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Oral history transcript, A.S. Mike Monroney, interview 3 (III), 3/20/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

even greater use of him in soliciting people for jobs and scouting around the country for abilities. Mc We've been talking about the post office--you instituted what is called the air taxi service which became a very successful development in postal
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Peter Braestrup, interview 1 (I), 3/1/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

involved in covering the combat part of the war in 1965-1967 were fairly small, considering the several hundred reporters assigned to get accredited to MACV. G: When did you become Washington Post bureau chief? 5 LBJ Presidential Library http
Braestrup’s work as a journalist in Southeast Asia for the New York Times; New York Times coverage of Vietnam compared to Time magazine; how journalists covered Vietnam and the danger involved; how Braestrup became Washington Post Bureau Chief; Joe
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Bess Whitehead Scott, interview 1 (I), 3/31/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)

, and tried to use it. I was a reporter then on the Post, and it did help, but it had static in it like the first radios. The minute I could get away from my meeting or something, I'd take it off immediately because it just worried me to death. B: Did you
Biographical information and family history; Scott's hearing and health problems; Scott's educational background; Scott's early work experience and how she became a newspaper reporter; Scott's work for the Houston Post and Hulsey Theatres; Scott's
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

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

Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh KILPATRICK -- I -- 3 F: Oid you ever actually interview him before you went with the. [Washington] Post? K: I don't believe I did before I went
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 61 (LXI), 1/19/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

there any trades that you recall? C: No. It was just pure heat. I'm sure I talked to the [New York] Times editorial people, the [Washington] Post. It was a full-court press. G: Patriotism and-- LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 12 (XII), 7/25/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was a rather obvious step that was available to us. The Washington Post had advocated home rule over a long period of time and were often editorializing on the subject. We were having difficulty securing the necessary signatures for a discharge petition
Efforts to enlist the help of Katharine Graham and the Washington Post staff to get support for D.C. home rule; LBJ's support for House Rules Committee reform that would help the liberal members of the House; the regional medical centers program
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, John G. Feild, interview 3 (III), 10/12/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

all pretty much committed. The most difficult agency, again because of its size, was the Post Office. The Post Office had 670,000 employees, I think; the Defense Department had a million. The Post Office spent an enormous amount of special energy
employees in the Department of Defense; John Macy's federal executive councils; complications within the Post Office; TVA's lack of compliance with minority hiring; federal scholarships; labor unions; Philadelphia Plans; state employment services; corporate
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Adam Yarmolinsky, interview 1 (I), 7/13/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

. Emergency Relief Mission and came back and briefly resumed the special assistant post while I broke in a new man when Joe Califano went to the White House. in John Cushman. I broke Then I became principal deputy assistant secre- tary of defense
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Daniel J. Quill, interview 2 (II), 10/15/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

the deep depreSSion days), and I had only had that position a short time; about a post office. I I was satisfied and didn't know anything told him that, but he said I'd make a good one and insisted that I accept it, which I did. ?: Have you been
; changes in Post Office in the last 35 years; Equal Opportunity Employment Act; Vietnam War veterans; LBJ Ranch visit; Dr. Frantz's additional notes

Oral history transcript, Robert F. Woodward, interview 1 (I), 11/4/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

the advisability of my going out to the field again, to a post in the field, and another man's taking over as Assistant Secretary, because we had a very peculiar personnel problem . A man who was very close to the President and who had been in the White House

Oral history transcript, Murrey Marder, interview 1 (I), 5/25/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: MURREY MARDER INTERVIEWER: Ted Gittinger PLACE: Mr. Marder's office, the Washington Post, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 G: Give us a little background on how you came to be the foreign affairs man on the Washington Post. M: I
for the Washington Post; North Vietnam's version of events in the Gulf of Tonkin and how it varied from the official U.S. version of events; Marder's coverage of the Multilateral Force (MLF) story and the issue of U.S. sharing access to its nuclear weapons with other
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Eugene H. Guthrie, interview 1 (I), 4/26/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

