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Oral history transcript, Clyde O. Martz, interview 1 (I), 1/13/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of the Democratic I served as precinct chairman and worked with county chairmen in Boulder back in the 1950's. B: Prior to your becoming the Assistant Attorney General here, had you had any direct or indirect contacts with Mr. Johnson? M: No, I had not. B

Oral history transcript, Thomas C. Mann, interview 1 (I), 11/4/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Department and Latin America. In addition to Montevideo and Caracas, I served in Guatemala, El Salvador, and in Mexico--the last two posts as Ambassador. I served in Greece as Counselor of Embassy. Twice, I think it was, I was Assistant Secretary in charge
: the Cuban missile crisis of 1962; service as under secretary of state for economic affairs; LBJ as a practitioner of foreign policy; the Peace Corps in Latin America; the CIA and the overthrow of Arbenz in Guatemala; the Bay of Pigs; Chile nationalizes

Oral history transcript, John G. Feild, interview 2 (II), 7/23/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Opportunity] itself. The issue gradually became joined around the question of whether or not Bobby Troutman was attempting to expand the Plans of Progress concept in the image of a voluntary, noncompliance involvement of corporate America with the committee

Oral history transcript, Harris Melasky, interview 1 (I), 8/3/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

Stevenson apparently tried to take some legal action. 7 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

Oral history transcript, Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., interview 3 (III), 6/4/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, as We investigated individual complaints and had a responsibility which I think we met of maintaining that confidentiality in those investigations. We attempted to conciliate and develop what are known now as affirmative action plans where companies

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 2 (II), 5/27/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

to New York to practice law with Dewey, Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer & Wood, a large Wall Street law firm. F: Did it matter that you were a Democrat by persuasion? C: No. As a matter of fact, I wasn't really either a Democrat or a Republican

Oral history transcript, John G. Feild, interview 3 (III), 10/12/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

] Yarborough Democrat. And that was a deliberate move by the White House to checkmate Johnson. That created the possibility and the necessity, since Jerry Holleman had a lot of other responsibilities as assistant secretary of labor--for Mexican labor

Oral history transcript, John M. Cabot, interview 1 (I), 2/28/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

- cracy in Latin America, but the fact of the matter is that three times out of four the democracy is inept, inefficient, corrupt, and not really democratic. And while I certainly don't like military dictatorships, though some are worse than others--Mr
' responsibility; Foreign Service morale; conflict between State Department administrators and Foreign Service officers; Latin America; Brader Bluebook episode; knowledge of LBJ; secretaries of state; service in Argentina, Yugoslavia and Shanghai

Oral history transcript, A.S. Mike Monroney, interview 1 (I), 2/24/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

the Congressional records. But just to begin with, you were elected to the 76th Congress in 1939 as a Democrat from Oklahoma, and you were succeSSively reelected to the House through 1951. At that time you were elected as Senator and served in the Senate until

Oral history transcript, Jonathan Daniels, interview 1 (I), 3/6/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Cleveland, and then was connected with every other Democratic administration. F: Really gives you a feeling for continuity that goes beyond when you actually come into what the Baptists call "accountability." D: I was sort of raised in this briar patch
Administration; role of White House press secretary in 1945; impressions of other press secretaries; recollections of LBJ's early days in Washington and his race for Senate; support for Truman; Democratic Party allegiance; 1960 Democratic Party convention

Oral history transcript, Ben Wattenberg, interview 1 (I), 11/23/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of the administration. He was working in the government at that time and has been a life-long Democrat and is acknowledged to be Hubert Humphrey's. 11 D2:Tr.ocrat and is an old personal friend of But he's a very remarkable man in that while he is an acknowledged

Oral history transcript, John Sherman Cooper, interview 1 (I), 3/11/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that there was truth in his statement of the incidents and subversive action of the Communist Party. G: Let me ask you a bit about Lyndon Johnson as a senator and as a Democratic leader. He has been credited with having a great supply of parliamentary skills

Oral history transcript, Lincoln Gordon, interview 1 (I), 7/10/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

of accidents. My previous governmental service after the war was not connected with Latin America. I spent the war on the staff of the War Production Board. Then for several months in 1946, 1 was on our delegation to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Secretary of Latin America 1967; leaving government for Johns Hopkins University in 1967

Oral history transcript, Emmette S. Redford, interview 1 (I), 10/2/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

to the art of politics? R: Is he unique in this at all? Well, he's a master of the political art, perhaps unmatchable unless it would be by Franklin Roosevelt. Some people fail to recognize the significance of the political art in making democratic

Oral history transcript, William F. McKee, interview 1 (I), 10/28/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

