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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, 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 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-)

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

knowledge of government and workings of government to the post of Vice President if he should be elected. I didn't go any farther than that. B: Did either Mr. Kennedy or Mr. Johnson or anyone from their staffs get in touch with you immediately after
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Andrew Young, interview 1 (I), 6/18/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)

: Were you ever offered an administrative post? Y: I was offered a job with "The White House Conference to Fulfill These Rights" as one of the--I don't know whether they had co-directors, or something. But I never felt that that was my--well, I thought
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

"LBJ as I Knew Him," by Mildred Stegall (Item)

and over to reach you. I wanted to invite you to an early breakfast." Needless to say after that we kept him posted as to our whereabouts. That trip was one of the highlights of our lives. The Senator called me one day and said he wanted me to get in touch
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 7 (VII), 6/17/1970, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

office. The way I get the story, the first you hear about it is when you read it in the Washington Post, and the first the President hears about it is when you tell him, or somebody tells him from the White House staff. And that he sends for Wirtz, who
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

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

with me if he read about it in the Washington Post the next day. Then, three, just the whole father-son relationship breaking up, the separation, Bill wanting to get out on his own. And I think he was worried about his family, whether his family would hold
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Andrew J. Goodpaster, interview 1 (I), 6/21/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Ewing Hass, interview 1 (I), 5/13/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Dr. Ralph K. Huitt, interview 3 (III), 11/29/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Hubert H. Humphrey, interview 2 (II), 6/20/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, J.Willis Hurst, interview 4 (IV), 2/27/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)