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Oral history transcript, Clement J. Zablocki, interview 1 (I), 1/16/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: CLEMENT J. ZABLOCKI INTERVIEWER: PAIGE MULHOLLAN PLACE: Congressman Zablocki's office, Rayburn Building, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 M: Let's begin by identifying you, sir. You're Clement Zablocki, Democrat from Wisconsin. Z: Representing

Oral history transcript, William B. Macomber, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/17/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh December 17, 1968 Let's identify you to begin with, sir. You are William B. Macomber, presently Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations. Ma: That's correct. M: Which position you

Oral history transcript, Carl Hayden, interview 1 (I), 10/28/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, "You certainly have your nerve." I had never been to a legislative body, I wasn't a lawyer or anything else. I came home and had two very good opponents. They were members of the Constitional Convention, I think probably the good name of my

Oral history transcript, L. Wade Lathram, interview 1 (I), 3/21/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

to the safe haven with the kids. I'm afraid that I rather insisted, and she didn't. That meant extensive separation, which wasn't good for either one of us, but it did mean the kids stayed home and stayed in school; two of them in college and two of them

Oral history transcript, Lee C. White, interview 2 (II), 2/18/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

have an photograph at home taken--Okamoto had my alrea~v started his snapping activities--in which the President is sitting on those two facing couches near the fireplace in the Oval Room. The walls are absolutely bare, so that meeting was held

Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 5 (V), 2/24/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

to do, but to be able to react on the spur of the moment when it needs to and also be able to say, "I'm sorry, I can't give you a view on this until I've had a chance to check with the department at home." It takes both kinds of abilities--the ability

Oral history transcript, Frank W. Mayborn, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, and it was all over before I really got my breath. I don't suppose I had been there ten minutes till it was all over. G: And then you flew back to Nashville the next day? M: I went back to Nashville the next morning. I came on home to Temple, where I had

Oral history transcript, Joseph Laitin, interview 2 (II), 2/12/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Fleming?" I said, "Well, sir, he's out at the Ranch." "He's out here!" It was kind of one of those things. He greeted me so effusively he made me feel as though he couldn't conduct the affairs of the presidency without me down there. But that was the way

Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 3 (III), 11/15/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Oral history transcript, Ben Wattenberg, interview 1 (I), 11/23/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of Franklin Roosevelt's program; and used the phrase that "the White House staff aides ought to have a passion for anonymity". He always makes it clear not just anonymity, but a passion for anonymity. I just kind of sat there, saying, "Yes, sir, yes, sir

Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 2 (II), 12/4/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

it was initiated as a defense issue? C: Yes, sir. That particular bill--I don't know if we've gotten into this in the past. G: Not yet. The National Defense Education-- C: The National Defense Education Act, that particular bill. We got back in late October

Oral history transcript, Samuel H. Shapiro, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to be governor. S: Well, I got into politics a long time before 1968. F: Yes, sir. S: My first venture into politics was in 1932, when I felt not an obligation, but felt that I wanted to help the Democratic candidate for governor at the time who was Henry

Oral history transcript, Wilbur Mills, interview 3 (III), 5/15/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

with me. We didn't write it into the bill, but he agreed with me that the budget would not be more than ninety-eight billion dollars of spending. And Johnson called me. I was at home, he called me sometime around or after Christmas, and he said, "I've got

Oral history transcript, Richard Spinn, interview 1 (I), 12/12/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Spinn -- I -- 2 good old days. As I recall, for about five days we'd pay about three dollars a week. But of course, I'd go home

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

: Mr. Abell's home in Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 B: This is the interview with Mr. Tyler Abell. Sir, to begin at the beginning, do you recall when you first met Mr. Johnson, and under what circumstances? A: I think that my first meeting

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

with President Johnson is very minor. C: Very minor. Whenever I was home from Po1and--which I came home about once a year--I made a request to see .the President. too busy to see me until June '65. gether to see him. Then five Ambassadors went up to- I had

Oral history transcript, John A. Baker, interview 4 (IV), 6/12/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

emeritus at Texas A & H and was working for me at that time, did learn. And that is that sometimes staid 0l d husbands who get out of tmJn on a migratory farm worker trip to Oregon are liable to come home and spend the first three days with a girl

Oral history transcript, Adrian S. Fisher, interview 2 (II), 11/7/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

a phone call at home from President Kennedy if the Director was out of town or something else, and he'd ask about something that he had on his mind. We could go to see President Johnson in the White House, arranging it through the White House channels. He

Oral history transcript, Tyler Abell, interview 2 (II), 5/29/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh INTERVIEW II INTERVIEWEE: TYLER ABELL INTERVIEWER: T. H. BAKER PLACE: Mr. Abell's home in Washington, D.C. DATE: May 29, 1969 Tape 1 of 2 B: This is the continuation of the interview with Tyler Abell. Sir, we were

Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 1 (I), 1/30/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

went to the hills, hey, so the Turks are undemonstrative." "Christ," he said, "did you see them out there?" I said, "Oh, yes sir, I saw them out there. I was right behind you all the time." I lied because I didn't want him to know I had an even

Oral history transcript, Guy S. Meloy III, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

or harmed. They slept in civilian towns on many occasions. There was never any thievery' there was never any looting, never any anything. We would sleep in Vietnamese civilian homes. And one of the things they did traditionally was they never left that home

