Solr Search · Discover Production

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 26 (XXVI), 4/18/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, or the run-down areas. [Walter] Reuther then came to the White House, as you've got here on the sixteenth of September [1965], and talked at some length to Dick Goodwin and me. And he was coming in with the same sort of idea we were playing with, still very

Oral history transcript, Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., interview 3 (III), 8/8/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

and the period right after that. I remember that Johnson was contacting liberal labor people all over the place. funny thing happened that I recollect. Indeed, a I was in Walter Reuther's suite at the Statler during the assassination weekend; Walter's
Visits with LBJ immediately after the Kennedy funeral; Rauh’s encouraging LBJ and John Connally to do something about desegregation; working with LBJ and Clarence Mitchell; LBJ criticizing the ADA; the convention of Atlantic City; Reuther; Dr

Oral history transcript, Esther Peterson, interview 2 (II), 10/29/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

it]. G: I noticed that Walter Reuther was not a friend of his politically. P: No, and I was under Walter's wing somewhat, you see. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories

Oral history transcript, Robert Oliver, interview 2 (II), 11/29/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of the CIO, the Congress of Industrial Organizations, and principal assistant to Walter Reuther, I maintained a suite in the old Congressional Hotel, that is now Congressional Annex Number One, a House office building . It just happened that one morning

Oral history transcript, Ashton Gonella, interview 2 (II), 10/10/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

George Reedy is your labor--he can give more details on that with more accuracy. But I would see more and more contact with Andy Biemiller and calls to George Meany and Walter Reuther and the Texas labor people. Yes, I do think he went more

Oral history transcript, Robert Oliver, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

conceded that it was Johnson's turn to run . Johnson did announce, and Walter Reuther--at the time I didn't know Reuther too well--called me . He had formed a friendship with Lyndon Johnson in Washington when Johnson was a member of the House

Oral history transcript, Robert C. Wood, interview 1 (I), 10/19/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

Reuther had been in to see either Califano or the President somewhere in that summer, picking up an intimation of what was then known as Demonstration Cities. M: What was Walter Reuther's interest in this? W: Walter, in a general social concern, had

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

of Democrats in the history of the Senate. We had the biggest That's when Johnson had a tremendous majority, and those people that were elected, because of the leadership that he had shown, the responsibility and so forth--but Walter Reuther controlled
Jenkins, Walter (Walter Wilson), 1918-1985
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, Wilbur Mills, interview 3 (III), 5/15/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

[President Johnson] had a reputation of throwing dollars at any question and the question would disappear. I asked him if he wouldn't agree, and he wouldn't. He amazed me, and this I wouldn't want repeated, but he said, "Walter Reuther would throw me out." I

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 15 (XV), 6/23/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

happened in 1959 will not be comprehensible. The Republicans associated the whole thing with Walter Reuther. He was the black beast as far as the thinking of the House and Senate Labor Committees went in 1947-48. When they passed the closed shop
History and interpretation of the Taft-Hartley Act; Walter Reuther; the closed shop and the union shop; the building trades; picketing; the various unions; LBJ and labor legislation; Brown and Root and the union; interest of George Meany and David

Oral history transcript, Jerome P. Cavanagh, interview 1 (I), 3/22/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: What do you do as far as protocol is concerned with someone like Walter Reuther, who holds no official position, but who does have a considerable constituency? C: If I'm not mistaken, I think Halter Reuther, if he was here that day and I'm not sure

Oral history transcript, David Dubinsky, interview 1 (I), 5/7/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Alex Rose, who ;s a friend of mine, and he mentions Walter Reuther, with whom I was very close. name. So I said, "They're crazy! IIGo out and convince your friends." I make the first call. Then he mentions another important It's a winning ticket." I

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 52 (LII), 8/15/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

with Wirtz' view on the ground that a wage of even $1.60 an hour was only $3,200 a year, and that it was hard to see how anybody could live on that. I then told him that labor was strong on this, that [Walter] Reuther and Meany had sent their lieutenants over

