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Oral history transcript, Bess Whitehead Scott, interview 1 (I), 3/31/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)

wonderful friend, business friend. I know he ran interference for me several times, and I didn't know it then, but, afterwards, I knew he did. B: And this was the Houston Press? S: Houston Post. B: Okay. S: And the Press was there, too, but the Press
marriage; Scott's work for the Houston Press; Scott's affiliation with Clark Gable; covering the 1928 Democratic Convention and attempting to interview FDR there; Scott's interview with Will Durant; meeting LBJ for the first time; LBJ's relationship

Oral history transcript, John A. Gronouski, interview 2 (II), 2/10/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

it by getting the sense and the meanings of our conversations and our discussions and convey that sense of meaning to Hanoi. Of course there was, I can't remember in detail now all of the elements of the conversations, but the Poles pressed us pretty hard

Oral history transcript, William R. Desobry, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

the press, the McNamaras, and the rest, people who weren't professional in any sense of the word, but who were either criticizing it, as the press was doing, or running it, as McNamara and his people were doing. They didn't understand it, no. That's so
; updates on the Vietnamese leaders Desobry worked with; the 42nd and 44th Rangers' strengths; Desobry's relationship with the press; Ward Just's writing; events leading up to the Tet offensive; the loss of Viet Cong strength in the Delta; the effects

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

a great genius in this field. And he was going to come down and for nothing, except for his expenses--the installation, donate his time, set up the East Room so that the President would look better in his press conferences because he felt that television
; problems with Interior Department; shift to Civil Division; Pure and Union Oil; critical of Ramsey Clark as Attorney General; LBJ’s difficulties with Establishment press; missile/satellite program investigation; LBJ’s neglect of functions as leader

Oral history transcript, Robert W. Murphey, interview 1 (I), 11/22/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

to get a lot of free publicity by running for governor. But I think it amazed and surprised O'Daniel himself whenever it caught on and people began to pour in dollar donations and fifty-cent donations. With all of the encouragement that he got, he
support; States’ Rights Party; Stevenson and the press; the 1948 campaign; George Peddy votes; election controversy; Murphey’s election as sergeant at arms; Stevenson’s attitude about the decision on the election.

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 23 (XXIII), 8/28/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

asked him for an imaginative reporter Dave had recommended me. I got to know Johnson reasonably well, and by that time the committee work was so heavy that the United Press had committees divided up. My committees were the Armed Services Committee

Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 2 (II), 10/31/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

home and become a teacher and a practitioner, what the results would be for democracy and free enterprise are LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More

Oral history transcript, William M. Blackburn, interview 1 (I), 5/21/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

Oral history transcript, Douglass H. Hubbard, interview 1 (I), 6/4/69, by T.H. Baker (Item)

TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh HUBBARD -- I -- 7 you should go out of the way not to let the press knowwhat was going on? H: No, nothing

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

was due to make a speech he called and said he was corning out, and I said, "Don't come. licked." We are going to get badly So he didn't come, and Kennedy did get the delegation. We fouled it up a little bit in the press, but he got it. went out to Los
at start of LBJ presidency; LBJ and his advisors; LBJ’s method of operation; press comparison of LBJ and Nixon; 1964 campaign; LBJ and Mike Mansfield; Democratic National Committee; fund-raising committees; Lady Bird and Mrs. Rowe

Oral history transcript, Paul H. Douglas and Emily Taft Douglas, interview 1 (I), 11/1/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

coast at that time had few Negroes, and the Southwest was in sympathy with the South, and the Northwest found that it was not a pressing issue. They would help if it came to a roll call, but they would not take the initiative. The Southwest, as I say

Oral history transcript, Virginia Foster Durr, interview 1 (I), 10/17/1967, by Mary Walton Livingston (Item)

the money from [Harold L.] Ickes' Public Works outfit. The first time ~on came to the Public Works outfit [Michael W.] Mike straus was at that time the press agent for Ickes and also head of the Reclamation Department, so he came to see Michael straus