.' And let's put it on every mailbox and every mail truck in the United States." We had a great idea, we thought. So we had an artist draw up the poster, sent some high person in HEW over to the Post Office Department to get their permission. The Post
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, E. Ernest Goldstein, interview 5 (V), 5/3/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Joe Fowler's gallbladder was bothering him. One Sunday morning about six o'clock the White House phone rings next to the bed our Tiber Island house. "Yes, Mr. President." "Ernie, have you read the Washington Post this morning?" President. "No, Mr
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Jack Valenti, interview 1 (I), 6/14/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

articulate, I liked the way he looked and stood, I liked what he said; in short, I was really taken with him. At that time I was writ- ing a weekly column for The Houston Post, and I recall, as have other writers who have written about me recalled, that I
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Gerald W. Siegel, interview 2 (II), 6/9/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. Space Agency.. And I got a call .from Mr. Graham, saying that he wanted to talk to me. · Hhat emerged . was we did; we talked,· and he was interested in me joining the Post. And we, after a couple of discussions, agreed that I would.come. One
; Phil Graham; relationship between Robert Kennedy and LBJ; leaving the LBJ staff in 1960; going to work for Mr. Graham at the Washington Post; interaction with LBJ in VP years; LBJ and the press; press involvement in government work; turning down LBJ’s
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Anthony Buford, interview 1 (I), 6/20/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: Any significant conversations during that time? Did you talk about the office and what he was doing? B: No. No. G: Okay. The St. Louis Post Dispatch was not always in his corner as a newspaper. Did he ever complain to you about the Dispatch or its
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 7 (VII), 3/4/1996, by Harry Middleton (Item)

to me, "I heard that you are in charge of doing a memorial to President Johnson," that was it. M: Dorothy McCardle was with the Washington Post. 2 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, John H. Crooker, Sr., interview 1 (I), 8/18/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 39 (XXXIX), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 28 (XXVIII), 4/20/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and Semple, who are the two New York Times reporters that covered the White House while I was there, were so--and the Times was so much better than any paper, even the Post. Those two reporters just--I forget who covered it for the Post; I guess Bill Chapman
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 53 (LIII), 8/16/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, A. Ross Eckler, interview 1 (I), 10/25/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

appointed to a presidential appointment post in the administration. I believe they could see some very real advantage in a younger man who would be able to have the benefit of my services as deputy, presumably, and to get experience to be ready
First association with LBJ; Hobart Taylor, Jr.; 1965 Civil Rights Act; Richard Scammon; Andrew Brimmer; promotion of civil servants into appointed posts; referrals; special surveys; Congressional intervention; right of privacy issue; mailout

Oral history transcript, John W. Macy, interview 2 (II), 4/25/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

of embarrassment to him and possibly might injure his relations with such important people as John Tabor. He said: "Oh, no, that'll be no problem at all. I've been given a blank check to designate anyone that I consider qualified for these posts." I said
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Ferd Kaufman, interview 1 (I), 11/6/1997, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Kaufman -- I -- 12 telephone jacks on every fence post around down there. So the Southwestern Bell lost a lot
when in Texas; using boats to find LBJ while he was on the lake; LBJ and Hubert Humphrey celebrating their 1964 election win at the Ranch; the store/post office in Hye, Texas; Kaufman's love for his work
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Stewart J.O. Alsop, interview 1 (I), 7/15/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

, and you were a longtime syndicated columnist with your brother Joseph, whom I also interviewed, incidentally, and later with the Saturday Evening Post, and now with Newsweek regularly. A: That's right M: And the author of The Center, which appeared
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 56 (LVI), 11/21/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. . . . One thing I notice here, this would be Thursday, August 25, I guess, "LBJ aides quietly visit slum areas," the Washington Post. We ought to do something about that. B: You've got a file on that. G: Do we? B: Some memos, [inaudible]. C: Well
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Olga Bredt Gideon, interview 1 (I), 3/2/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)

of women to different--various posts. Do you think that Johnson had a greater respect for women and their abilities than most men of his time? I mean, I'm talking earlier on. G: Yes. [Inaudible] Let me think. B: Or did he operate under the same
and Harold Ickes; Gideon's work on LBJ's 1960 campaign; LBJ appointing women to government posts; Texas politics in the 1940s; Gideon's post-presidential visits to the LBJ Ranch; LBJ's awareness of his own heart condition; Gideon's preferred method
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Tyler Abell, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of the Houston Post. The paper is owned by his family. Bill, I believe, was attending his first national convention, but if it wasn't his first it was certainly one of the early ones, and like myself, he was rather green. But I commented to him my surprise
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Palmer Hoyt, interview 1 (I), 7/29/1970, by David G. McComb (Item)