Oral history transcript, Kermit Gordon, interview 4 (IV), 4/8/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

by Ben Heineman. It was a good Walter Reuther was a member, Whitney Young was a member, there were a couple of housing experts. The Model Cities notion, I think, represented something of a modification and adaptation and toning down of some basic

Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 1 (I), 9/9/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

trusted too far were Connally and then later Walter Jenkins. F: When Mr. Johnson says, "Roosevelt was like a daddy to me," is that just sentimental rhetoric, or was there that closeness, do you think? R: I think he--I have often wondered how much
Biographical information; early recollections of LBJ; LBJ’s relationship with FDR; LBJ’s interests; LBJ’s 1941 campaign; LBJ’s relationship with Sam Rayburn; Maury Maverick; 1948 race; Walter Winchell episode; counsel to Democratic Policy Committee

Oral history transcript, Clark Kerr, interview 1 (I), 8/12/1985, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)

he came in he dominated the meeting--Walter Reuther, who was a member of the group, turned to Henry Ford, and Walter said to Henry, loud enough for everybody around the table to hear, "You know, never in American history has anyone been so well

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 9 (IX), 4/9/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

some allegiance to a leader that tells them what they should do. But Roy Reuther, who was traveling with us--Walter Reuther's brother, an extremely able and active fellow in the labor movement--was purposely on the team that traveled with me, because we
) Senate campaign; conflict among New York Democrats over distribution of funds raised in New York; LBJ campaigning with RFK; how the RFK/Kenneth Keating race compared to the 1952 JFK/Henry Cabot Lodge election; Walter Jenkins' arrest; October 23, 1964

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 7 (VII), 5/24/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

on this big campaign against the closed shop, and most of that was directed against Walter Reuther. They knew so little that what they finally did was to leave the union shop in, which is what Reuther 5 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 8 (VIII), 11/20/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

or to be nipping at Eisenhower. He justified that with his fellow Democrats, despite the displeasure of Mrs. Roosevelt and Herbert Lehman and people like that, Walter Reuther, on the grounds that the country should speak with one voice abroad. And we had a lot

Oral history transcript, Lee C. White, interview 1 (I), 9/28/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

came up with an idea the active support of large corporations. I think a was one that Johnson liked, but Bobby Kennedy did not like and a lot 0£ other people did not like. --either Walter or so~e Walter Reuther I think representative of UAW
for Progress; JFK-staff relationship; LBJ-staff relationship; the White House hears of JFK's assassination; LBJ requests White remain on the staff; LBJ and the formal resignation of JFK staffers; Walter Jenkins; Bill Moyers; relationship of LBJ and JFK staff

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

Oral history transcript, Charles K. Boatner, interview 3 (III), 6/1/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

over at his apartment . It'd be Walter and sometimes Cliff, and George Reedy, me, and Liz Carpenter . Frequently, while we were eating fruit or canteloupe or something, he'd say, "I just don't know . remember one incident . . . ." I They had
Jenkins, Walter (Walter Wilson), 1918-1985
Head Start; domestic program; War on Poverty; contrast between John Connally and LBJ types; LBJ's frustrating life as VP; sale of Weslaco radio and TV station; death of Sam Rayburn; LBJ's problems with the press; LBJ's temper; Walter Jenkins; Bobby

Oral history transcript, G. Mennen Williams, interview 1 (I), 3/8/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: Well now, the noticeable faces, and I saw this on TV, were you and Walter Reuther and Franklin Roosevelt, Jr. Was there any concert, or was this just each man standing up vOicing his opinion when the nomination time came around for the vice president

Oral history transcript, Walter W. Heller, interview 2 (II), 12/21/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