Oral history transcript, Reynaldo G. Garza, interview 1 (I), 12/2/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Office there, waiting for the President, and the President came in, and Lyndon introduced me to him. I had a very nice talk with him there. I have a picture that I prize; we're standing around the rocking chair, and Pierre Salinger, who was the press

Oral history transcript, John W. Macy, interview 1 (I), 3/18/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

on this. The Oppenheimer episode, which really finally broke out in full array in the press after I left the AEE, further excited this whole situation. And the rivalry between Oppenheimer and Teller produced great tensions among the scientists at Los Alamos. LBJ

Oral history transcript, Henry D. Owen, interview 1 (I), 12/18/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

President liked it and then asked me to work on several other speeches when he was Vice President . M: How did Mr . Johnson go about assigning a speech of that type? Does he give you pretty full free reign, or does he give you pretty clear guidelines? 0

Oral history transcript, Edmund Gerald (Pat) Brown, interview 1 (I), 2/20/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

on there . on there . And we asked Kennedy--and we had some Humphrey people Of course, Humphrey was defeated in Wisconsin and West Virginia and had pulled out of it, so the Humphrey were footloose and fancy free . I felt that as Governor that I could persuade a majority

Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 2 (II), 11/12/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

, and that they were the only two people to whom I had that obligation. That was very correct, I think, and the importance of that "only two people" is that you have to be free to hoe your own row. You can't worry too much about people all over the government maybe

Oral history transcript, Robert C. Weaver, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was the recipient of the Spingarn Medal which is a medal given by the NAACP for outstanding performance by a Negro, and I was going to go to Atlanta to receive the award. knew I would have to meet the press. I What I said to the President was that I wanted

Oral history transcript, Orville Freeman, interview 4 (IV), 11/17/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

White House meetings in which you pressed your case and fought for this--? F: Well, I can remember several instances when I appealed a decision that had been made in relation to fixing the price support level, particularly on corn, which was really

Oral history transcript, Emmette S. Redford, interview 3 (III), 4/1/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was among those that was persistent in pressing the case that this was a justifiable thing for his class, perhaps in civics, to do. At any rate, he let them go to this trial. G: Did they ever indicate what trial it was? R: No, I don't know. On another

Oral history transcript, Edwin O. Reischauer, interview 1 (I), 4/8/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

. Now I know Ken Galbraith played it quite differently giving advice on all subjects, domestic as well as foreign policy, you know. He was a free- wheeling person doing it an entirely different way, and it has its advantages but also its disadvantages

Oral history transcript, Leonard H. Marks, interview 2 (II), 1/26/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the campaign you handled his electronic media, I thi:n.k. M: His radio and television, yes. G: I kn6w of the one occasion in New York when there was a joint appearance. What did you do there to set that up? Well, let me give you the background. The press

Oral history transcript, George C. McGhee, interview 1 (I), 7/1/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

to the press which finally killed it. before we had consulted the Germans. M: And this hurt him politically? Mc: Yes, it hurt him politically. M: What about Erhard? It was done It caught Schroeder by surprise. There were two meetings with Mr. Johnson

Oral history transcript, Arthur M. Okun, interview 1 (I), 3/20/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

area . Obviously, tbat'left the Chairman free to freelance on whatever happened to be the biggest flap of the moment and also left him for what was'.ihis major distinguishing job, which is that of being the real liaison of the Council with the White

Oral history transcript, Wilton Woods, interview 2 (II), 4/20/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

scolded me for not following that trade. G: Was there a set time after class that students would go to the journalism office and work on the paper? W: Yes, I think so. I think we went pretty regularly on certain [days], depending on how pressed we

Oral history transcript, Carl T. Curtis, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: CARL T. CURTI S INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: Senator Curtis' office, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 G: Mrs. Curtis, if you have anything to add, feel free to do so, because we've long since learned the importance

