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Oral history transcript, Robert Lampman, interview 1 (I), 5/24/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Jack Valenti, interview 2 (II), 10/18/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

knew to go to the rear. V: Yes, I suppose, I'm not sure. But I do know there was a big crowd then of people that blocked the passageway and, indeed, President Johnson was blocked off. We simply could not move until that coffin had gone, because

Oral history transcript, James Sundquist, interview 1 (I), 4/7/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

Oral history transcript, Harry Ashmore, interview 1 (I), 1/31/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Anthony J. Celebrezze, interview 1 (I), 1/26/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

to have many, many meetings on the question of aid to primary and secondary education. And the major stumbling block, of course, was the First Amendment of the Constitution, separation of church and state. Though I think we were reading that provision

Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 2 (II), 9/16/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that some people had: The ball game was over. I could count. if we can block Kennedy on the first ballot, then we can get them to pick a second choice. R: Kennedy had the votes well before the convention. people and he had them counted. He had damn good

Oral history transcript, Gale McGee, interview 1 (I), 2/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

and wanted to enjoy those grandkids. That this was a fact. But I think an overriding factor was also his own conviction that his image, whatever that image was, had become a psychological block and the chances for a breakthrough for some kind of slowing

Oral history transcript, Charles Roberts, interview 1 (I), 1/14/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, and the story of how he was prevented from getting off of the plane with the Kennedy casket is known. I was not witness to it because I was in the forward part of the plane at the time, but I do know the aisle was blocked. And, again, this was the Kennedy