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Oral history transcript, Frank F. Mankiewicz, interview 3 (III), 5/5/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • Democratic Party dinner in New York. He came right from the airport to the dinner and delivered a rather flowery tribute to the President. That sort of stilled things for a while. But it wouldn't stay down, and I think the President r s response
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Katherine Graham Peden, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • . Johnson happened to be in Austin at that time and was gracious enough to come down to the meeting. So I've known Mrs. Johnson through the broadcasting field, and [I met] the President, as I recall, at a meeting in New York. senato~ He was then U.S
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Robert C. Weaver, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • couldn't tell you. F: Were you at any time in there promised a Cabinet post? W: Well, yes and no. On the 26th of December of 1960, I was then the Vice Chairman of the Housing and Redevelopment Board of New York, which is the board that has to do
  • to LBJ Ranch regarding housing message; his impact on LBJ’s thinking; reason for resignation; prejudice; feeling that the new administration will attempt to make administrative reform
Oral history transcript, John W. Hechinger, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • appointment to the Redevelopment Land Agency? H: I remember that I was driving back from New England and that I stopped in New York to see my wife's parents, Mr. and Mrs. N.A. Ross. We were on the beach in Long Island when I got a call to call the White
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Otto Kerner, interview 1 (I), 6/12/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • cent funded by state funds, really was placing too great a burden not only on Illinois. I had discussed this with Governor [Pat] Brown of California, Governor [Nelson] Rockefeller of New York and Governor [John B.] LBJ Presidential Library http
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Kenneth Torp, interview 1 (I), 6/23/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • : No, none. F: Where had you gone to school? T: CCNY in New York. Got a bachelor's there in Modern American History, Modern European History. F: Well, you got in on some modern history. T: Yes. F: So, you showed up there, then, in a commercial
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Donald M. Baker, interview 2 (II), 3/5/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • , I don't think there has been a case study approach, unless somebody within OEO has done it, of the kind of problem areas in Community Action. I think one of the earliest ones was the HarYou Act situation in New York, and particularly the Black Arts
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Ivan Allen, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • a leader in my campaign before he went to New York and had been very active in my election, and he came to see me and said that President Kennedy insisted that he had to have support from some elected officials in the South. He asked me on behalf
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Donald M. Baker, interview 1 (I), 2/24/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • going to handle the New York-New England region, and they were up on one section of a floor, and somebody else was some place else. became the cadre. And then eventually that But most of these people had gradually fallen into the system in which \Ve
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Edward Re, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • Settlement Commission and rewrite all the job descriptions. It was through Mr. Macy that I obtained some very fine new personnel. M: So he was probably the one who kept your name in the top of the pile as far as prospective talent for the various jobs
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Alfred B. Fitt, interview 1 (I), 10/25/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • remarked to me one day about how important it was not to repeat the mistake of the 1950's in the expansion into South Post. So we worked some and got some good architects in and landscape designers to help design the new areas and realized that if we took
Oral history transcript, Stanley R. Resor, interview 1 (I), 11/16/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • in June of 1965 to succeed Stephen Ailes. Earlier in 1965 you had been appointed Under Secretary of the Army and prior to that you were an attorney in New York and also active in Republican politics. R: Substantially correct. Is this information
Oral history transcript, Fred M. Vinson, Jr., interview 3 c (III), 12/16/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • , and then this man journeys to Washington, New York, or elsewhere to turn the cards in and actually participates by conduct in what is an impedance and a hindrance to the Selective Service System, that's in our view not protected speech; it's not symbolic conduct
Oral history transcript, Thomas W. Fletcher, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • . One, it is unique in its visibility. With the possible exception of New York, there is no city as visible in the nation or the world as Washington, D.C. As the mayor says, whenever two bumpers hit, it's heard around the world in Washington, D.C
  • ; initiative for ordinances or legislation in D.C. government; Cloud 9 concept; new D.C. government; urban problems; D.C.'s preparation for marches; April riots after MLK assassination; Brookings study; prevention of riots; gun legislation; Resurrection City
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Jerome P. Cavanagh, interview 1 (I), 3/22/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • , of course, was not in office at that point. Robert Wagner, Jr., of New York was in office. He was very close to the White House, as was Mayor Daley. Theywere personally much closer than I was although I was extremely active in the formulation
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Robert E. Jordan III, interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • the name ''Murphy?" Is that universal, or is that Di strict terminology? J: Well, it's widespread in the District, and I understand it's also used sometimes in New York. I asstUne that the guy who thought . it up must be named Murphy
Oral history transcript, Harold Barefoot Sanders, interview 3 (III), 11/3/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • under James Eastland. S: Right. F: And I forget who you've got in the House, but undoubtedly-- S: Manny Geller from New York. F: You didn't have any problem as far as the committee in the-- S: In the House. F: What do you do to jack it out
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 3 (III), 6/26/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • a protracted period of tir_,;, but it seemed ltke a lengthy period of tin~e. I also recall that, at the time--i t seems to me that it w as prior to the response from Hanoi about the peace talks--and the Presidcnt got Cy Vance to come down from New York
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Powell Moore, interview 1 (I), 1/23/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • by_ evaluated this situation. I'd Senator Russell called me and said, "I've I need somebody to fill my press secretary's post right away, and the job is yours if you want it." I said, "Well, I definitely want it, but I think it would
  • Biographical information; Senator Richard Russell; LBJ’s decreased popularity and its sources; civil rights; LBJ’s relationship with Russell; activating battleship New Jersey; Russell’s criticism of LBJ’s Administration; editorial cartoon; growth
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Warren Christopher, interview 3 (III), 12/2/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • . by no means unique in that attitude . Oral history is really fairly new, and we are just sort of relying on the intelligence of the future scholars to be well aware that that kind of circumstance does develop . And indeed I think perhaps the purpose
Oral history transcript, Warren Christopher, interview 2 (II), 11/18/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • believe Paul Ylvisaker was the principal spokesman for the state of New Jersey at which there were also representatives from the city of Newark, I continued to play a coordinating role for the goods and services that were made available by the federal
Oral history transcript, Samuel Yorty, interview 1 (I), 2/7/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • statement and return it to the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library. B. If you wish to restrict the use of your transcript for a period of time, a new statement will be prepared (either by you or by us) deleting paragraph 2 and substituting the following
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Charles Diggs, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • for that post, and Kennedy eliminated that prejudice. Johnson, in keeping his commitment in being LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)