, of course, I had had strong impressions of Senator Johnson before I met him in his office because I had had many conversations with his staff, and I knew before that he was a very strong-minded individual, certainly a strong Democrat and certainly

Oral history transcript, Vernon R. Alden, interview 1 (I), 10/7/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

various elements of it--Community Action, the VISTA volunteers, and a job-oriented program that would be modeled after the CCC camps--only they would be better. He spoke in generalities. It was a brief meeting, and then I went off with Sargent Shriver

Oral history transcript, Charles F. Herring, interview 2 (II), 10/24/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

for about thirty years, and have been in the State Senate for twelve years, having been first elected in 1956. I am now nominee of the Democratic Party for re-election the fifth of November thi s year. PB: Running for re-election in 1968. Now, I happen
to depend on public polls; LBJ winning by a small margin in 1948; one vote put his name on Democratic ballot; LBJ as a popular President, except in 1968;

Oral history transcript, Clinton P. Anderson, interview 1 (I), 5/20/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

as whip in the early 1950's? A: I hope so. I don't know for sure, but I was the chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in 1950. And for a short time the Democratic party nationwide was sort of leaderless because the then chairman

Oral history transcript, Bryce N. Harlow, interview 1 (I), 2/28/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of the committee on the Democratic side [said], "Mr. Chairman, I would like to propound a question to the staff member." "The gentleman from Texas," said the chairman. "Have you checked this with the RFC?" Well, I looked at this member, whom I didn't know, really
[For interviews 1 and 2] LBJ’s role as member of House Armed Services Committee; LBJ’s role as Democratic leader in the Senate; LBJ’s qualities of leadership; LBJ’s relationship with Eisenhower; White House-Congressional relations.

Oral history transcript, J. Russell Wiggins, interview 1 (I), 7/23/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh WIGGINS -- I -- 5 was a man who was able to make the democratic system work, make the Senate work, make the government work. He had a gift of action within the democratic process and from that interview

Oral history transcript, Donald M. Baker, interview 2 (II), 3/5/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

and perhaps not as fully as could be. And that is, in the formulation or putting together of guidelines, for example, in Community Action, does the general counsel's office participate in that kind of endeavor? B: Very much so. It varies from subject
Biographical information; Community Action; LBJ and the poverty program; Sargent Shriver; the Yarmolinsky episode; Baker's responsibilities; the Employment Service; Head Start Program; OEO's mission and future; Legal Services program; 1967 riots

Oral history transcript, David Ginsburg, interview 1 (I), 8/15/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and saw LBJ from time to time when he was in the Senate, during the early part of his career, later as majority leader, and then as vice president. After Kennedy's death, I saw him quite often. The Women's National Democratic Club had a private dance group

Oral history transcript, Louis Martin, interview 2 (II), 6/12/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Martin – II – 2 I was very interested in his doing it because occasionally he would call me over at the [Democratic National] Committee and ask me questions about something. He showed me over the first
Vice President LBJ’s meeting with black cabinet, resulting in blacks helping with Democrats by distribution of literature through barber shops and beauty shops, use of radio, the press, and the influence of black ministers, especially Marshall

Oral history transcript, Brooks Hays, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

' neighbors. from it. Even my state of Arkansas suffered I was defeated in 1958 largely because of this dissident feeling of my opponent who said during the campaign, "Mr. Hays is a national Democrat and I am an Arkansas Democrat. Mr. Hays is a Harry

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 3 (III), 10/30/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to elaborate on the administration's relationship with Carl Vinson. O: I think the relationship as it progressed with Vinson was somewhat typical of the improvement in relationship that took place involving several senior southern Democrats. George Mahon
The John F. Kennedy (JFK) administration's relationship with Carl Vinson and other southern Democrats; funding for an aircraft project and Vinson's argument with a staff member over his decision to support JFK; the knowledge and influence

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 26 (XXVI), 4/18/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

I was at the Ranch. Now it wasn't focused; it was just, "We have to show that we can rebuild the cities of America." The first sort of serious discussion--and that was on my agenda from the day I went in to the White House, didn't know how we were

Oral history transcript, Chester Bowles, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, don't like those they owe something to . F: No one likes the banker . B: We also told the American people that it would buy votes for us in the U .N . On the contrary, as a sensitive state when you get aid from America, you're inclined to disagree

Oral history transcript, Donald M. Baker, interview 1 (I), 2/24/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

had been, I don't recall right offhand, had been discussed earlier. The Community Action was the newest. It bore obviously some imprint from the juvenile delinquency program which contributed both to some of its strengths and some of its weaknesses
Biographical information; Community Action; LBJ and the poverty program; Sargent Shriver; the Yarmolinsky episode; Baker's responsibilities; the Employment Service; Head Start Program; OEO's mission and future; Legal Services program; 1967 riots