, 1970 INTERVIEWEE: PALMER HOYT INTERVIEWER: DAVID McCOMB PLACE: Mr. Hoyt's office at the Denver Post Building in Denver, Colorado Tape 1 of 1 M: This is an interview with Mr. Palmer Hoyt, the editor and publisher of the Denver Post. I might start
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, John A. McCone, interview 1 (I), 8/19/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was a member, first, of the President's Air Policy Commission, and then served as a special assistant to Secretary Forrestal before the National Defense Act of 1947 provided for a Deputy Secretary of Defense. I occupied that post as Secretary Forrestal's
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Don Oberdorfer, interview 2 (II), 9/17/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

that Then switched in he was spring, early summer . the late summer I was hired by the Washington Post . I from the Knight newspapers to the Post and covered Nixon's presidential campaign in 1968 . Then when he won the election, I became one of the two
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, John M. Cabot, interview 1 (I), 2/28/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

the catastrophic consequences of a withdrawal from Vietnam. Joe Alsop had a good column in the Post this morning. You may have seen it. And I'm afraid he's right. n If we scuttle from Vietnam, Heaven knows where the rot is going to stop! M: What I was driving
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 21 (XXI), 2/22/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

would work on a bill--ask Larry about highway beautiful, which he really broke his pick on, and finally muscled out with a lot of help only to pick up the Post and see a story about Moyers and how Moyers had saved highway beautification; the list goes
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 25 (XXV), 1/2/1982-1/3/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Johnson -- XXV -- 17 the home of the Joseph Davies, Mrs. Merriweather Post Davies at that time. It was always in a beautiful part of the spring
; Marjorie Merriweather Post Davies and her father's story regarding Henry Ford; moving the Senate to the Old Supreme Court chambers during remodeling of the Senate chambers; China becoming a Communist country; LBJ's work as a senator; how LBJ handled mail
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 34 (XXXIV), 2/23/1991, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, announcing that he was going to give up the post because of serious illness. We had known for some time that he had cancer, and he was extremely strong and tough to have persevered as long as he had. He stepped out; Bill Knowland of California took over
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

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

scratching, I'll scratch your back, you scratch mine, a lot of paying of IOUs and that sort of thing. It was such a little clubby sort of thing. (Interruption) On October 18--this is 1956--let's see [reading 1956 Chronology], "Houston Post reports that when
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, McGeorge Bundy, interview 2 (II), 2/17/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Roberts of the Post who says Mr. Johnson told him in 1965 that he had decided to start bombing the North as early as perhaps May of 1964. B: I forget to whom he said that sort of thing in 1965, but he did say it. I'm not sure it is Roberts. I think it's
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Gerri Whittington, interview 2 (II), 7/18/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

leaving the White House staff? W: Yes. G: Tell me about that. W: I remember that President Johnson was away. He went on some trip. G: He was in New York I think. W: Yes. And I wasn't with him. The headline was the next day in the Washington Post
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Harrison Salisbury, interview 1 (I), 6/26/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

immediately launched an investigation. this cable. He never could find Now this is just a sidelight, except for one circumstance. You'll find in the book which the Washington Post correspondent and the Los Angeles Times correspondent wrote about Marigold
in Hanoi; meeting with Bill Bundy and Dean Rusk to give them his impressions of his Hanoi visit; Bill Bundy; trying to see LBJ to tell him about Hanoi; Art Sylvester; speaking publicly about his book; LBJ’s relationship with the New York Times; the Post
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Robert W. Murphey, interview 2 (II), 2/8/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, and look at that hoof. He kept running away from us and going over to the other corner of the pen, so forth. So finally I said, "Well, I'll just go get a rope and we'll throw a loop on him and snub him up to that post, and by gum we can look at him
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

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