soil Conservation Service? W: Related to work of the Soil Conservation Service. For example, the Keep America Beautiful
Biographical information; contact with LBJ; Keep America Beautiful; LBJ strong support of conservation and development; Soil Conservation Service; Lady Bird’s interest in the outdoors and natural beautification; Great Plains Conservation Program

Oral history transcript, Henry Bellmon, interview 1 (I), 4/24/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

the Washington, D.C., office for Mr. Nixon. In 1968 you ran and were elected to the U.S. Senate, defeating the Democratic incumbent, Senator Mike Monroney. Do I essentially have the correct background, Senator? B: Yes, the background is essentially correct

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 7 (VII), 2/12/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

on the Hill that there should be every action taken, every position taken which would underscore the strength of the Constitution in the process, and it was very supportive of Lyndon Johnson. I think that branch of government reacted in a very positive
; the relationship between JFK and LBJ; LBJ's concern about RFK's role in the 1964 Democratic National Convention; O'Brien as a go-between in the LBJ/RFK relationship; LBJ's meeting with RFK to tell him that no member of the cabinet would be his vice presidential

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

out with the Democrat ic leadersh ip . My own impression was t hat both Senator Dirksen and Congressman Halleck were very practical minded roen who were looking to find some bas is for agreement and constructive action in the direction the President
Meeting with LBJ; General Parsons; Bryce Harlow; comparison of Presidents; Arthur Larson; Sputnik, briefing during Eisenhower's illness; U-2 and Geneva Summit; missile gap; Dulles; Nixon's TR to South America; LBJ's TR to Berlin Wall as VP; JFK

Oral history transcript, Fredrick L. Deming, interview 3 (III), 2/17/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

/exhibits/show/loh/oh 3 Federal Reserve took some action in the monetary field, and the administration went down with a tax increase bill which was essentially in two pieces. It deferred the further cuts in the excise taxes and again put them

Oral history transcript, Daniel K. Inouye, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh April 18, 1969 M: This interview is with Daniel Ken Inouye, U.S. Senator from Hawaii, and a Democrat. Today is Friday, April 18, 1969, and it's about 11:15 in the morning. We are in the Senator's offices in the Old
[For interviews 1 and 2] Biographical information; first meeting LBJ and Sam Rayburn at the 1956 Democratic convention in Chicago; made an honorary Texan; LBJ and statehood for Hawaii; LBJ and the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange

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