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Oral history transcript, Katie Louchheim, interview 2 (II), 4/14/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

times he'd seen the press counting up the numbers as against the times that Presidents Kennedy and Eisenhower had seen the press and how it really had not been as different numerically as had been indicated i,n the papers. But [he said] that he

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

Oral history transcript, Louis Martin, interview 2 (II), 6/12/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

on it. So he knew where I stood. Well, now, Hobart ran with the ball on that. He loved it. Because first Hobart-(Interruption) With due respect to all of them--see, my only role in all of this business with Johnson and Kennedy was just one thing: can I sell

Oral history transcript, Jack Brooks, interview 1 (I), 2/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, John G. Tower, interview 2 (II), 9/22/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

overwhelmed legislatively by the Democrats most of the time. Of course I think that Kennedy could have been considered pretty much of an anathema to Republicans and there was very little communication between the White House and the Republican members

Oral history transcript, Cyrus Vance, interview 2 (II), 12/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

the time schedule was, and he said that I should be out at Kennedy by no later than four o'clock; that they were going to have a plane there; that Luke Battle would be flying up to fill me in on the latest information; and that I would have a small staff

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 48 (XLVIII), 6/14/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

or another, in effect putting what was Senator [President?] Kennedy's executive order into legislation. By and large I think that President Johnson thought that order had been ineffective. Getting federally subsidized housing--housing backed by Federal Home

Oral history transcript, Lyndon B. Johnson, 3/8/1969, by Jack Valenti and Robert L. Hardesty (Item)

Jacob•en worked up all these a.nawera. Don't yuu have them? HARDESTY: l have all of tboae. JOHNSON: Who told ua to get on Air Force 1, Ken O'Donnell, wa•n't it? HARDESTY: Ken O'Donnell. JOHNSON: I ta.lk.ed to Kennedy and he called me back and I

Oral history transcript, Arthur E. Goldschmidt and Elizabeth Wickenden Goldschmidt, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

. W: Yes, though President Kennedy had rather deliberately tried to bring i.n a new group that was post-New Deal. G: We kind of felt estranged from the Kennedy group. W: To some extent, though I happened to serve on a Kennedy task force and 1 had

Oral history transcript, John A. Gronouski, interview 3 (III), 2/14/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

to the Chinese, take that first step that needs to be taken if one is to walk a thousand miles, a la Jack Kennedy. [We] proposed over and over again that we exchange newsmen, that we exchange scholars, that we don't exchange if that's their wish, that they send

Oral history transcript, Clark M. Clifford, interview 5 (V), 12/15/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

the Pentagon bought, in a sense, the McNamara package? C: The military had not. They went along because McNamara was a very strong Secretary of Defense and backed up by strong Presidents. First in President Kennedy and in President Johnson, and they really

Oral history transcript, Francis Keppel, interview 1 (I), 4/21/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

probably brought up to a point, aside fro::! the usual afvising one does, when Mr. Kennedy appointed me to serve on an advisory panel or cormnittee on educ.:J.tion after his election anG prior to his assu:nption of office. M: You didn't campaign for him

Oral history transcript, A. Scheffer Lang, interview 1 (I), 11/1/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

in the Army you had no connection with the federal government? L: No, that's not correct. In 1961, the first year of the Kennedy administration, I did some work as a consultant for the Office of the Under Secretary of Transportation in the Department

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, Brooks Hays, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: In 1956 you had that horse race between young John Kennedy and Estes Kefauver for the vice presidency, and Johnson shook a lot of people by taking Texas for Kennedy instead of for Kefauver. Were you privy at all to his thinking or strategy in this, or do

Oral history transcript, Nathaniel Owings, interview 1 (I), 3/25/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

about--I presume before 1960 you-did not know- the Johnsons . the Kennedy's prior to that? Did you have anything to do with 0: No, I didn't F: So you come into this part of service in the 1960's with John F . I didn't know either one . Kennedy

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 2 (II), 2/14/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, Symington speaking on air power, Kennedy speaking on civil rights, and somebody else speaking on labor--Humphrey maybe. I don't remember how they lined up. And here's Johnson speaking on 20 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org More on LBJ

Oral history transcript, William P. Bundy, interview 1 (I), 5/26/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

both of us had been nominated by President Kennedy before the assassination and gone through and been submitted to the Senate from the relevant committee, and our appointments were actually confirmed by the Senate, these two appointments, at 1 :00

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

to France during the entire time Mr. Johnson had been President? % Yes, I was appointed by president Kennedy to France, and I got there in 2 F W R E H U 1962, and I was happily ensconced there, perfectly prepared and willing indeed to spend the rest

Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 1 (I), 6/11/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

re:ponsibility to make all of the arrangements lvith regard to I Has here. the reception at the Governor's Hansion. You'll recall that the Texas trip that President Kennedy and Pre::ident Johnson Here making started in San Antonio and ,.;ent to Hous ton
and concern for Governor Connally’s health; the Yarborough/Connally split; fund-raising in Texas for 1964; planning the trip for JFK and LBJ to Texas; Kennedy popularity in Texas; what was done with the money from the cancelled Austin dinner 11/22/63; guest

Oral history transcript, D.B. Hardeman, interview 1 (I), 2/26/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

with good grace just as Richard Nixon did in 1960 when he probably had some grounds to make a loud cry--I suspect that Nixon wouldn't be president today if he had made a fuss about the Kennedy election in 1960. Politically, you've got to learn to be a good

