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Oral history transcript, William J. Jorden, interview 2 (II), 3/20/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

that if one were sitting in Washington and reading the newspaper every day, the Washington Post, the New York Times and so on, I think the conclusion would have been inescapable that the Vietnam problem as seen by the LBJ Presidential Library http
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, William J. Jorden, interview 4 (IV), 11/7/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

. They worked on the domestic part of the book, although she didn't do that much. Bob Hardesty and Harry Middleton did most of the work on the domestic side. G: How was LBJ to work for, "post-pres"? You said he was imperious and impatient. J: I enjoyed
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Sam Kinch, Sr., interview 1 (I), 6/3/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Skelton; LBJ’s acceptance of VP; covered VP while in Austin; move of press from Austin to San Antonio; Eastern press; post-Presidential press conference; John Connally’s dissatisfaction for some of LBJ’s policy; off the record meetings; Sam Kinch, Jr
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Frederick G. Dutton, interview 1 (I), 8/4/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

, the welcome back, what was happening out there; getting the Cabinet plane out over Japan back; alerting the bases, the posts overseas. So that really not; I can't say that I could focus on that [Johnson and the Kennedy programs]. As you move along
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Henry H. Fowler, interview 1 (I), 1/10/1969, by David G. McComb (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 11 in the amazing resurgence of the German economy in the post-war period, making

Oral history transcript, Donald Gilpatric, interview 1 (I), 11/25/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

, with the balance of payments problem arising out of the dollar-gap years, that this had to be done and felt that I had a total war and post-war experience which qualified me to take a crack at it. It didn't take me too long to find out that it was going

Oral history transcript, John M. Steadman, interview 1 (I), 4/5/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

with the poor and bypass some of the traditional local, state power? S: I don't have any idea. Anything like that would be ex post facto. I mean I was taking these ideas as I was told to put them in and just wrote them. G: Was there a faction within
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Robert M. Jackson, interview 1 (I), 4/5/1965, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)

the election, also participated in several others -I'm sure in other campaigns -- both when he was in college and right after . But as you say, he never sought or held state office . G: How did he come to seek the post in Congress? J: The story, I believe

Oral history transcript, Eric Tolmach, interview 3 (III), 4/16/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh TOLMACH -- III -- 14 sent. Of course it found its way into page one of the Washington Post, and the whole subject
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Ernest Gruening, interview 1 (I), 4/23/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

it on the front page of New York Times and the Post the next morning. But not a line. But the interesting thing was that the wire services did summarize it and send it out. So that the small papers throughout the country got the news that Senator Ernest
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, John Harllee, interview 1 (I), 3/24/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

Administration would want another managing director. He had an offer for a good job with a law firm in Washington and accepted it~ and I have simply left the post of managing director open so that it could be filled by the Nixon Administration when they want
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Walter W. Heller, interview 2 (II), 12/21/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

. That was Keynesian, but under the pressure Then in the post-war period, already in the 1945-1950 period, you can find statements of economists, and one joint statement about stabilization and full employment policy in which leading * Revisions since then have
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Richard M. Helms, interview 2 (II), 9/16/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

the Washington Post? H: No. I have no inside information about what's going on there. I know only what I've read in the daily press, daily newspapers. Obviously, I'm keenly aware of the boat people, because after all, one gets constant letters from
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, James J. Reynolds, interview 3 (III), 2/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

administrators posted throughout the country reporting directly up to the manpower administrator in Washington, so that there could be a very close tab on everything that went on. This, in some measure, obviously was going to be offensive to local political
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

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

Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Otis Arnold Singletary, Jr., interview 1 (I), 11/12/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, or wanted to be considered as an applicant. F: Or got somebody to fill it in for you. S: Right. We had them in every post office, in every selective service office; in every employment office. We sent them to all the schools for people they might know
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, David E. Lilienthal, interview 1 (I), 6/18/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

for a post-war development plan for South Vietnam; Lilienthal's skepticism on Vietnam quelled; effect of pacification programs; advising JFK on foreign aid; William Fulbright; Walt Rostow; James Rowe; HHH; RFK; Adlai Stevenson; Eleanor Roosevelt; Nguyen Cao
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

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

was very mellow, and he was appreciative of all that took place and grateful to us for our support. He didn't have a post mortem. as I recall, that "\'Vell, we tried. He merely said, We did the best we could. We just go on now and support
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Felix McKnight, interview 1 (I), 10/4/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Clements [?J, who later went with the Associated Press, was with the Houston Post. Let me see . . . . G: Did you ever travel with Stevenson in that campaign? M: Yes. G: Could you contrast the style of getting around? M: Oh, yes. Well, Stevenson
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Frank E. Moss, interview 1 (I), 2/16/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

breakthough. Prior to that a freshman senator would get District of Columbia and Post Office and Civil Service, something of that sort. I've heard Humphrey say that's what he got LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

