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Oral history transcript, Robert H. Finch, interview 2 (II), 6/19/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and his discussion with you as he was leaving the presidency. Do you want to recount what you can of that conversation? F: I may have mentioned when we talked before, that the day after the [Richard] Nixon election in 1968, when we were in New York
LBJ's meeting with Richard Nixon and members of Nixon's Cabinet following the 1968 election; LBJ's interest in finding a cure for cancer; problems enacting civil rights legislation, such as "white flight"; problems with the implementation

Oral history transcript, Robert H. Finch, interview 1 (I), 2/23/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and President [Richard] Nixon during LBJ's retirement. F: Well, obviously this ignores the striking earlier history between the two going back to the Eisenhower years, but Johnson made it a point with the [1968] election barely over--we were in New York
Meeting LBJ and the "Johnson treatment;" deciding how to proceed in the Richard Nixon Administration with Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) programs that existed in the Johnson Administration; problems enacting civil rights legislation; Finch's

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 31 (XXXI), 12/10/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

know Colson. He comes from Massachusetts. He was on the staff of Senator Leverett Saltonstall at one time. You must know him." I repeated I didn't. He identified him then as a member of Nixon's White House staff, at which point I think I had some vague
Charles Colson; memos Richard Nixon's staff wrote and distributed attempting to hurt O'Brien's reputation, including one that suggested a conflict of interest between O'Brien as head of O'Brien Associates and Democratic National Committee (DNC

Oral history transcript, Phyllis Bonanno, interview 4 (IV), 2/18/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, and the President liked anybody that knew a lot about foreign policy, so it's not inconceivable that he and Nelson Rockefeller would like each other. Plus Rockefeller was much more of a diplomat than Richard Nixon is. Rockefeller would appeal to the President
consulting with Clark Clifford; transition activities the last two months of LBJ's administration; miscommunications between LBJ and Nixon and their staffs; Henry Kissinger's criticism of LBJ's foreign policy; Nelson Rockefeller; LBJ's frustration

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, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 30 (XXX), 11/4/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. To sum it up, they found that their membership generally was hell-bent to get to the polls and vote for Richard Nixon. G: Had Nixon's campaign encouraged this support? O: There were committees of labor for Nixon as there were John Connally Democrats

Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 4 (IV), 11/10/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

things Teddy said about anybody are you and Nixon. would see him. You two never Now Nixon sees him, and he thinks he's a great hero. You can take Teddy into camp in fifteen minutes." Johnson said, LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org
; 1968 convention; Anna Chennault and Nixon; LBJ and the Kennedy people

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

of the Oklahoma Republican Committee. In 1962 you were elected governor of Oklahoma, the first Republican governor of the state, and served as governor until 1966. In about that year I believe you became Nixon's national campaign manager and also opened
Political biography; meetings with President Johnson; impressions of LBJ; development of Republican Party in Oklahoma; work as Nixon's national campaign manager in 1966 and 1967; impact of LBJ's administration on state of Oklahoma

Oral history transcript, Nadine Brammer Eckhardt, interview 2 (II), 3-21-84//19, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of things. Now, his relationship with Vice President Nixon, what did he think about Nixon? E: I have not the foggiest idea. G: He never talked about Nixon? E: No. G: What did his staff think about Nixon? Did the staff have any attitude toward Nixon

Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 8 (VIII), 4/2/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in reaction to that episode. It was as though Richard Nixon, as though the people--what was this--? B: Caracas. B: Caracas. That the mobs, the masses in Caracas had somehow or another been inflamed by this person Richard Nixon. It was an unreasoning thing

Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 4 (IV), 2/15/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

considered [the] Deep South as part of a victory effort for Kennedy. We had in Tuscaloosa, which we attended in 1960, the [Richard M.] Nixon debates, the Kennedy-Nixon debates. And of course, this helped considerably because Nixon was not popular
1960 Democratic National Convention; Alabama citizens' opinion of John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon; the Kennedy/Nixon debate in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; LBJ's and Lady Bird Johnson's 1960 campaign trip through Alabama; LBJ's ambition; LBJ as vice

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

contributing aspects to it. It was considered a plus. Some pundits and observers felt that it might have been an overt attempt on the part of Lyndon Johnson to help Hubert Humphrey. There might have been an element of that in it. G: Nixon certainly felt
to Vietnam; the Anna Chennault situation and suspicion that Richard Nixon might be influencing the South Vietnam government to delay peace negotiations; Humphrey's response to Nixon's behavior; requests that Humphrey use prepared statements and not speak off

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 63 (LXIII), 4/17/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of the things [Richard] Nixon learned when he went with [Clement] Haynsworth and whatever the other guy was, and of the things [Ronald] Reagan learned with [Robert] Bork--[G. Harrold] Carswell--that Supreme Court seat is something that the Senate takes very