Oral history transcript, Patricia Roberts Harris, interview 1 (I), 5/19/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

called the National Women's Committee for Civil Rights, at the request of President Kennedy I served as the co-chairman with Mildred McAfee Horton in this effort to secure LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org " ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968

Oral history transcript, Charles B. Lipsen, interview 1 (I), 6/13/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

at that time. Of He recognized his power, but he was a strong anti-Lyndon Johnson [man]. He was one of those complaining to Kennedy he didn't want him on the ticket. G: Did you have any association with the fight--I guess it was within the labor movement
Biographical information; Joseph McCarthy; LBJ’s techniques; minimum wage; labor; Jim Suffridge; Dave Dubinsky; 1960 campaign and convention; Esther Coopersmith; West Virginia primary; Arizona delegation; Wyoming delegation; Kennedy machine; advance

Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 2 (II), 6/7/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, the introduction was a way to get the visit started. Now, your records may show I'm wrong, but it seems to me that shortly after I started, I was down there, and Bobby Kennedy was coming. Of course, you had the schedule and you knew who was coming. They called you
the Kennedy family; Adam Clayton Powell; a party LBJ hosted for congressional aides; staying at the LBJ Ranch; the telephone system used by LBJ and staff; radio communication at the Ranch; having picketers near the Ranch arrested and later invited to the Ranch

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 9 (IX), 8/16/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

thing that could look like a possibility of defeating Kefauver, and that was to get behind Jack Kennedy. So Johnson got the Texas delegation behind Jack Kennedy, which could not have been done if there had not been the first vote for Gore. One

Oral history transcript, A. Leon Higginbotham, interview 1 (I), 10/7/1976, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. Where did you first get in President Johnson's orbit? H: I was a commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission, appointed in September of 1962, and a year later, while I was in Brussels, I got a telegram from President Kennedy saying that he

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 9 (IX), 2/7/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

," [with] no one ready, the bases not touched, none of the groundwork that Kennedy had laid, none of the long work in the field. 5 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781

Oral history transcript, Joe Robertson, interview 1 (I), 7/10/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. I think I could call up and talk to Buddy Bishop and Whitten and so on and if I needed to talk to Jamie--talk to Jamie. But there is a story--a lot of this is just--this is a story I've heard by word of mouth. Some guy back before the Kennedy/Johnson
secretary for international programs in the Department of Agriculture; Freeman's and John Schnittker's loyalties to LBJ and John F. Kennedy; White House Fellow Mike Walsh; Robertson's dealings with Resurrection City; Jose Williams; Fannie Lou Hamer; progress

Oral history transcript, William M. Colmer, interview 1 (I), 5/5/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

be not But again I could say that about Jack Kennedy or -F: That's just par for the course. C: Nixon and everybody else. Nixon, I remember when he was placed on the old Un-American Activities Committee. As a matter of fact, I told him since he's been

Oral history transcript, Carl T. Curtis, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (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 Curtis -- I -- 22 when Jack Kennedy was shot. witness. He got the word, but he

Oral history transcript, Frank Stanton, interview 3 (III), 8/26/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Kennedy was assassinated. I, with President Kennedy's complete support, had gone to Senator Pastore to get the legislation. And indeed, I believe that Jack Kennedy interceded with Senator Pastore on that legislation. Oren Harris, if I'm not mistaken

Oral history transcript, John G. Tower, interview 1 (I), 8/8/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

should go on. Whether it was a right decision or wrong decision, I don't think that any Republican could have won in '64 regardless. F: In retrospect, or maybe even then, did you get the feeling that Kennedy would have been a more vulnerable candidate

Oral history transcript, Edith Green, interview 1 (I), 8/23/1985, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)

was supported by every And in 1959 I was John Kennedy's chairman in [Oregon]. K: I did want to ask about that because-- G: He was the author of a highly controversial labor bill. There were five of us who were swing votes on the Education and Labor

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 8 (VIII), 4/8/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Merrick, Bob Griffin; and Fred Forbes was involved in the West Virginia primary.That's how he came to our attention--no, the New Hampshire primary originally and then West Virginia. G: These people had been in the Kennedy campaign in 1960, many of them

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, William A. Reynolds, interview 1 (I), 7/26/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Johnson was [nominated for] vice president, the [presidential] nominee was Kennedy, and we had some--because I was down at the LBJ Ranch after he went out as president, young Bill Kerr and I were visiting with him and we were laughing about it. G

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 4 (IV), 11/9/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

happened in that hectic couple of days, including the Vietnamese statement and including the visit with Bobby Kennedy. We talked about that, because he said he was going to take the position with Bob that he had mentioned to me the night of March 31

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 26 (XXVI), 11/16/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

anybody else could really bring him anything, particularly. I wasn't even sure that Gene could, but I wouldn't have sworn that anybody could. Now he started out by ruling out certain people. And there was no doubt whatsoever that Bobby Kennedy

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, Frank Stanton, interview 2 (II), 7/22/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, in which there were discussions about [space]. But this was after Kennedy was in the White House, and Lyndon at that time was chairing a [space] committee, and he had Senator Bob Kerr there, I believe, and a couple of White House people, somebody from NASA

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