Oral history transcript, Lee C. White, interview 5 (V), 11/2/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

a setback. F: He almost had Weaver handpicked for him. W: He almost had Weaver handpicked for him. And because Weaver was such a natural and logical candidate for it, not to have appointed him was not such a free choice. for example~ It isn't like

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 33 (XXXIII), 9/4/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

could stay home without-- G: This one is regarded as being one of the best ones. J: Really? G: Yes. It really got a lot of play in the press. He was evidently in rare form. Do you recall him talking about it? J: No. About the only one that I can

Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 3 (III), 6/26/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, Narch 30, the Presice.nt ?r::::ss conference out on the la,vn in the Rose; Carden. I ve:ry '.;1211 because I \"ont to my daughter's school and fIe" a kit e with her that morning, and he had called my office, apparently just t, ~)2 at th. press co

Oral history transcript, William Lewis and Margaret Chase Smith, interview 1 (I), 8/20/1975, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

on to name this subcommittee, he looked up and down the rostrum of the members, and he named me and here I'd been on only a few weeks. Of course. it was a great surprise. The press made a great deal of it and called me the "Vice_ Admiral" because I

Oral history transcript, Mildred Portner, interview 1 (I), 1/11/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

into the Depression years and I worked in the early programs 1~ Mithigan, in Lansing, and then went to Detroit as the fourth person on the payroll for WPA. I had that experience for several years and finally became the business manager of the federal projects

Oral history transcript, Sharon Francis, interview 1 (I), 5/20/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

for a More Beautiful Capital had started meeting in January and February. I had not been a part of its organization or early meetings, but enough press activity had been generated that the mail was inundating her. So he asked if I would go over to the White

Oral history transcript, Michael V. Forrestal, interview 1 (I), 11/3/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

. But when this unpleasantness began·happening after May 8, the press began to attack Diem. A great many·American officials began to think he was getting worse and worse. Some people~ including mYself, began to be worried lest he collapse, and then we

Oral history transcript, Betty Furness Midgley, interview 1 (I), 12/10/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

prepared as the press felt that I was, for this reason: Westinghouse took LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http

Oral history transcript, Leon Keyserling, interview 1 (I), 1/9/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

of planning in a free society, which is the question that John Kennedy raised even if he didn't respond to it, and which is the question increasingly raised by some people who are thinking thoughtfully about our economic and social problems. G: Do you think
Employment Act of 1946, its intended and eventual uses; tax reductions of 1964; regulating the federal budget; the war against poverty and its failures; local control of education; planning in a free society; President John F. Kennedy; rising

Oral history transcript, Leo Gehrig, interview 1 (I), 2/13/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

quality care. we're faced with other things that nobody's been able to solve. But Being a free society as we are, medical research has continued to hand down methods of treatment that are inordinately costly. One of the basic arguments is, should you

Oral history transcript, William P. Bundy, interview 3 (III), 6/2/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

which, in normal protocol, "After you, Alphonse" terms, would have been hours and hours and hours . point . Well, time was absolutely pressing at this We wanted to bet the communique out, and this called for it to be redone, because obviously you

Oral history transcript, Elmer B. Staats, interview 1 (I), 12/9/1971, by T.H. Baker (Item)

back further, or whether to go ahead with something on the order of a hundred and one, to two billion dollar range. It was President Johnson's view that if we pressed ahead, and particularly what he thought might be the political reaction to a budget

Oral history transcript, Ray E. Lee, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

was considering a redistricting bill for congressional districts, and the pattern for the 10th district was to extend it almost as far east as Houston. I went to the incumbent senator, Senator John Hornsby, and ex- pressed my opposition to it, the newspaper's

Oral history transcript, Newton Minow, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

--Senator Johnson go? M: In the fall of 1955, I was playing golf one day, on a Sunday. Governor Stevenson called me off the golf course [and] said that President Eisenhower had had a heart attack, and the press was LBJ Presidential Library http

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