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

and I said I thought I would come down over the weekend-that was on Thursday--and I might meet Rusk and Sisco at New York. Rusk had already called me then. I said it would take me about ten hours to get there. Bangor at six Then he said he'd have

Oral history transcript, William Lewis and Margaret Chase Smith, interview 1 (I), 8/20/1975, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

giving these news releases to Muskie, saying that he had helped do this when actually there was a matter of a hospital over at the Dow Air Force Base at Bangor, and the hospital never would have been if I had not been on that committee and worked so hard

Oral history transcript, Ernest Cuneo, interview 1 (I), 9/11/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

and subsequently became chief of the Economic Bureau for President Truman. F: We've interviewed Mr. Keyserling, incidentally. C: At that time I worked at tha [New York] Daily News during one summer only, and there met Lowell Limpus. This resulted in a lifetime
Biographical information; involvement with Roosevelt's administration; newspapers' importance to the government; summary of politics in New York State when Roosevelt was governor; genesis of the New Deal; Harvard graduates in FDR's administration

Oral history transcript, Paul Bolton, interview 1 (I), 4/6/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Youth Administration made little impact upon the three-man staff of the International News Service at Austin. That staff consisted of Vann M. Kennedy, myself, and Walter Fleet, a youngster whose job it was to punch the tape which fed through
Texas press in 1930s; State Observer; first contact with LBJ; Alvin Wirtz; war years; KTBC radio station; 1944 Democratic state convention; 1944 and 1946 congressional campaigns; speech writing; KTBC and aggressive new policy; UN conference; San

Oral history transcript, Robert J. McCloskey, interview 1 (I), 5/1/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

. Stew [Stewart] Hensley was the senior United Press correspondent. The foreign news agencies, Reuters and Agence France Presse, had Pat [John W.] Heffernan and Jean Lagrange respectively, both senior diplomatic reporters. The specials, that is, the daily
choice and phrasing; the new mission for the marines in 1965; government's right to withhold information; the press' ability to get the information it seeks; how McCloskey obtained information; McCloskey's "thought, word and deed" message on 1967 war

Oral history transcript, Robert J. McCloskey, interview 1 (I), 5/1/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

. Stew [Stewart] Hensley was the senior United Press correspondent. The foreign news agencies, Reuters and Agence France Presse, had Pat [John W.] Heffernan and Jean Lagrange respectively, both senior diplomatic reporters. The specials, that is, the daily
McCloskey’s work in foreign service and as State Department spokesman; reporters; Vietnam; credibility gap; coordinating briefings with the White House and the Pentagon; new mission of the marines in 1965; withholding information from the press

Oral history transcript, Stanley Marcus, interview 1 (I), 11/3/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

for clothes to be sent to Mrs. Johnson to Washington. We arranged to meet, and we delegated one member of our New York office staff to work with Mrs. Johnson, to take clothes to her to the hotel. We brought up clothes from manufacturers--samples--many
; 7th Avenue wholesalers; Dallas Morning News’ notorious advertisement; Bruce Alger; re-establishing Dallas as a good place to live and work; Bronze Abstract Wall commissioned by Dallas Public Library; problem with having an official designer; Adele

Oral history transcript, Drew Pearson, interview 1 (I), 4/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

reporter many years ago. When I was in Swathmore, Pennsylvania, I worked for the Philadelphia papers part time, but I drifted into political reporting when I was here in Washington. F: By the time the New Deal came on, you were established as a syndicated
news; suppression of news; RFK never broke with McCarthy; characterization of McCarthy; LBJ as VP; LBJ’s effectiveness as an ambassador; JFK assassination; dinner with the Johnsons; press disenchantment with LBJ; press secretaries; RFK; oil interests

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 9 (IX), 4/9/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

INTERVIEW IX DATE: April 9, 1986 INTERVIEWEE: LAWRENCE F. O'BRIEN INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. O'Brien's office, New York City Tape 1 of 3, Side 1 G: Let me ask you to first talk generally about the campaign of 1964 and discuss
organizations found in Philadelphia under the leadership of Bill Green, Chicago under the leadership of Richard J. Daley, Minnesota under the leadership of the Democratic-Farm-Labor group, and in Albany, New York; O'Brien's concern about the two-party system

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 37 (XXXVII), 11/14/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

opposed the Penn-Central merger. (Long pause) In 1964 it would appear that the President had a meeting--this would be July of 1964--with Saunders and [Alfred E.] Perlman who was the other major businessman involved in this. G: President of the New York

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 3 (III), 6/29/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: ARTHUR KRIM INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Krim's office, New York City Tape 1 of 1 G: Shall we start with that October weekend at the Ranch? K: Yes. I guess a day or two after the President returned to the Ranch following
Morrissey nomination; LBJ’s staff; 1965 bombing halt in Vietnam; intelligence gathering in Latin America by the CIA and FBI; New York politics; dinner for Princess Margaret, including a guest with a criminal record; a ride in August Busch’s plane; buying out

