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Oral history transcript, Pat Adelman, interview 1 (I), 7/10/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • and Mrs. Johnson were in Washington most of the time. They would come in between sessions. Mr. Johnson would fly in some. They had the home out on Dillman. I guess I would see Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, and/or one of them, maybe once every two months
Oral history transcript, Birch Bayh, interview 1 (I), 2/12/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh February 12, 1969 M: Let's begin by identifying you, sir. You are Senator Birch Bayh, Democrat from Indiana, and you've been in the United States Senate since 1963 and up to date. Is that correct? B: That's correct. M
Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 2 (II), 3/4/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • climbed the pole." And it was a fatalistic sort of laugh and comment, because he was being fatalistic about the fact that he had probably ended his career. He said, "Do you think we're going to make it?" And I said, "No, sir. I don't think that's
Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 5 (V), 5/1/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • , and they have been living on one of their farms in Virginia. F: Ever since. C: Ever since. F: No attempt to get them back home? C: They have never attempted to get them back home. I don't think they could afford to do it. It would be very expensive
Oral history transcript, Frederick Flott, interview 2 (II), 7/24/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , you came over here with me. I just wanted to take leave of you and let you know that I am going home very quickly for political reasons that I have already discussed with you in some measure," as he had over, say, the previous two weeks, his view
Oral history transcript, John C. Stennis, interview 1 (I), 6/17/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • ? S: Yes sir, I think all the committee members were. Now I didn't see activity there although I know they were interested, but you take the President of the United States, he never said anything to me through anyone else, in any way. We really had
Oral history transcript, Edward Re, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • /exhibits/show/loh/oh February 19, 1969 M: Let's begin by identifying you, sir. You're Edward Re, and you're currently since January of 1969 a United States Judge in the Customs Court. Prior to that time you served for most of the year 1968
Oral history transcript, Arthur C. Perry, interview 1 (I), 11/15/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • jeopardizing my own position, and so other than talking to friends and trying to influence their vote, I couldn't take any action that would smack of political activity. F: Yes, sir. So Senator Johnson, now, offered you the position as adminis- trative
Oral history transcript, Gerald C. Mann and Gerald C. Mann, Jr., interview 1 (I), 10/12/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • home district? M: Yes, I spent a little better than six years. F: When you were on the Planning Board in Washington, did that get you in any contact with Mr. Johnson? M: No. When I was on the Planning Board in Washington, I really never had
Oral history transcript, Stephen J. Pollak, interview 4 (IV), 1/31/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • mentioned the reorganization of the government. I hqve at my home notes of my meeting with him. I said to him that I thought as much of the running of the District as possible ought to be handled at the District Building, and that I would do everything
Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 2 (II), 8/18/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 21 was to say, ·'Yes, sir!" I didn't give it a second thought. I did point out that all my experience was in the Middle East, and I
Oral history transcript, Jerry Holleman, interview 1 (I), 4/19/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • three daughters, two married and one still at home. About a year or so after we married, we moved to Borger, Texas, and it was there that I entered my electrical apprenticeship and became an apprentice electrician, because my secondary interest in school
Oral history transcript, Robert E. Waldron, interview 1 (I), 1/28/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • and would have the Johnsons. As I recall, the President first invited me to their home in 1957. I don't have a diary invited to dinner with Mary the first time. SQ I can't pinpoint the r~argaret year~ but I was and was very excited about going
Oral history transcript, Jack Valenti, interview 2 (II), 10/18/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • to the side and said to me, "You can go home with me and you can stay at The Elms." F: I said, "Yes, sir." Had you had any chance meanwhile to communicate with your wife? LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B
Oral history transcript, Jerre Williams, interview 1 (I), 1/8/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • was there. The a Republican?" ~resident came up to me and said, "Jerre, are you I said, "No, sir. I'm a Democrat." "well, you Ire fr:;m Colorado, aren't you? back there?" I said, IINo,sir. ~'Jeren't He said, you a Republican My father \'Jas a Democratic attorney
Oral history transcript, Keyes Beech, interview 1 (I), 3/22/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • of there . during the last days, during the seizure of Dien fifties, In effect, I was in and then in the early sixties, it was going to so many years of I was Bien between there and Tokyo, my home, and then I was in French surrender . cover that war
Oral history transcript, David G. Nes, interview 2 (II), 3/25/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • INTERVIEWEE: DAVID G. NES INTERVIEWER: Ted Gittinger PLACE: Mr. Nes' home, Owings Mills, Maryland Tape 1 of 1 G: Mr. Nes, did your prior service in North Africa stand you in good stead when you went to Cairo in any way? N: Well, I think for any
Oral history transcript, Barry Zorthian, interview 4 (IV), 5/27/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • INTERVIEWEE: BARRY ZORTHIAN INTERVIEWER: Ted Gittinger PLACE: The Cosmos Club, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 G: All right, sir. When we left off, I believe we were talking about the Tet Offensive, the impact of the Tet Offensive on public opinion and so
Oral history transcript, Myron R. Blee, interview 1 (I), 11/16/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • of them. But you've probably heard other people talking about trying to reorganize the federal government, and that was not a very popular thrust, you know. And the second factor that was involved in the decision that this was the time to come home: school
Oral history transcript, Joseph C. Swidler, interview 1 (I), 3/11/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • invited to the Johnson home, where we talked and ate some of his good venison sausage. The Johnsons were warm hosts. I probably felt I knew him fairly well as, what shall I say, a celebrity. But my personal involvement with him was pretty limited. G: How
