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Oral history transcript, W. Sherman Birdwell, Jr., interview 1 (I), April 1965, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)

ttizI the rs~_rt `.-iorth IiN' PA of ce to cooperate '.-Ath U19 in T,~cy had a very valid reason for doing me-Ilt Of theSe in that thw adults to rno,re j_n,, qortaa_t ~,i ;4et than youth _.-ere Makin £ami3.y, With more iacon-a to tire $7 to $12

Oral history transcript, Stewart L. Udall, interview 5 (V), 12/16/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. Finally the companies, who really were violently opposed to all this all along, they finally just saw the handwriting on the wall. This was going to be done and they were reasonably cooperative in the final stages, I'll say that. But you just had to beat

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

be a hell of a lot better for the White House to be expressing interest in what the Rural Electric co-ops were doing in 1963 and 1964, rather than 1964 only. This was perfectly agreeable to the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, a big trade

Oral history transcript, Roy Wilkins, interview 1 (I), 4/1/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

organizations were against violence. So therefore President, or the White House, or his Administration were not asking us for anything extraordinary when they asked our cooperation and help in how they could help in stopping violence. B: You know, it's

Oral history transcript, Anita P. Winters, interview 1 (I), 3/18/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

father and son. G: How did LBJ and his brothers and sisters get along? W: Oh, I think they got along just fine. As far as I know, they were very cooperative. G: Did LBJ's father ever spank him? W: No, not that I know of; I don't think he could

Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 6 (VI), 2/24/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Counsel's role as negotiator on legal positions rather than the White House; FCC's authority over COMSAT; voting power in COMSAT; the importance of cooperation among departments to achieve the best outcome for U.S. interests.

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 35 (XXXV), 3/8/1991, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Eisenhower that he was making an unjust attack on the many Democrats who had done so much to cooperate with your administration and to defend your programs against attack by members of your own party. We went home to vote in Johnson City for election day

Oral history transcript, James L. Noel, interview 1 (I), 6/10/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

was an eleven-grade school, graduated in 1926, was admitted to SMU [Southern Methodist University], entered the School of Engineering and was graduated in 1931 on the cooperative plan with a B.S. in civil engineering. In 1932, I received a B.S. in commerce from

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 10 (X), 9/23/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

guess, late 1971--because I had never been there and just wanted to take a look at it. G: There's also in the file some correspondence with Senator [Thomas] Kuchel that indicates that he was cooperative, was helpful in this. C: Well, Kuchel

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 12 (XII), 10/29/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Califano -- XII -- 15 We want cooperation. We want you to recognize that the boundaries are artificial, vis-àvis the land. We did the same thing with food for India. We wouldn't give them food

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 15 (XV), 12/15/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to cooperate in this, is that we're going to sell the entire aluminum stockpile and that will have a tremendous impact on government spending." He said Harper said to him then, "You son of a bitch, you're blackmailing me." And Bob said, "No, no, no. We're doing

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 19 (XIX), 1/27/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was a pretty savvy guy. He had his price. He knew how to exact the price for what he did. G: What was his price, you know, because he did cooperate enormously? C: Well, as we go through this stuff I'm sure I'll find it and as I go through my papers but I

Oral history transcript, Herbert Jenkins, interview 1 (I), 5/14/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

into this store today and sit down. .Now, you·, ve probably got to arrest us. 11 But· there was under standing and cooperation and no problem. At· that time,. I think Dr. ... I . King was truly the leader. ·The Negro had a conunon cause that they· could unite

Oral history transcript, John H. Crooker, Jr., interview 1 (I), 11/28/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Jack Albright, interview 2 (II), 6/10/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 3 (III), 5/15/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 4 (IV), 8/27/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

certainly did cooperate with the institution because you don't become Cherry Blossom Princess to see the sun set on the empire, so to speak. I mean you wouldn't take a public assignment or honor like that if you didn't expect to do some penance

Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 4 (IV), 4/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, and others who were involved with Resurrection City; the roles of Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall and Park Service Director George Hartzog; consulting with the Secret Service on issuing permits for demonstrations; Parks Police cooperation

Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 8 (VIII), 10/1/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, then there wasn't any great love lost between Eisenhower and Taft, you see. I'm not saying that Taft wasn't a loyal leader or anything, but he cooperated and manuevered. Any legislation which would come up, why, Senator Taft and Lyndon would agree to it, mutual