Oral history transcript, Leslie Carpenter, interview 1 (I), 2/6/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to my news bureau, I write a syndicated column which is syndicated nationally by Publishers Hall Syndicate, and that's owned by Marshall Field who owns the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Daily News. F: So that you have a national audience? C: Yes

Oral history transcript, Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., interview 1 (I), 10/30/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

a liking to Johnson as a young Congressman and wanted to make sure that he got broader acquaintanceship with people throughout the country, and he asked Hopkins to put him in touch with someone in New York who could introduce him around, and Hopkins picked
and 1964 campaigns; New Yorkers’ feelings about LBJ; Jack English; RFK’s Senatorial campaign in New York; effect of William Miller on Republican ticket; duties as Lands and Natural Resources Division of the Justice Department; proposals for Indian problems

Oral history transcript, Peter Braestrup, interview 1 (I), 3/1/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

account of what happened on that day, to keep the wire services happy and the radio and the TV news happy. That's where most of the daily newspaper lead story came from. And the communique many days was like a police blotter, you know, incidents here
Braestrup’s work as a journalist in Southeast Asia for the New York Times; New York Times coverage of Vietnam compared to Time magazine; how journalists covered Vietnam and the danger involved; how Braestrup became Washington Post Bureau Chief; Joe

Oral history transcript, Roy L. McWilliams, interview 1 (I), 8/15/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, maybe a new curtain or properties around the stage, a 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, Richard A. Prindle, interview 1 (I), 2/3/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

and got very interested in the activities there. I went ahead and had my internship at Columbia Presbyterian in New York City in surgery, again because I was somewhat interested in the possibility of going into surgery of heart deformtties and so forth

Oral history transcript, Dr. Samuel Halperin, interview 1 (I), 2/24/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

with 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 the new chairman of the House

Oral history transcript, Pat Adelman, interview 1 (I), 7/10/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

the sales staff including myself make daily sales reports on who we called on and what new accounts had we put on and that sort of thing. We would talk, I'd say, a minimum of an hour, sometimes two hours L.D. M: Sounds like they were interested

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

, 1987 INTERVIEWEE: LAWRENCE F. O'BRIEN INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. O'Brien's office, New York City Tape 1 of 3, Side 1 O: The Oregon primary was hotly contested. [Eugene] McCarthy showed a better organization than he had shown
Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) loss to Eugene McCarthy in the Oregon primary; support for RFK going into the New York primary; concerns going into the California primary and memories of 1960 California problems with Edmund "Pat" Brown; the RFK/McCarthy

Oral history transcript, Alan L. Dean, interview 2 (II), 3/13/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

in the establishment of a new executive department. 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
in legislation; urban mass transit situation; problems of highway beautification program; rapid rail transit to New York; the SST program; employee transportation; miscellaneous organization problems; Nixon transition

Oral history transcript, David Dellinger, interview 1 (I), 12/10/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, the Sheep Meadow, was in the bandstand, the platform from which the speeches were made, and I heard a reporter for a major New York paper, the New York Daily News, call in, and I may not have the figures exactly right, but I think I even have the figures

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 18 (XVIII), 12/18/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, 1986 INTERVIEWEE: LAWRENCE F. O'BRIEN INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. O'Brien's office, New York City Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 G: [In 1966 you] had a reorganization plan that transferred the Community Relations Service from the Commerce
with Joe Califano and remaining in daily contact with the White House.

Oral history transcript, Harold Howe II, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

of a high school. I did some work at the University of Cincinnati during that time. M: You were teacher of history in 1940 to 1941 at Darrow School in New York. H: In New Lebanon, New York. M: And then shortly after that you must have gone

Oral history transcript, Bascom Timmons, interview 1 (I), 3/6/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

: Oh, very frequently--in the news stories principally. I'd say he figured certainly weekly and sometimes almost daily in the news stories. M: Did Mr. Johnson cooperate, either with Mr. Jamison or yourself so that he did get that much publicity? T
Biographical information; Dockrey Murder case; Garner of Texas vs. Snell of New York; Miller’s appointment of LBJ; Edward Jamison; first impressions of LBJ; three famous Texas political figures; LBJ’s interest in military affairs; rating LBJ

Oral history transcript, Ashton Gonella, interview 3 (III), 11/21/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

there were eighteen new Democratic senators and he [LBJ] had looked in the paper and none of us had realized it, but at breakfast Sunday morning he announced that twelve of them were Catholics and that he wanted to find out something about the Catholic

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 22 (XXII), 6/19/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, 1987 INTERVIEWEE: LAWRENCE F. O'BRIEN INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. O'Brien's office, New York City Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 O: I tendered my resignation directly to the President, as I recounted, on April 10 and that would

