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Oral history transcript, Katharine Graham, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in any facility to bring about something he wanted to get done. interests. And at that time, he had several One was getting home rule for Washington. One was making Washington a better place to live in in every way. And he was very concerned
First acquaintance with the Johnsons; Clean Elections Bill; Philip Graham’s background; Joe Rauh; Graham’s support of LBJ in 1960 election; selection of home for Johnson family; 1958 dinner at Alsop’s with JFK; Washington Post editorial policy

Oral history transcript, Bryce N. Harlow, interview 1 (I), 2/28/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Harlow -- I -- 13 be hired by the committee; I didn't want to be hired by them. They had come and pulled me out of Oklahoma City, which was my home, where I was happily at work, to do

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 15 (XV), 11/20/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, and that exists to this day. They give an award each year to one high school student and one Western New England student in memory of my parents. I think it was such a contrast to dinners that you're accustomed to. It was coming home and I enjoyed it thoroughly

Oral history transcript, Esther Peterson, interview 1 (I), 11/25/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

. Utah. I I come from That is my home state where I have connections, so I Has assigned to work there, and I did a good deal, I would say I took a major responsibility in the Moss campaign out there. fvl: How did t1r. Johnson get involved in that? P

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

for it, and they put on the ballot an initiative measure that prohibited a legislature from ever compelling a person to sell his home to any reason � � LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral

Oral history transcript, William S. White and June White, interview 3 (III), 7/21/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

body was sent back home to South Texas. it was. I can't recall what county It was not very far from Johnson's home county; it's in that area, the Hill Country. They were not going to bury him, that body, in the Anglo cemetery there. Johnson just

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 19 (XIX), 4/22/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the victim throughout of a degree of cynicism on the part of the civil rights stalwarts, who continued for a long time to question the degree of his commitment. It came into focus at the time of the home rule fight in the House, where the liberals gave up

Oral history transcript, Bess Abell, interview 3 (III), 7/1/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: BESS ABELL INTERVIEWER: T. H. BAKER PLACE: Mrs. Abell's home in Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 B: Mrs. Abell, to get to the White House parties, first of all, when you're social secretary, do the parties fall into types? A: Yes, they do fall

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

"Mirrors" story, it related that before Johnson flew back from Austin from Washington he signed two hundred fifty-eight letters, which he said he had dictated personally; home folks d o n ' t get form letters from his office. He had come to Austin

Oral history transcript, Lawrence E. (Larry) Levinson, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Levinson -- I -- 5 John Douglas, who was then the assistant attorney general of the civil division on whom we had relied upon heavily in matters affecting pricing and economic issues

Oral history transcript, A. Willis Robertson, interview 1 (I), 9/27/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

, then? R: To tell you the truth about it, I was a great admirer of General Douglas MacArthur. He was given a luncheon by President Kennedy. time we just had observers over there. At that MacArthur was sitting on the right-hand side of the President
; General Douglas MacArthur; Harry Byrd; conservation; Civil Rights Acts; major changes in U.S. government in 35 years; accomplishments of the American people

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 2 (II), 5/27/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

] was already at a restaurant waiting for me. A minute after I hung up, Moyers called back and said, "The President told me to send a car out for your friend and take him home and for you to come here." So I went over there and then the next morning I talked

Oral history transcript, Joe W. Fleming II, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

II due to the loss of the residential market as most people converted from coal heat in homes to either fuel oil or gas, because of improvements, if you will, in the steel industry " where less coal was used to produce the same amount of steel

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 14 (XIV), 6/22/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

as easy for him to be a conservative as it was for him to be a liberal. G: Vance Trimble did a story on the nepotism in congressional offices, in Senate offices, and one of the items that they homed in on was the 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - -----LBJ

Oral history transcript, William H. Stewart, interview 1 (I), 12/2/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

was Senator Paul Douglas, who was pushing us very hard from the Hill. I can't believe, and never have believed, that Senator Douglas was doing anything more than feeling that here was a bunch of small ~eople being pushed around by federal bureaucrats