Oral history transcript, Helen Gahagan Douglas, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 25 of the people of the United States depended? United States domination of the world? when undecided, perplexed? World cooperation

Oral history transcript, John Michael Dunn, interview 1 (I), 7/25/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

and that whole crowd were verY--[Stanley] Karnow also--very, very useful people to talk to. It's not commonly heard and I never heard anybody say how cooperative they could be on occasion. I mean, it's so different now from Granada, for example. One

Oral history transcript, Charles Frankel, interview 1 (I), 1/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

already in existence then. We're very interested among other things in the relation of departments and agencies concerned with the same problem. and well? field? Did that committee function smoothly Was cooperation between agencies fairly satisfactory

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth Wickenden Goldschmidt, interview 1 (I), 11/6/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. In the case of Wirtz and later of Johnson, that got translated into the big power companies. This is all on my husbandls tape. So they were strong advocates of public power and the REA-type of cooperative, and very mistrustful of the big power empires. MG

Oral history transcript, E. Ernest Goldstein, interview 3 (III), 12/19/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of--Well, we did debate in this room a lot of the questions of how far the Federal Reserve ought to go and so forth. But there was never any question about the Federal Reserve's willingness to cooperate. They obviously had their own standards, their own

Oral history transcript, Bryce N. Harlow, interview 1 (I), 2/28/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Mitchell Rogovin, interview 1 (I), 10/23/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Oral history transcript, Harold Barefoot Sanders, interview 2 (II), 3/24/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

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

to know what the hell you're doing." Finally they told me to cooperate with them, so 1 told them. Then we had some sticky problems; for example, the sticky problem where we had two United States senators, and both of them wanted to introduce the President

Oral history transcript, Charles P. Little, interview 1 (I), 7/24/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Emma Long, interview 3 (III), 6/1/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)

conservative people, and while I can't think of any others, there were a lot of them that he dealt with; some of the bankers, big bankers of the state. There was Bill Cooper, Bill and Lucille Cooper of Dallas. They were willing to work with our majority

Oral history transcript, George L. Mehren, interview 1 (I), 2/18/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

as budget. We were It was also constrained by the necessity to obtain the cooperation of the localities, the states and local governments. just to go in and do this. We were not permitted under statute It was also constrained by some of the habits

Oral history transcript, James M. Nabrit, interview 1 (I), 3/28/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

Oral history transcript, Norman S. Paul, interview 1 (I), 2/21/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

twenty years of government service which began in 1948 after completing your law degree and an association with a New York City law firm. From 1948 to 1955 you were associated with the Economic Cooperation Administration, and your last position

Oral history transcript, Eugene Worley, interview 1 (I), 10/16/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

: Well, frankly, many things go on that you don't know affecting your own district. Most of the time I knew, because I'd had a hand in it, but I'm trying to give an example of his thoughtfulness and cooperation. would call, and I'd say, "John, I didn't

Oral history transcript, One More Story (group interview), 11/17/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to change the drafting committee. I don't want to kick off anybody if he's been put on, but I do want to be sure that the drafting committee is one that will have some feeling of cooperation with the President." said, "Who are they?" And I read them

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

How Reynolds came to work for Senator Robert Kerr in 1953; LBJ's relationship with Kerr and Richard Russell, especially regarding civil rights; cooperation and leadership among Russell, Kerr, and LBJ and why they were successful; Senator Robert

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 5 (V), 4/9/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of manhood and so on. Yet he was extremely cooperative and helpful, understanding and witty about civil rights problems throughout the time that we worked with him. The President liked him a lot.Whether that was something that was generated ab initio purely

Oral history transcript, Clarence Mitchell, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

there was a bona fide, although apparently unwritten, agreement among members of the Senate that certain things were going to happen. And after these things happened the bill would pass without invoking cloture. One person who didn't cooperate on that was Senator

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 16 (XVI), 11/21/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. That was an aggravation. Believe me, a lot of pressure was exerted and I utilized White House pressure in that regard, too. You have departments in your own administration failing to cooperate while you are busy with the mail users and the citizens in general, pleading

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 3 (III), 6/7/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: No, not precisely. Because Johnson would do many things which Russell did not like, which Russell could not cooperate [with], but which Russell still realized had to be done. G: Can you give an example? R: Civil rights. Russell couldn't possibly have advised