Oral history transcript, Earle Wheeler, interview 1 (I), 8/21/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh WHEELER -- I -- 3 first time I had ever seen him in action, and I was very much struck by one characteristic which I saw him display thereafter on many occasions. Mainly, he insisted that if we decided

Oral history transcript, Kenneth M. Birkhead, interview 2 (II), 1/13/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. And even the action he had taken by sending guys around other states looking for allotments was legal . So actually as far as we were concerned in what investigations LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B
of Senate Democrats; John Sparkman; Paul Douglas; Paul Butler; Matt McCloskey; Americans for Democratic; Charlie Murphy; Albert and Mark Lasker Foundation; 750 Club; Ed Foley; Liz Carpenter; Ralph Hewitt; Bob Berry; Dave Lloyd; Jack Kennedy; Ted Sorenson

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 23 (XXIII), 7/21/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

came to the conclusion we had an uphill situation, even with a California victory. G: How about New Jersey? O: Hubert Humphrey, vice president of the United States, had been in the forefront of progressive action in the Democratic Party for thirty
; O'Brien's obligation to work for Humphrey's campaign through the end of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago; Humphrey's role in getting O'Brien's work obligations postponed to 1969 and later cancelled; offers from Look and Life magazines to do

Oral history transcript, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., interview 1 (I), 11/4/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

which our action was based. The thesis was that a revolution which had begun as an honest democratic revolution had been taken over by the Communists; and that the leaders of the ho'1est demo.::::rati.c revolution, seeing that the Communists had ta-ken

Oral history transcript, Clifton C. Carter, interview 1 (I), 10/1/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

mean other than what I've said-- that he was going to run for the Senate--the Democratic nomination--and wanted me to handle the 6th Congressional District for him? He opened it by saying, "I'm sitting here drinking a 7-Up, and I just wanted to call

Oral history transcript, Bryce N. Harlow, interview 2 (II), 5/6/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Harlow -- II -- 25 of what was said, by whom. But Lyndon normally was in full support, normally was a good supporter for strong national action abroad and strong leadership of America abroad
[For interviews 1 and 2] LBJ’s role as member of House Armed Services Committee; LBJ’s role as Democratic leader in the Senate; LBJ’s qualities of leadership; LBJ’s relationship with Eisenhower; White House-Congressional relations.

Oral history transcript, Everett Hutchinson, interview 1 (I), 10/28/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to Governor Price Daniel, who was a young lawyer in Liberty, Texas during the 1930's and whose political star was beginning to rise. I supported him actively. F: You knew Price Daniel then back in your young Democratic days? H: Yes, I first met Price

Oral history transcript, Milton P. Semer, interview 1 (I), 10/22/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, when Alabama started to go Republican it was the three big cities. The country stayed Democratic, and Sparkman knew that, and that's the way he played the political game down there. Also, Sparkman had been the vice presidential candidate in 1952 and had
; the problem of OEO potentially taking over issues for which other departments had been responsible; why a new agency was created for the War on Poverty; the accelerated public works program; criticism of Community Action Programs; opposition to public housing

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 8 (VIII), 8/17/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

but of any Democratic leader. The disorganization in the Democratic Party, which resulted in the defeat in 1952, was so extreme that it was generally thought that nobody could pull the Democrats together at any point. And Johnson was especially suspect
; 1956 Senate activities; attempt to build national position; civil rights; natural gas bill; Allan Shivers episode; state Democratic convention, 1956

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 16 (XVI), 9/13/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to it. I don't believe anybody was present except the three of them, because I think I would have remembered if I had actually been there. G: Okay. Now, the liberal Democrats made an effort to expand the Policy Committee. R: Right. G
Composition of the Policy Committee; Rayburn’s decision not to serve as chairman of the Democratic National Convention; Paul Butler and his role; liberals and the Democratic National Committee; LBJ’s lack of commitment to his candidacy

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 4 (IV), 8/21/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

it up--the Community Action Programs, VISTA [Volunteers in Service to America]. He'd say, "Get the VISTA volunteers out of politics. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories

Oral history transcript, Lowell K. Bridwell, interview 1 (I), 10/17/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

of the Senate and it was then my role as a newspaperman on the Hill occasionally attending his press briefings, occasionally talking with him on specific pieces of legislation or actions that were current in the Senate at that point in time . M: Do you have
Biographical information; impressions of LBJ when he was majority leader; covering the Democratic National Convention in 1960; LBJ

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