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Oral history transcript, John Bartlow Martin, interview 1 (I), 1/30/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan
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- , 1971 INTERVIEWEE: JOHN BARTLOW t·1ARTI N INTERVIEHER: PAl GE [11ULHOLLAN PLACE: Nr. [Ylartin's horre,185 t'laple Avenue, Highland Park, Illinois Tape 1 of 1 Pi·~: Okay, let's begin by identifying you, sir. You're John Bartlow Martin, and your
- and return to their homes. Thirty seconds later, he can issue an executive order, saying that they haven't done so, and that the disorder persists, and that he is ordering in the national troops. This is the protocol that is established in the statute
- there, and on that particular mission I flew out of Da Nang. However, our units were rotating from Okinawa into Korat and back home again, and it was there that I flew my first mission into North Vietnam, on March 3, 1965. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org
- INTERVIEWEE: JOHN P. ROCHE INTERVIEWER: PAIGE MULHOLLAN PLACE: Dr. Roche's home office, 15 Bay State Road, Heston, Nassachusetts Tape 1 of 2 M: Let's identify you to begin with, sir. You're John P. Roche, and you're a professor of political science
- home one night at which Chief Justice Warren and then--Majority Leader Johnson and Speaker Rayburn ,vere present. Speaker Rayburn and President Johnson--then Sena- tor Johnson--were advised ahead of time what the subject matter of the dinner was going
- : August 3, 1971 INTERVIEWEE : FRA14K "POSH" OLTORF INTERVIEWER : DAVID G . McCOHB PLACE : f1r . Oltorf's home, Country Club Road, Marlin, Texas Tape 1 of 1 PYi : First off, I'd like to know something about your background. Where were you born
- weapons, the new weapons that we had. And the old ones that were turned in, about five hundred thousand, were given to something called the Self-Defense Forces, which were ordinary people who would accept a weapon and some ammunition to keep in their home
Oral history transcript, R. Sargent Shriver, interview 4 (IV), 2/7/1986, by Michael L. Gillette
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- to your attention? S: Oh, yes. Oh, yes. I mean, they were a godsend. We couldn't have run OEO without them. G: Did you have someone on your staff go through and read those and sift through them? S: No, sir, I read them myself. G: Did you? S: Oh
- Office of Inspection; Shriver’s desire to be made aware of any problems that occur within his organizations; Shriver wanting to see many more participants in the Job Corps; the importance of moving Job Corps students from their homes to Job Corps centers
- ://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 23 home and he repeated the same story to his daughter, a sixteen year-old, telling
- as Secretary. C: All right, sir. F: Which ought to be a full order. C: Yes, it is. But it's a fascinating story, and I believe it's not been told before. I came into the White House in the Truman Administration in the spring of 1945, perhaps just two
- INTERVIEWEE: GEORGE BALL INTERVIEWER: PAIGE E. MULHOLLAN PLACE: Mr. Ball's office in New York City Tape 1 of 1 M: Let's begin by identifying you, sir. You're George Ball, and during the Johnson Administration you served as under secretary [of state
Oral history transcript, Ellsworth Bunker, interview 1 (I), 12/9/1980, by Michael L. Gillette
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- be on his way home in twentyfour hours." I think in the whole six years I was there I only asked for one change. G: Do you recall that one? B: I've forgotten who it was now. I think it was our economic counselor at the time that I thought wasn't quite up
- visit of the Prime Minister of Nigeria, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and Mr. Johnson, as the Majority Leader of the Senate, gave a luncheon for him on the Hill, with a large number of Senators and Congressmen participating. And that was the first time I'd
- , is that correct? D: That is correct. M: And you've been serving in this job since what date, sir? D: Since Ootober 1966. M: And before that you were Acting Administrator of the Small Business Administration? D: I had a brief period as Administrator
- since what date, G: About the first of July, I don't recall, 1966. but at any rate, sir? Maybe it was the first of August. the middle of 1966. M: And you had previously been with the Agency since what time? G: 1961. In 1961 I was appointed
- , it depends. F: What are you trying to do in this--are you trying to educate opposition Congressmen through utilizing those who go with you on a program, or are you trying to build up backfires back in home constituencies? H: Both. If it works best, you
- ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh December 2, 1968 M: Just as a matter of identification to start with here, you're Eugene V. Rostow, presently Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs--since what date, sir? R: Since the beginning of October 1966. M
- . Well, I was just telling you that I went in to see him, and one of the things that he poignantly asked me was, "Are the mil itary planning a COUp?" And I looked at him and I said, "Yes, sir, I think they are." G: What did you base that on? P: Just