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

it through . His record kind of amazed everyone . In retrospect, did that 1964 tax reform perform as you predicted? Did it perform adequately? 0: Yes . Great success . I Wrote it up in September '65, trying to make some post-mortem estimates
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, William G. Phillips, interview 2 (II), 4/17/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

available a room for our staff and telephones where we could be in communication with OEO people downtown; it was our command post. We also had members who supported the OEO program on the floor, working to line up votes. The House whip and DSG whip
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Robert M. White, interview 1 (I), 12/3/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Department. W: In the Commerce Department, that's right. And this was a new post that had only recently been set up to try to put something bigger into the science and technology activities of the Department of Commerce. Not many people realize

Oral history transcript, Donald A. Williams, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

extensive development. W: Yes, I think that they have been doing some planning ahead in Vietnam. Our government has worked with the government of South Viet- nam to lay a few plans for future development in the post-war era, and many of these are natural

Oral history transcript, Harry Nachlin, interview 1 (I), 2/24/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

into it, and they did start to operate, but they had--you know, they were subsidized by the post office. So it's kind of hard to come up with a number. I would have to guess when it was all boiled down, it was maybe between three and four hundred dollars an hour
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 24 (XXIV), 7/22/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

out all our troops, if the enemy would take all of his troops. Then, noninterference in the post-war government; that's a noble objective which has nothing to do with stopping the fighting." Then I add, "There are numerous other specific problems
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 30 (XXX), 11/4/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. G: Let's see. I think that there's a Chicago Tribune article on August 10. O: Oh, it's that early. G: Then the Washington Post September 2 has a piece saying that O'Brien had hinted two days ago that he might quit unless the campaign direction
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Dorris Powell, interview 1 (I), 1/22/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

., Jack Staples, Pressler [?]. Now let's see. I think Clayton, Jr. died. He was an attorney and rather prominent. And Jack Staples had a job with the government, regional director in the Post Office in Dallas, and knew Lady Bird all the way through. I
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

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

release through for me to take a peek at announcing her appointment. I thought, "What the hell is happening here?" Apparently Freeman had gone to LBJ with a suggestion that Bob Lewis back up in the rural areas be named to this post and LBJ said, "Orville
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Paul Bolton and Dolly Bolton, interview 2 (II), 4/8/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

organized a post-war planning conference toward the end of the war, also, in Austin . Do you remember that conference? It had a bunch of business leaders and people like that . No, Sorry . I don't . B : No . G: In 1945 the files seem to indicate
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Gordon Bunshaft, interview 1 (I), 6/25/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

post office site, or something . M: By this time it must have been almost dark? B: Eight o'clock . M: That's right . B: And Mrs . Johnson said, "Well, there's no use going back sixty miles . Why don't you take potluck with us?" So we went back
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Chester L. Cooper, interview 1 (I), 7/9/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

on some air fields, then you have to have some guys in there to guard the air fields. Then it's simply not a question of posting MP's at the gate of the air field, you're putting combat troops around the perimeter of the air field; and then if somebody
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Joseph Alsop, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

? Just after his election. And meanwhile, having made this mistake and feeling very strongly about the matter, I concentrated my attention post-election on the Vietnamese problem, which was obviously the biggest problem facing the President. well
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Joseph M. Barr, interview 1 (I), 6/10/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

that they wanted. They also had in eve ry village the posting in the village papers of all the names of thos e that we re qualified to vote - -twice. had to be published twice within a few weeks. on Thursday or Friday, They I was up in Da Nang lIve forgotten now
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Joseph W. Barr, interview 2 (II), 1/16/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

ministers--on crises and they all exchange information back and forth between each other and get to be very good friends. They all poured into Germany--into Bonn. We set up a command post over in the White House. were here, and Fowler and Deming were over
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Frank Stanton, interview 1 (I), 4/21/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

wasn't that foolish. G: What did he want you to do? S: A variety of jobs. I think he had me ticketed for a couple of cabinet posts, not HEW [Department of Health, Education, and Welfare]. Yes, I guess it was HEW in those days. He wanted me to go
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

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

place. G: The other aspect of this post-presidential deal was the publication of the memoirs, both the President's and Mrs. Johnson's A White House Diary. Can you finish this topic? S: Sure. G: Was The Vantage Point what you had expected
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Richard G. Stilwell, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

was stable, that there'd be no political upheaval. Of course, that was the headline in the Stars and Stripes the next morning. [Laughter] [I] informed General Harkins on all this; I took my post to find out what was going on. We [were] particularly concerned
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Helen Thomas, interview 1 (I), 4/19/1977, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

we were thinking and what we were saying. T: But you never got those midnight calls, or post-midnight calls? T: Not from him, no. No. But he was zeroed in on what we were saying in the press room. He always wanted to know; he was full of curiosity
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

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

Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Tower -- Interview I -- 4 T: I think a lot of them came in under the same circumstances as I did. We were post-war, young people that had been around and lost some of their provincialism
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)