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, when did you first meet Lyndon Johnson, and what were the circumstances? N: I believe it was in 1956 during the presidential campaign. I was serving as a member of the advisory council to the Democratic National Committee, and was a member

Oral history transcript, Charles E. Bohlen, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

fairly close associates of M r . Johnson, who was Minority Leader at the time. B: Do you remember him taking any role in that at all? No, he didn't. He was a straight Democrat. He wasn't on the Foreign Relations Committee. in it. He went right down

Oral history transcript, Alan S. Boyd, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

prob bi-partisan group, and I was appointed as an honest Democrat, which I was and am . M: How did they happen to select you for that, do you know? B: No, I don't really know . When I first started practicing law in Miami, I went into George
of the Department of Transportation; Urban Mass Transit; Maritime Administration; National Transportation Safety Board; appointment as Secretary and confirmation; reflections on LBJ; domestic legislative achievements; international relations; effects of Vietnam War

Oral history transcript, Bertrand Harding, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

? H: There are two. There's the National Advisory Councilor committee, and there's the Economic Opportunity Council. The National Advisory Council are external people that meet and go over OEO programs and presumably advise the President
House; OEO support for a job creation program; National Advisory Council; Economic Opportunity Council; attendance at cabinet meeting; relationship between OEO and White House; Kerner Commission Report; war on poverty conservative in outlook; personal

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