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth Wickenden Goldschmidt, interview 1 (I), 11/6/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. with Helen Douglas. But no The saIne way When he was descr:bing why he ran for the LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories
First meeting with LBJ; NYA; Aubrey Williams; Congressional support for LBJ; Dillard Lasseter; John Carson; political apprenticeship of LBJ; Alvin Wirtz; Sam Rayburn; Abe Fortas; Helen Douglas; father figure to LBJ; Texas sort of expansiveness

Oral history transcript, John Sherman Cooper, interview 1 (I), 3/11/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: JOHN SHERMAN COOPER INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: Senator Cooper's home, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 2 G: [Let's] start very briefly with your background. You are from Kentucky, I understand. C: Yes. G: And how you came

Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 5 (V), 5/10/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

forgotten how it went. He said he went home once--he voted against something he was really for, and he said to Bird, "The next vote that comes along that I am in favor of, I'm going to vote and to hell with my people. vote the way I should." I'm going

Oral history transcript, Virginia Foster Durr, interview 1 (I), 10/17/1967, by Mary Walton Livingston (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 -12- Lyndon was constantly bringing home Texas constituents and people he'd met

Oral history transcript, Frederick Flott, interview 3 (III), 9/27/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

problem of one sort or another; either the political forces at home didn't like it or something. In the case of Israel, the biggest problem was that the govern- ment of Israel did not want to be seen as doing something that would antagonize the Russians

Oral history transcript, Robert F. McMahon and Mark T. Muller, interview 1 (I), 7/7/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

in the Lennox Hotel, one of the largest and newest hotels in Brisbane. From there on, with the arrival of other troops and other logistics and support material until General [Douglas] MacArthur got out of the Philippines, things were kind of--well, in a state

Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 2 (II), 6/7/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, in the Mansion at that time. One evening Marvin Watson--who, I suppose, you would call appointment secretary, since he sat outside the President's office--had to go somewhere. Marvin was working so many hours that his family was suffering since he was never home

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 9 (IX), 8/16/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

What had happened just before that? conference itself didn't say very much. I remember--the press It didn't produce any head 1 ines because no headlines could be produced. But for some reason he was more at home with the press at that particular

Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 3 (III), 12/9/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

a better staff in the Senate while I was there than Johnson had, both in his senatorial office and on his committee staff . He was a perfectionist . of happy homes with his demands on your time . in his vocabulary . He broke up a lot Sunday
LBJ’s election as whip; Senator Ernest McFarland; Senator Richard Russell; Preparedness Committee; Senator Estes Kefauver; Douglas MacArthur’s speech to Congress; natural gas bill; Tidelands bill; Walter Jenkins; LBJ’s love for the ranch and cattle

Oral history transcript, H. Ralph Taylor, interview 2 (II), 4/4/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

at the working level. Well, that was driven home to me again by something that happened at the banquet. I was to be the featured speaker; the only other white face on the platform was that of Graham Watt, the city manager, a very perceptive and able guy

Oral history transcript, Benjamin H. Read, interview 1 (I), 1/13/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

; and this put them very much at odds. M: This was the so-called liberal clique over there--Paul Douglas and--? R: Yes, we used to fight the battles of Rule 22 vigorously every other January, and lose methodically-- M: Then in 1963 when you came over

Oral history transcript, Carl T. Curtis, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Knowland led the fight for civil rights, and Senator [Paul] Douglas of Illinois. Lyndon didn't want to disturb good relations with those elements of the Democrat Party and the country at large who were for strong civil rights; neither did he want to lose

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 16 (XVI), 12/16/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, 1987 INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR. INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Califano's office, Washington, D. C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 C: I was meeting with [Robert] McNamara, [Nicholas] Katzenbach, [John] Douglas, [Henry] Fowler, [John

Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 8 (VIII), 10/1/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

there, that Roosevelt had said he'd take Bill Douglas or Harry Truman and they switched the names. They said they'd take Harry Truman and if you can't get Harry Truman, well, they'll take Bill Douglas. When Lyndon got [to be] chairman of this committee, Truman

Oral history transcript, James A. Farley, interview 1 (I), 11/2/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

; and back to Chicago and home. And when I got home, the morning I got home I issued a statement and said that in my judgment President Roosevelt was certain to be nominated on the first ballot in Chicago and would be elected and would carry, in my judgment

Oral history transcript, Clark M. Clifford, interview 3 (III), 7/14/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

to bring American boys home in 1968. Well, Tet changed all that. The fact that the enemy could mount a simultaneous offensive against fifty or sixty cities, towns and hamlets at one time and that the effect of such an offensive, even though blunted

Oral history transcript, Nancy Dickerson, interview 1 (I), 8/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that was about it. He hadn't been home; he had been very much i.nyolved with foreign policy, and when you get to that exalted position-at that time) you know, they were fussing around a lot about starting the Uni.ted Nations; Chiang Kai-shek; Madame Chiang

Oral history transcript, Thomas Royals, interview 1 (I), 11/4/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

of those large corporate heads. (sf> M: Who is Piea? R: He is an investment banker. Douglas Dillon. the program. Ben O. Schmidt from an investment banker's. This is the sort of tenure of people that were into We started working with many, many

Oral history transcript, Sharon Francis, interview 1 (I), 5/20/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

and no longer active. But I saw, really, one too many Douglas fir trees chopped down between me and my mountains, and I decided that I couldn't wait for the oldsters to conserve the land for me and my generation. I'd have to pitch in, too. So I joined a citizen

Oral history transcript, Sharon Francis, interview 2 (II), 6/4/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

for the conservationists, the one and only paid lobbyist, and he said that the conservationists were alerted on highway beautification. They would be visiting members of Congress while they were home on Labor Day recess and then sending telegrams in when Congress

Oral history transcript, Arthur E. Goldschmidt and Elizabeth Wickenden Goldschmidt, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

INTERVIEWEES: ARTHUR E. GOLDSCHMIDT and ELIZABETH WICKENDEN (Mrs. Goldschmidt) INTERVIEWER: PAIGE MULHOLLAN PLACE: The Goldschmidts' home, 544 East 86th~ New York City Tape 1 of 2 M: You don't have to talk into it [the recorder] or anything. pick you

Oral history transcript, Henry H. Fowler, interview 2 (II), 4/22/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

my appointment was announced, I was called by Jack Valenti to come to the White House. I was attending at that time a board meeting of the First Citizens National Bank in Alexandria, Virginia, which is my home. On the way in to the White House, I

Oral history transcript, Wright Patman, interview 1 (I), 8/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

home down there on 6th Street. I had a wife and two sons, little kids. born then. Bill wasn't even They'd throw bricks up on the house at night. Once they burst a window in the car and one time they cut a tire, did little old things like

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

: The column--yes. K: Who was he calling irresponsible in New York? G: I guess it was Collier, don't you think? Or [Douglas] Kiker? K: This is the kind of thing he would go into his office and check off, if we had come in 13 LBJ Presidential Library

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 10 (X), 10/6/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

a new sta tion coming on the air Thanksgiving Day in Austin." And I thought, God, I'm a hot salesman. "We'll take it!" As a matter of fact, I wasn't any kind of a salesman at all, they just were ready. G: Okay. The [Douglas] MacArthur firing comes
Reminiscences from 1950-1952; LBJ’s Texas trips; Eisenhower; the gas bill; Donald Cook; Korea; the Preparedness Committee; election as Democratic whip; the Douglas MacArthur firing; Jenkins’ campaign for Congress; death of Alvin Wirtz; acquiring

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