Oral history transcript, Jonathan F. Ladd, interview 1 (I), 7/24/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • . They ambushed con- voys along the road, for instance, to get ammunition and weapons and that kind of thing. General Train's son-- G: How do you spell that, sir? L: T-R-A-I-N. General Train had a son, I believe he was a captain or a lieutenant. But just
Oral history transcript, R.J. (Bob) Long, interview 1 (I), 4/19/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • to the picture shows a whole lot. We'd come home, 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
Oral history transcript, Leon Keyserling, interview 1 (I), 1/9/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh January 9, 1969 G: This is an interview with Mr. Leon Keyserling, formerly the Chairman of Economic Advisers, conducted by Stephen Goodell for the Oral History Project, Thursday, January 9, 1969. Sir, I'd like to start out
Oral history transcript, Aaron E. Henry, interview 1 (I), 9/12/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • ://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 Aaron Henry -- I -- 2 Graduating in 1950, coming home and being plagued by many
Oral history transcript, Jack Albright, interview 2 (II), 6/10/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • than I am." I said, "Yes, sir, but we've found that they've gone through trying times on security and they really feel they need the protection now. What we've done, Mr. President, we've placed certain security within that podium, and so we would prefer
  • Visiting President Truman and a trip to the Truman Library; phones and photographers in the Truman home; lessons learned on a trip to Honolulu; why LBJ did not travel outside the US more often; incident involving LBJ purchasing a dead horse
Oral history transcript, Claude J. Desautels, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • because he's from his home state, who happens to be on the House Agriculture [Committee] and we had a little minor problem with the congressman. But he's from Joe's home state and Joe used to know him well, maybe Joe worked for him before he came down
Oral history transcript, James J. Hagerty, interview 1 (I), 7/2/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • INTERVIEWEE: JAMES J. HAGERTY INTERVIEWER: Ted Gittinger PLACE: Dr. Hagerty's home, Conroe, Texas Tape 1 of 1 G: Would you outline your career for us in the intelligence field? H: Yes. Actually my career in the intelligence field doesn't really
Oral history transcript, Mary D. Keyserling, interview 1 (I), 10/22/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • confront. On Tuesday afternoon I got a telephone call saying, "lId like you to do this,ll and I found m.ysel£ saying, "Yes, sir. 11 M: This was the President who called you? K: Yes. But I had said that because I was very closely involved
Oral history transcript, Clark W. Thompson and Libbie Moody Thompson, interview 1 (I), 10/10/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • II. T: That's right, and in the Reserve between the wars. M: Yes, sir. You married Miss Libbie Moody, is that correct, in 1918. And apparently the Marine Corps brought you to Galveston, and here you met under rather unusual circumstances
Oral history transcript, William R. (Bob) Poage, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • and the Senators get into problems; where you have a Senator from your district. Of course, I long had Senator Connally as a constituent--a grand and able man, but in those cases the Senator feels he should name the postmaster in his home town, and he should
Oral history transcript, Eugene Williams and Helen Williams, interview 1 (I), 10/27/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • them to have home away froln hOlne; you wanted theln to be as comfor':able and have everything that they were accustomed to to wear. This would be a :mental strain in order to go Inake a speech if you felt that this particular suit was inappropr!.ate
Oral history transcript, Charles J. Zwick, interview 2 (II), 8/1/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • the executive and congressmen and senators vis-à-vis projects of importance to their home district or their state. Now when you were wooing him you could help him on these things, but nobody ever sat down at a table and bargained directly. M: Totaled up
Oral history transcript, Robert B. Anderson, interview 1 (I), 7/8/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • of work did you do in the campaign, sir? A: I wrote speeches for various people . I counselled with him on platform issues, I wrote letters to friends ; I helped in the finan­ cial organization of his campaign, and did all the sorts of things
Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 2 (II), 10/31/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , an agricultural expert, whatnot, and go back home. This would be the best money we could ever spend if we were going to win the battle for men's minds. Tragically, by the time we got through with the bureaucrats, it never worked out this way. tion. We wound up
Oral history transcript, William M. Blackburn, interview 1 (I), 5/21/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • project down there?" and they'd say, "It just doesn't meet standards ." And I'd call back and I'd say, "Well, sir, it just doesn't meet the standards," or this sort of thing, but never anything shady or swinging a deal for cer­ tain Congressmen
Oral history transcript, W. Ervin James, interview 1 (I), 2/17/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . friend of Aubrey Williams who loves these black people." "Why, he's a It was kind of bad. One morning in the middle of the campaign, about two weeks before the election, Aubrey shows up at my door at my home at six o'clock in the morning. I said
Oral history transcript, William C. Trueheart, interview 1 (I), 3/2/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • on until I had completed two years in London, which was I think in August. Technically I needed to do this in order to be qualified for some home leave. So I did that, and then I came back to Washington and had a couple of weeks of orientation course
Oral history transcript, Eugene H. Guthrie, interview 1 (I), 4/26/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , was there any other pressure on the Committee? EG: Extremely little. In fact, I said afterwards I couldn't understand why I hadn't been offered a lovely home down in North Carolina in the mountains. Nobody attempted to bribe me or anything like that. have
Oral history transcript, James J. Reynolds, interview 3 (III), 2/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • Califano tell you that I didn't want this?" I said, "Yes, he did. He made it very plain, there can be no doubt about this, that your decision was not alone that you didn't want to announce it, but that you didn't want it done. I can only assure you, sir
Oral history transcript, Alan S. Boyd, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • to know something about your background . B : Where were you born, and when? I was born in Florida, July 20, 1922 . I was actually born in Jacksonville, Florida, because that was the nearest hospital . My home was a small town of 600 people, turpentine