Oral history transcript, Robert M. Montague, interview 2 (II), 11/5/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Montague -- II -- 14 G: All right, sir. I had asked you about the Warrenton [?] Conference. M: I wasn't at the Warrenton Conference, but it was an important conference

Oral history transcript, Fred Korth, interview 1 (I), 3/7/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Interviewer: Paige E. Mulhollan Date: M: March 7, 1969 Let's begin, sir, by identifying you. You're Fred Korth, and your most recent government service was as Secretary of the Navy from early in 1962--January--until October of 1963 in the Kennedy

Oral history transcript, Karl E. Mundt, interview 1 (I), 9/21/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Butler, for example, used to say that Mr. Johnson made divided government work by surrendering to President Eisenhower. Do you think that's accurate? Mundt: I think you must mean Paul Douglas. M: Well, Mr. Butler was Chairman of the Democratic

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 36 (XXXVI), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

at home to put on the party, which always included about ten or twelve little girls and/or boys. And very often they would be members of the Texas Delegation's children. And a little conclave of mothers. And the mothers would sit up on the screened porch

Oral history transcript, Theodore Hesburgh, interview 1 (I), 2/1/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

event he was very cordial about this. I brought my mother and sister down, and he was always very gracious with people like your mother or your sister or whatever, and he made them feel at home in the White House. And I remember occasionally being over

Oral history transcript, Stephen J. Pollak, interview 2 (II), 1/29/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

, 1969 INTERVIEWEE: STEPHEN POLLAK INTERVIEWER: THOMAS H. BAKER PLACE: National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 2 B: Sir, beginning in 1964 you served as counsel to the President's Task Force on the War on Poverty, I believe. Would

Oral history transcript, Clarence Mitchell, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Interviewer: Thomas H. Baker Date: April 30, 1969 Tape Number One B: This is the interview with Clarence Mitchell, director of the Washington bureau of the NAACP. Sir, you've been the director of the national bureau here since 1950. Do you recall when you

Oral history transcript, John A. Gronouski, interview 3 (III), 2/14/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

is the only one. The Chinese talks were pretty routine and nothing in particular unusual about them until May of 1966. At that time I came home for consultation, and one of the things I was interested in was the Chinese talks which were coming up in June

Oral history transcript, Thomas W. Fletcher, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

you had dinner?" I said, "No, sir." "Le t 's go ea t . " And as we walked down the hall into the mansion and up the elevator, he said, ''How would you like to be the deputy mayor of Washington, D. C.?" As a matter of fact, he said, ''How would you

Oral history transcript, Jane Engelhard, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and 20, 1977 INTERVIEWEE: Mrs. Jane Englehard INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mrs. Engelhard's home, Cragwood, Far Hills, New Jersey Tape 1 of 3 G: Let's start with your parents, first of all. Your father was a Brazil- ian diplomat. E

Oral history transcript, Leslie Carpenter, interview 1 (I), 2/6/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, sir, I do, thank you--for whatever it's worth, or for whatever I'm worth. F: You had the rather fortunate and peculiar situation of representing the constituencies of two Congressmen who were going to become president later even though they lived

Oral history transcript, Sally O'Brien MacDonald and Sarah McClendon, interview 1 (I), 2/16/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

not right." I said, "Well, sir, I will stand behind everything I have said, and I won't take back a word of it." ,-. F: As far as you know, he'd never seen you before then? M: That's right. F: But he had you spotted. M: Well, I don't:know. I

Oral history transcript, Phyllis Bonanno, interview 2 (II), 4/6/1983-4/7/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

gathering, then we would all sort of be chewed out on the way home. But if he had come out and the event had gone well and then he saw this pretty bride [he would be in a good mood]. It was a lovely, gorgeous day, so all he wanted to do on the plane

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

the high-priced liquor at a little cheaper rate and Mr. Stevenson [would] wind up with three times as much whiskey when he come home. But he was the same way about cigars. He smoked a pipe all of his life, and he didn't really start I guess habitually

Oral history transcript, George Jacobson, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, 1985 INTERVIEWEE: GEORGE INTERVIEWER: Ted PLACE: JACOBSON Gittinger Colonel Jacobson's residence, Reston, Virginia Tape 1 of 2, Side 1 G: All right, sir. Why don't we begin with 1954? How did you get selected for that duty in Vietnam? J: Well

Oral history transcript, Spurgeon H. Neel, Jr., interview 2 (II), 12/19/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, and then they gave the incumbents credit proportional to what they had spent. So the surgeon was eligible to come home. So I was able to get the Surgeon General to change my orders to get over to Vietnam. I think General Westmoreland knew all this was taking place

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

Oral history transcript, Daniel O. Graham, interview 2 (II), 11/8/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

. The remarkable thing was, in fact, that [William] Westmoreland was able to get most of them to keep half of their strength at home for Tet. A few of them let more than that go. Some of them, like the LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL

Oral history transcript, Joseph H. Skiles, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, after greeting me were "Is all this true?" He got this folder from Bill Deason. I said, "Yes, sir." He said, "You got beat for county judge?" I said, "Yes, sir." "Why?" I didn't know whether to be cute or just avoid it as well as I could. But I