, 1971 INTERVIEWEE: WALTER HELLER INTERVIEWER: DAVID McCOMB PLACE: Dr. Heller's office, the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota Tape 1 of 3 M: To start off with sort of a problem about the mechanics of government. Were you
See all online interviews with Walter W. Heller
Heller, Walter W. (Walter Wolfgang), 1915-1987
Oral history transcript, Walter W. Heller, interview 2 (II), 12/21/1971, by David G. McComb
Walter W. Heller

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

this auto price issue turned out in 1965. I do remember we did send word to the auto industry. You have to understand two things. One, [Walter] Reuther, as [Gardner] Ackley notes in his memo, is in part trying to set up a situation in which he gets

Oral history transcript, Fleur Cowles, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

of this terribly late lady. He suddenly asked me if I'd ever heard of a man called Walter Reuther? Yes, I did. "You actually know Walter Reuther?" It turned out that this man, who I eventually married, had little of more importance on his mind than the question

Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 1 (I), 4/13/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Kennedy was on. Let me just tell you how those things work. You know [Walter] Reuther, of course, in the AF of L. to be--well, I don't say there is bound to be, there There is bound ~ crookedness in every labor campaign and may be, in office as well

Oral history transcript, Hyman Bookbinder, interview 3 (III), 6/30/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

just wonder. Maybe he just came directly from the labor movement. His labor job was as the number-two man to Walter Reuther. Walter Reuther was a very strong proponent of the program and of all legislation of this kind. Shriver liked him very much

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 2 (II), 5/17/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, James Farmer, interview 2 (II), 7/20/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

didn't negotiate with his immediate people, like Marvin Watson or somebody? F: No, I did not. The persons who were speaking for the point of view which the administration adhered to were Joe Rauh, Walter Reuther--Reuther more indirectly, he was speaking

Oral history transcript, James J. Reynolds, interview 1 (I), 6/18/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (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 REYNOLDS -- I -- 18 particularly Walter Reuther, were very useful, as \'Jas Nr

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

leaders-- Victor Reuther, Walter Reuther. Victor was with them earlier. Reuther's the one who counts, really. the UAW was not behind LBJ. behind Hubert Humphrey! Walter The Vietnam War was born, and And they weren't--with great enthusiasm-- We've

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

Oral history transcript, James Farmer, interview 1 (I), 10/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

were, some of the labor people were concerned about that. Walter Reuther was. And I think heads of some of the older and more established civil rights organizations shared that concern. Mr. Wilkins, NAACP, and to some extent Whitney Young. B

Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 6 (VI), 12/9/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. I can remember-- somebody told me, I know who it was, it was a young labor leader who said that [Walter] Reuther had met with the Stevenson people and said, "It will take me a day to break Soapy Williams, but I'll get him tomorrow and you'll have

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 22 (XXII), 6/19/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was not making a move at that point. G: Would it be correct that Kennedy had more support among the [Walter] Reuther people than he did among the [George] Meany, AFL [people]? O: That's right. But as far as any mass organized effort by labor you'd have

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 44 (XLIV), 3/29/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the President started asking everybody--which was a committee made up of major union heads like George Meany and Walter Reuther and major businessmen like Tom Watson and [I.W.] Abel. Johnson started asking about whether or not a tax increase would be appropriate

Oral history transcript, Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., interview 2 (II), 8/1/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

this fall in here? R: Back early in the year '60, Paul Ziffren spoke to Walter Reuther about setting up a committee which would represent the liberal candidates, which would try to avoid trouble and differences that might make it possible for a conservative

Oral history transcript, A. Phillip Randolph, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Wilkins [of the NAACP]; Mr. Whitney Young, Jr., National Director of the National Urban League; Walter Reuther, President of the UAW;-- B: Would Dr. King have been there? R: Dr. [Martin Luther] King, Jr., was there, and a number of others--I don't

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 11 (XI), 10/28/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

for president, we were sitting around his office one day and Johnson was sitting in the rocking chair and I was sitting on the couch to the right of the rocking chair. And he said, "You know, the difference between me and Hubert Humphrey is that when Walter

Discover Our Collections

Limit your search

113 results