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Oral history transcript, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, interview 1 (I), 1/11/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: January 11, 1974 INTERVIEWEE : MRS . JACQUELINE KENNEDY ONASSIS INTERVIEWER : JOE B . FRANTZ PLACE : Her Manhattan apartment in New York City Tape 1 of 2 First part of tape missing (35 feet) F: Let's continue, then, our broken interview
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Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
; JFK's staff vs. LBJ's staff; Kennedy Rose Garden; William Manchester's book; not voting in the 1964 election; LBJ's campaigning for RFK's Senate campaign
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994
Oral history transcript, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, interview 1 (I), 1/11/1974, by Joe B. Frantz
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Oral history transcript, Richard H. Nelson, interview 1 (I), 7/20/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Shriver during the 1960 campaign. was at Princeton. paign. I That would have been my senior year during the cam- I worked for the Johnson-Kennedy ticket during that campaign. r was doing my senior honors thesis for the School of Public and Inter

Oral history transcript, Edwin W. Pauley, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

mother might have believed it!" Well, needless to say, when he ran for the presidency, I saw him in the Senate and he asked me who I was for and I told him I was for Johnson, Kennedy, and Symington, but in that order. And this is before he became

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

of time working on Morse. It seems to me it never did him any good. But, oh, yes, he worked on everybody. F: Was he looking over his shoulder after 1956 at young Senator Kennedy? LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org R: ORAL HISTORY

Oral history transcript, John Bartlow Martin, interview 1 (I), 1/30/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

official capacity during the Johnson Administration was as ambassador to the uominican Republic for his first few months in office, after President Kennedy's assassination. Then you came back as special presidential troubleshooter at the time the Dominican
; Adlai Stevenson’s briefing on Dominican Republic; relationship between LBJ and Robert Kennedy; 1968 presidential campaign; LBJ’s control of 1968 Democratic convention; Hubert H. Humphrey’s campaign.

Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 4 (IV), 11/10/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

understood it was [John] Kennedy; he understood it perfectly. Johnson never really understood how the party worked. He didn't like the bosses; he thought they were crooked, the big New York bosses or the LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
; 1968 convention; Anna Chennault and Nixon; LBJ and the Kennedy people

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

insights as to the depth of the Texas political problem that brought Mr. Kennedy there, or did you think this was just another fund raising swing? R: No. We were all aware before we left Washington that the President and Vice President :hought they were
Reasons for JFK’s 11/63 trip to Texas; detailed description of the day of the assassination, the motorcade, assassination, hospital, swearing-in; and flight back to Washington D.C.; LBJ’s and Kennedy staff’s behavior following the assassination

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

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh January 26, 1971 M: You are Judge Anthony Celebrezze, and your connection with the Johnson Administration was as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, which you had actually undertaken in 1962 under President Kennedy

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

. The interviewer is Joe B. Frantz. Jack, I suppose we may as well be informal on this. Let's talk a little bit about that Texas trip which saw Jack Kennedy assassinated. Did Vice President Johnson ever discuss with you the reasons for making the trip; did he

Oral history transcript, Mike Manatos, interview 1 (I), 8/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

-election and retired at the end of his term. It was about that time that Larry O'Brien was setting up his congressional relations staff after President John F. Kennedy had been elected, and I was given the opportunity to go to the White House as Senate
Biographical information; nomination of JFK and LBJ in 1960; Manatos’ work as Senate liaison in Kennedy and Johnson administrations; House’s receptivity to administration’s bills before and after the 1964 Congressional elections; head counting

Oral history transcript, Joseph D. Keenan, interview 1 (I), 7/25/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

it, but that's part of the game. M: Then did you support Johnson in 1960? K: Yes, I did. In 1960? No, I supported Kennedy, and Kennedy selected Johnson. I supported the ticket. M: Had you forgiven Johnson by that time? K: No, I hadn't. I was opposed

Oral history transcript, Hugh Gardner Ackley, interview 1 (I), 4/13/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

with Lyndon Johnson. A: I first became acquainted with him only after the Kennedy assassination. I had seen him around the White House occasionally, and I guess we nodded, though I doubt that he was sure who I was. F: But you never had any real

Oral history transcript, Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., interview 1 (I), 10/30/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

the Kennedy Administration. So that the missile gap fortunately never occurred; we tried to make it clear it was only potential even at the time. F: This is an unprovable question and your answer will be equally unprovable for the time being, but from your
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968

Oral history transcript, William Hunter McLean, interview 1 (I), 5/11/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

effort, of course, was in '60 when Johnson had some aspirations to be president, and John Kennedy was nominated for President and Johnson for Vice president. I might point out that once again that this campaign started in the early part of the year

Oral history transcript, C.R. Smith, interview 2 (II), 11/10/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

right after President Kennedy's assassination in December 1963, President Johnson addressed a group of business leaders, and I think you were there and had some recollections of that meeting, his effectiveness in dealing with the business community. Do