- . But the first three or four times I saw the President I barely had time to say "yes, sir," before he took off on the press and just held forth. You'd ask, "Did you tell him any different or did you present a different viewpoint?" You don't get a chance to. G
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 19 (XIX), 6/13/1985, by Michael L. Gillette
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- the homely, familiar words. I can negotiate a treaty putting an end to a war in German, but when it comes to ordering a hamburger, hold the fries, I'd be totally lost. And fortunately, the Secret Service had one of the Texas Germans working in San Antonio
- that, but everybody took plenty of time to scrutinize the whole thing. F: You never did feel a deadline pressure so that you hurried your work? W: No, sir, we did not. F: You were just going to get through whenever you finished. W: Absolutely
- things to certain ways to enable them to look better back home or bring them around? Iv: I have no recollection of that. I know that in Cooper's case there was a little, tiny bit of strain in that direction simply because Earle Clements
- of a southwestern or western state--"is the loss of our best young people. Our best ones graduate and go East and they don't come home." Of course [Wilbur Joseph] Cash or some several southern writers have quantified that, that there were fifteen million southerners
- ; there was politics in my old home of Kaufman. I remember some of that as a boy growing up. I was in Sam Rayburn's district, and Mr. Rayburn was very popular, and we had local politics there. When I got down here this county, Jim Wells County, had for years been
- to be his newsboy; I delivered newspapers to his home. At that time he was an alderman. F: Right. M: As the years went on, I believe he and President Johnson became quite good friends. F: Yes. M: But at the outbreak of the war, or shortly before
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 20 (XX), 9/25/1986, by Michael L. Gillette
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- was not at. So I don't know. G: Anything else on that trip? R: No. G: John Connally went along on that trip, I see. R: German? G: I think so. R: No. No. No, sir. That I would certainly remember. Oh, he may have been there for some reason. That's
Oral history transcript, Sharon Francis, interview 3 (III), 6/27/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
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- , if they don't stay home, it's because we haven't given them anything to stay home for." Charlie began getting worried that his august consultant might be offended. Liz was so direct and so irrefutable and so to the point and so 10 LBJ Presidential Library
- finished my Ph.D. I went down to Woods Hole where we had set up a laboratory. All my biographies say it was the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, but in fact that was just the home for a small laboratory on one of the small islands, Nonamesset
- , are there congress- men who really have studied and learned the details of the International Education and Cultural Excha.nge Pro;ram and contribute positively to your program? F' Oh sure. home-work. By the ,'lay, I have to say this about Rooney. He does his He
Oral history transcript, Michael A. Geissinger, interview 1 (I), 12/16/1975, by Michael L. Gillette
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- desk--and he looked up from his desk, and he said, "Can you take a good picture?" And I didn't need that either. ing, "Yes, sir. I just blurted out without even think- I think I can," and then I realized what I had said. And I said, "Oh my God
- INTERVIEWEE: MARGARET CHASE SMITH INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: Senator Smith's home in Skowhegan, Maine 20~ 1975 Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 F: Coming in and out of the:inter~iew was General William Lewis, Senator Smith's long-time administrative
- INTERVIEWEE: HARRY McPHERSON INTERVIEWER: T. H. Baker PLACE: Mr. McPherson's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 3 B: This is a continuation of the interview with Harry McPherson. Sir, we were talking last time about civil rights activities generally. To talk
- he went out there mainly--these sort of misfits back home, very often, I think . And they went out there and they found a cause they could believe in, and Pop was fiercely devoted to the Meo . est people who ever lived, He thought
- , 1983 INTERVIEWEE: WILLIAM R. DESOBRY INTERVIEWER: Ted Gittinger PLACE: General Desobry’s home, Lampasas, Texas Tape 1 of 3 G: General Desobry, would you begin by giving us something of your professional background and education before you came
- go back home at night? T: We had our own tents. F: That was great for a boy, wasn't it? T: Oh, yes, greatest life you ever saw. I learned to shake the plow, and that was the highest paid job on the levy camp, if you were a plow shaker. F
- : That's pretty high level approval before announcement. T: Well, that was when it was in the formulative stage. I remember I was at home watching the President on television that night, and just before the braodcast, the phone rang and a reporter from