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Oral history transcript, Louis Martin, interview 1 (I), 5/14/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

of papers, including the Pittsburgh Courier group, the Chicago Daily Defender, the Tri-State Defender in Memphis, the Michigan Chronicle in Detroit--altogether about ten fairly good newspapers. Mc: And some in the South as well as in the North? M: Tri

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

that. They were part of whatever little machine there was. In Cleveland, Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, you really had machines, fairly active machines. In Pittsburgh, there was a Republican machine. Not Pittsburgh, Harrisburg. Pittsburgh, we had--all right

Oral history transcript, Theodore Berry, interview 1 (I), 2/15/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

and through the sponsorship, or at least the encouragement of the Pittsburgh Courier , Archibald MacLeish appointed me to the position of morale officer in the Office of Facts and Figures . Well, that was a very short tour of duty because I became dis

Oral history transcript, Emma S. Webb, interview 1 (I), 12/19/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was ready to boost them up for it. So he gave a nice lot of publicity to Mr. Johnson in our Elgin Courier, which is an old, old paper. I'm sure that's one reason we got as much publicity in Elgin as we did. Mr. Buchanan had died on February 25

Oral history transcript, Gerard C. Smith, interview 1 (I), 4/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

, but some difficulty in getting a hold of those papers; they had gone down to Texas. But they were sent up at our request by courier, and I think \lJe have the \lJhole record. t1: These were Presidential papers, or agency--? S: Well . . . M: There's

Oral history transcript, Peter Hurd, interview 1 (I), 4/10/1969, by Elizabeth Kaderli (Item)

how it could be altered, [would] be [to send it] in the courier plane with my wife and me from Washington. We arrived there and found that the portrait had arrived. As we sat down to lunch Mrs. Johnson said to me, "Peter, I must tell you there's been

Oral history transcript, Thomas H. (Admiral) Moorer, interview 2 (II), 9/16/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Moorer -- II -- 22 airfield during the entire war, which is the field right outside Hanoi. The reason was that the Chinese courier came in, I think, on Tuesday, and the Russian courier came in on Thursday, and they said, "Oh

Oral history transcript, H.A. (Tony) Ziegler and Charles K. Boatner, interview 4 (IV), 6/2/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Arthur C. Perry, interview 1 (I), 11/15/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

sure Mr. Johnson has become a more patient man possibly than he ever would have otherwise. F: During the period of the heart attack, did Mrs. Johnson--was she active in the office, or was she mainly just courier duty? P: At first, she

Oral history transcript, Ava Johnson Cox, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Oral history transcript, Cecil Stoughton, interview 1 (I), 3/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

then on, it was a lot Then after the speech, we had a long lunch break and I had time to call Washington and get them to send me another camera. They sent it to London and I picked,it up there. that happened, too. But these are things We had daily couriers and all

Oral history transcript, Douglass H. Hubbard, interview 1 (I), 6/4/69, by T.H. Baker (Item)

, disbelieving Mr. Hartzog and said that he wanted me to be on the White House courier plane which would be leaving Andrews Air Force Base about six o'clock the following morning and that a park policeman would be by to pick me up at five-thirty. Well

Oral history transcript, Claude J. Desautels, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, Gene Zuckert-- he came over and [we did the] same thing. Of course, McNamara knew. Three separate meetings. Larry had discussed it with the Secretary of Defense. So we'd get the notice first, we'd make the calls, and then the Pentagon courier--army

Oral history transcript, Elbridge Durbrow, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Oral history transcript, Frederick Flott, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 2 (II), 6/12/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, Some Senator, sOr;",e I,lhite House staff member. to do it that "\'I;},) He found it easier and quicker t'tlan for him to call each one of them. in a seIlse, 'de "\Vere couriers of inror1.'.ation. So I guess, Even though I might not have a lot

Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 3 (III), 6/26/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was more a courier of inforr:ration rather than having any impact or having anything to contribute to the speech. it ,·Jas not my area. F: I knc"J it "laS That \>7as not my area. He kne'H not my area. This is a minor point but of interest. House

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

and she very much looked forward to it. The President said he would send a Jetstar up to New York to pick us up, and that's what happened I think on October 24, [1965]. We were the only ones in the Jetstar except for the courier, who I think used to go

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

couriers to distribute these funds appropriately to the districts that I selected. They were advised the President was aware of their campaign and wished them all the best and wanted to be able to be of help. G: Do you know how many of those people won

Oral history transcript, Sharon Francis, interview 3 (III), 6/27/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Oral history transcript, Emmett Shelton, interview 1 (I), 6/15/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, William P. Bundy, interview 2 (II), 5/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Oral history transcript, John E. Stavast, interview 1 (I), 3/12/84, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, and the victories of the North Vietnamese were really something. Well, we had been given an issue of the Vietnam Courier about two weeks before. It told of the battle of Tet, and the Tet offensive, and then the big battle at Khe Sanh. I told the camp commander