Oral history transcript, Ivan Sinclair, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of the Kennedy-Nixon campaign, and. 75 per cent of the students in my class were from Ivy League schools and they, in fact, considered me quite provincial. I had to overcome that. So I felt that So I became very interested--through forcing myself and through
Biographical information; what his jobs were for LBJ; how the staff decided which invitations LBJ would accept; Senator Dodd; advance work; Bobby Baker; working with the Kennedy staff; the JFK assassination and Sinclair’s work in the following days

Oral history transcript, James W. Symington, interview 2 (II), 9/17/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

domestic programs, and perhaps in the civil rights field, schools, and so on. When I was in Justice under Robert Kennedy, he was the head of a delegation, I think, to discuss a Peace Corps equivilence throughout the Caribbean, down in Puerto Rico
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968

Oral history transcript, Booth Mooney, interview 1 (I), 4/8/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Oral history transcript, Herman Talmadge, interview 1 (I), 7/17/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

concluded we had only one or two days to wrap up conference reports, and I didn't see any chance of a divisive issue where my vote would be necessary or a record vote. So I walked by and I sat down by Lyndon and I said, "Lyndon, Kennedy's going
Proxmire of Wisconsin were friends of LBJ while he was Majority Leader; LBJ lost Southern votes with the Civil Rights Act of 1957; LBJ’s presidential ambitions were evident in 1959; advised by friends to avoid the VP offer; Kennedy "Irish Mafia" rivalry

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

in particular that were demanding that they be put on the committee. One of them was John F. Kennedy, who said he needed the prestige of the committee because he was getting ready to run for national office. The second was Hubert Humphrey, the whip

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

for a better package. There was a lot of discussion and speculation about the vice presidential business during the convention. I was not in on any of those negotiations except I had the misfortune of being the fellow to tell Jack Kennedy that he wasn't
Biographical information; first meeting with LBJ; Democratic political campaigns leading to 1956 Convention; Central High School integration; 1960 Democratic Convention and Kennedy-Johnson nomination; relations with LBJ as VP; ghost writing for Lady

Oral history transcript, Oscar M. Laurel, interview 1 (I), 10/21/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 25 I serve in the Senate right now may well be very soon a candidate for the Presidency of the United States." As it turned out, it was a very nice-looking, youthful-looking Senator by the name of John F. Kennedy

Oral history transcript, Hobart Taylor, Jr., interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

that the Michigan Demo- cratic party had control of the rooms for these people, and that what he was probably up against was the fact that Michigan had already gone on record for Kennedy and they probably didn't want those Southerners there. I said I didn't think
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968

Oral history transcript, Eugene M. Locke, interview 1 (I), 5/16/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

a minor part in the Presidential race on behalf of the Kennedy-Johnson ticket that year. Of course, I knew Connally and saw him as Secretary of the Navy on several occasions, and when he determined to run for governor, he wanted me to run his campaign

Oral history transcript, Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., interview 2 (II), 5/23/1969 by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

despite the President? W: Bailey never had the confidence of the President, I don't think; he was feared by the President as a Kennedy man, and also I think he was getting a little tired of it, and nobody was allowed to move without Johnson's direct
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968

Oral history transcript, Dorothy J. Nichols, interview 1 (I), 9/24/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

your wedding. II They were living· at the Kennedy-Warren. [A D. C. apartment house] So they asked us to make up a list of whom we wanted. Philip had been here a year and a half, and the list got so big that the wedding had to be moved from

Oral history transcript, Antonio J. Taylor, interview 1 (I), 11/23/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

a President, you know? And we did our best. ~1 : Did you ever travel with Mrs. Johnson on any of her campaign trips? T: Not really. Mrs. Johnson came to El Paso with Mrs. Sargent Shriver and fvIrs. Robert Kennedy, Ethel, the three ladies. This was during

Oral history transcript, George P. Miller, interview 1 (I), 4/22/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

successful. That was the way we ran it, and this was the way it went with Johnson. We'd go down to see him. it was Kennedy who sent for me. five billion dollars. Of course, when we first were there, Our budget in those years was around I knew Jack

Oral history transcript, Jack Valenti, interview 4 (IV), 3/3/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was organized was probably as follows: The President really made the decisions. I was in charge of scheduling out of the White House; Kenny O'Donnell, who was formerly appointments secretary to President Kennedy, worked out of the national committee office

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

and so on they had. And that particular paper was used by a, certain number of people, including Hubert Humphrey, in some of the campaign preparations at least leading up to the 1960 election. G: Did Kennedy use it at all? L: I don't think he did

Oral history transcript, Edie Adams, interview 1 (I), 5/13/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in show business should keep their political feelings private. F: You hadn't campaigned for Kennedy in 1960? A: No. F: Were you on the West Coast at that time? A: Yes. It was when Goldwater was announced; it really terrified me. At the time

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

, Politics and Mr. Sundquist is the Policy~ the Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson Years, and as I understand, is to be the author of a forthcoming volume on the administration of some of the programs enacted during the Kennedy and Johnson years. lid like

Oral history transcript, Barry Zorthian, interview 3 (III), 5/26/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] atmosphere. More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh And you know there's that famous quote of Kennedy putting more weight on the New York Times

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