Oral history transcript, D.B. Hardeman, interview 2 (II), 3/12/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

millions of Republicans that don't want to vote for Richard Nixon, but they're not going to vote for Jack Kennedy; they're not going to vote for Hubert Humphrey; they're not going to vote for Adlai Stevenson. They're going to vote for Nixon in preference

Oral history transcript, Merrell F. "Pop" Small, interview 1 (I), 8/20/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, and Nixon was elected vice president. He was senator and was completing his first two years of a six-year term, and [Earl] Warren appointed Tom Kuchel in December of 1952 for two years. That's our law. He could only appoint until the next general election
to state controller and U.S. senator; Small's work as departmental secretary in the California governor's office; Kuchel's involvement with the Davis-Bacon Act; Richard Nixon's personality; the relationship between Kuchel, Nixon and William Knowland

Oral history transcript, Ralph G. Newman, interview 1 (I), 9/2/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Newman -- I -- 7 And you've got to remember one thing. This is true now and has been true in this whole controversy with Nixon's papers. The moment a man becomes
on donations; 1969 tax law; physical move of material to Austin; typical appraisal workday; comparison of working conditions on LBJ and Nixon papers; controversial Nixon deed of gift; President Eisenhower memorandum; personal association with LBJ; Pentagon

Oral history transcript, Robert P. Griffin, interview 1 (I), 3/2/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

with President Johnson to try to be sure that their mutual good friend, Mr. Fortas, became chief justice before the 1968 election. That would avoid the possibility that Richard Nixon, of the same party as Earl Warren, would have a chance to make the appointment
rights; LBJ’s speech at University of Michigan launching the Great Society legislative program; LBJ’s success dealing with Congress was legendary; objections to Justice Fortas in 1968 as political maneuver to prevent Nixon making an appointment; Democrats

Oral history transcript, George A. Smathers, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

had an opportunity to observe his relationship with Richard Nixon when Nixon was vice president. They'd come down to Florida, wouldn't they, at the same time? S: Yes. G: How did they get along? S: They would get along very well. G: Did they? Do
agreeing to be JFK's running mate; LBJ's relationship with Richard Nixon.

Oral history transcript, Edmund Gerald (Pat) Brown, interview 2 (II), 8/19/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. Governor, the big interest of course in '62 was your campaign against Richard Nixon, and the feeling that Richard Nixon was using California as a testing ground for a comeback for the Presidency . I wondered if you would talk a little bit about the issue

Oral history transcript, Charls E. Walker, interview 1 (I), 9/16/1999, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 7 But, as I recall it, in the late summer of 1960, with the campaign heating up, JFK moved ahead of Nixon in the polls. Foreigners contemplated the realistic possibility of election
interest in Richard Nixon's economic policy-making; visits to the LBJ Ranch after LBJ's presidency; the Bart Rowen article that quotes LBJ as saying Walker had "elbows"; deer hunting with LBJ, Jake Pickle, and Walker's son, Chuck; Walker's phone calls

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 28 (XXVIII), 9/24/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was received. O: It was received well by the audience, but you'd expect that. It's the Democratic Party chairman making a speech attacking a Republican administration, specifically Richard Nixon. As far as general press reaction, my recollection
elections; O'Brien's desired role as spokesman for the Democratic Party during Richard Nixon's presidency; Bob Strauss' efforts to raise money for DNC programs and to pay off debt; going to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and networks to try

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 3 (III), 6/7/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

people to do research for me. I'd tell them what I'd want them to get, and they'd get it. G: During the fifties, who was the best political sage on the Hill? R: [There were] two or three. Richard Russell, unquestionably, was number one. G: I
Reedy’s role as policy advisor while LBJ was Senator; airline machinists’ strike of 1966; influencing LBJ’s decisions; writing memos to LBJ; Richard Russell; Eugene Millikin; Sam Rayburn; what makes a good Senator; Millard Tyding’s loss to Joseph

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

-of-court settlement was reached. That did not occur until August of 1975. When Jerry Ford pardoned Nixon and the public comment I made in response to media requests simply was that I had no desire from the outset to see Richard Nixon in jail. I didn't
with documents regarding the relationship between O'Brien and Howard Hughes; the settlement in O'Brien's civil suit against the Committee for the Re-election of the President (CREEP); O'Brien's response to Gerald Ford pardoning Richard Nixon; Maurice Stans

Oral history transcript, John G. Tower, interview 3 (III), 11/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

the apparent coolness (now it never developed into bitterness), that developed between Senator Richard Russell and President Johnson? T: No. And I don't believe that there was ever coolness there. I think that Russell was disappointed with Johnson

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 41 (XLI), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

[Hubert] Humphrey, Senator [John] Kennedy announces his candidacy, and then on the Republican side, Vice President [Richard] Nixon announced his. Still no personal activity on the President's part, and you weren't aware of anything at this early stage
; Pat Nixon; Marvin Watson; visiting Acapulco and Mexican President Miguel Aleman and his family; LBJ's relationship with Senator Richard Russell; Sam Houston Johnson's hospitalization for alcoholism; a Johnson family history of alcoholism and depression

Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 8 (VIII), 5/16/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

I condone all these things but I do think I recognize the human frailty in every person and I think this goes to that same question. (Interruption) G: Anything on the 1968 presidential race between [Richard] Nixon, Humphrey with George Wallace

Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 4 (IV), 8/7/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

11 that. But an)~ay when he submitted the names--and I ' l l just say the Sanders' nomination and others--it was after the election. Richard Nixon had been elected President, and there was some indication at tIn t point that Mr. Mitchell was going

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 17 (XVII), 6/11/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: Was there a way during these stops, these speeches, to have monitored what the Nixon-Lodge campaign was saying and answer their charges or their accusations? R: They were being followed closely in Washington, and we'd get on the phone every time we had a chance
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, Thomas H. Kuchel, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: THOMAS H. KUCHEL INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: Senator Kuchel's office, Los Angeles, California Tape 1 of 1 G: You came to the Senate in 1953, I suppose. You were appointed to replace Vice President Nixon, as I understand it. K
election; Wayne Morse; the Lewis Strauss nomination; the McCarthy censure and the Watkins committee; LBJ’s relationship with Richard Nixon; relationship between Republicans and Democrats in Senate; civil rights legislation; statehood for Hawaii and Alaska

Oral history transcript, Jacob Javits, interview 1 (I), 12/5/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

caucus of twenty-two senators had a lot of power in the Senate, led by the sacred cow of the Senate, Richard Russell of Georgia. And even Lyndon had to tread lightly with Dick Russell, who had his own power and was, in addition, extremely able and a very

Oral history transcript, James C. Hagerty, interview 1 (I), 11/16/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

and a possible future president. F: We're moving ahead. H: Yes. F: But did he ever express himself on Richard Nixon vis-à-vis Johnson? H: You mean as being elected president? F: Yes. H: No, not that I can recall. If he did, it was, "If Dick

Oral history transcript, William M. Colmer, interview 1 (I), 5/5/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

be not But again I could say that about Jack Kennedy or -F: That's just par for the course. C: Nixon and everybody else. Nixon, I remember when he was placed on the old Un-American Activities Committee. As a matter of fact, I told him since he's been

Oral history transcript, Carroll Kilpatrick, interview 1 (I), 5/5/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

with the Post, but I went with the Post in 1952. F: That's right. At \

Oral history transcript, D.B. Hardeman, interview 4 (IV), 1/19/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of the Senate. G: What about Richard Russell? Did you ever hear LBJ talk about him? H: No, I never did hear him talk about Richard Russell. I was in the room out at Phoenix; I was the advance man on the Phoenix meeting for LBJ. I was in his room. He got

Oral history transcript, J.R. Parten, interview 2 (II), 2/29/1976, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

much worried about Johnson when Humphrey was running against Nixon. pretty late. I felt that Johnson was sitting on the fence until I have no concrete proof of this. But, knowing that [Governor] Connally was talking for and reputed to be raising
programs; Parten’s opinion Nixon; future problems with Congress under Nixon; the energy problem.
Parten, J. R. (Jubal Richard), 1896-1992

Oral history transcript, James R. Jones, interview 3 (III), 6/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of activity, not like apparently President Nixon does, going alone in a room with a pad of yellow paper and thinking something through. J: Yes, he liked to be around people, particularly people that he had developed a trust or a feeling of rapport

Oral history transcript, John William Theis, interview 1 (I), 12/1/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and the vice presidency in those days expected. There are some personality things which I always found fascinating about him. He was a complete extrovert, as Jive indicated a little earlier, unlike Richard Nixon who was an introvert and an obviously very
Biographical information; first contact with LBJ; LBJ's legislative talents; generosity; LBJ's support of Diem; 1961 Vietnam trip; India stop; camel driver incident in Pakistan; LBJ's relationship with Richard Russell; LBJ's relationship

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
/31 announcement; HHH’s attempt to go both ways on Vietnam; LBJ’s opinion of Nixon; transition period; Pat Moynihan; LBJ angered by some cabinet members at the end of his term; feelings about leaving the administration.

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 4 (IV), 11/9/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

later on about their attitude, particularly after the convention in August, and the games that they started to play to wait for Nixon. That part I was privy to. I'm sure I discussed it, but I don't like to just speculate. I do not remember specifically
Thornberry and Abe Fortas; Senators Richard Russell and Everett Dirksen; separation of powers issue regarding Fortas; the effect of Humphrey’s campaign on LBJ’s work; cancelled arms control meeting with the Russians; measuring how LBJ would run against Nixon

Oral history transcript, Frank Church, interview 1 (I), 5/1/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

of Richard Nixon. But for that reason, I concluded that the only man who had 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

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