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

service, and then, as many of my friends, I discovered Washington was an interesting and exciting place to live. With several other refugees from New York, we started a law firm. here. We have survived through the normal process of growth and merger

Oral history transcript, L.T. (Tex) Easley, interview 1 (I), 5/4/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

this young fellow could just go down to the White House almost any time he wanted to, figuratively having a key to the back door. So he did go down there a lot, because that's the way I'd get the news a lot on things happening. On the other hand, some

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 26 (XXVI), 8/26/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, 1987 INTERVIEWEE: LAWRENCE F. O'BRIEN INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. O'Brien's office, New York City Tape 1 of 2, Side 1 G: I wanted to ask you about President Johnson's role in the campaign. O: There was an uneasy situation
of nuclear arms; Abe Fortas' nomination as Supreme Court chief justice; the effect of George Wallace's candidacy on both Nixon and Humphrey; voting results in New Jersey and Illinois; the effect of polling and publicizing poll results; poll accuracy; Ohio

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 21 (XXI), 6/18/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: LAWRENCE F. O'BRIEN INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. O'Brien's office, New York City Tape 1 of 4, Side 1 O: The 1968 tax surcharge battle evolved from the proposal that was made in 1967 by the President. He was anxious to deal
in running for president; Bernard Boutin being instructed to keep O'Brien out of involvement in the New Hampshire primary; LBJ's decision to not have a stand-in in the Massachusetts primary; O'Brien's February 1968 memo updating information on primaries

Oral history transcript, Ashbrook P. Bryant, interview 1 (I), 12/8/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was the Empire Ordnance investigation, which had a life of its own, a long story of its own, and we ultimately had to present that to the grand jury in New York. I was pulled back out of the army; I had gotten into the army by that time. We had submitted

Oral history transcript, Richard J. Hughes and Betty (Elizabeth) Hughes, interview 1 (I), 8/6/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

INTERVIHJEES: GOVERNOR AND NRS. RICHARD HUGHES (Betty Hughes) INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: The Hughes' home in Princeton, New Jersey Tape 1 of 2 F: First of all, Governor Hughes, tell us briefly where you came from, how you gradually moved up
Meeting LBJ in 1959; Governor of New Jersey, 1961; LBJ and Kosygin held a meeting at Glassboro State College; Kosygin’s daughter, Dr. Gvishiana, joined Lady Bird, Lynda and Mrs. Hughes for lunch at Island Beach; Ramsey Clark; candidates, 1966-1968

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

, 1987 INTERVIEWEE: LAWRENCE F. O'BRIEN INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. O'Brien's office, New York City Tape 1 of 2, Side 1 O: There was additional evidence concerning ITT that underscored the existing concern during the period when

Oral history transcript, Emma Long, interview 1 (I), 5/11/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)

for the American-Statesman. I started as a capitol correspondent for the Galveston N~s, and then the Trans-Radio Press; that was a news service. Then I picked up another paper--this was [as] capitol correspondent, [the] Wichita Falls Post, which is no longer

Oral history transcript, Patrick V. Murphy, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

impression that the White House tried to let the new D.C. government stand on its own feet without too much direct supervision from the White House? M: From what I could see of the operation of District government, certainly the mayor gave me a very free

Oral history transcript, Wallace Terry, interview 1 (I), 10/8/1999, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

to that point, and he took a picture of the two of us shaking hands. The next day it was on the front page of the New York Times; it was the entire front section of the New York Daily News, it was a picture that went around the world. When the editors

Oral history transcript, John W. Hechinger, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

with the Daily News editorial staff to tell them his aspirations for the City Council. And the News--nobody had this story about his being withdrawn but the Post, and until the Post said it, of course everybody I guess was trying to investigate it. So he told

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 25 (XXV), 8/25/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, 1987 INTERVIEWEE: LAWRENCE F. O'BRIEN INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. O'Brien's office, New York City Tape 1 of 3, Side 1 G: We finished last time with a discussion of the Salt Lake City speech which, I believe, was the end
of vice-presidential debates; Spiro Agnew's reputation; Wallace's support from organized labor; money to promote voter registration in New York; the campaign status in September 1968; campaign committee meetings; the recording and release of the Salt Lake

Oral history transcript, W. Marvin Watson, interview 2 (II), 12/19/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

: I don't believe so. W: --went to Houston and made the tapes, and to Beaumont and to New York to meet with presidential nominee Kennedy and to appear on nationwide TV and then back to the Valley and on up to Corpus Christi and then into Austin

Oral history transcript, Dixon Donnelley, interview 1 (I), 1/14/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

to the Kennedy Administration to have any Admin~tration. contact with Mr. Johnson back in your news career or in private career? D: Only vaguely in my news career. However, in 1955 and 1956, I was on Capitol Hill associated with Senator Estes Kefauver

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