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Oral history transcript, W. Averell Harriman, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

, when he became President, related to the peace efforts he made. sent me on a trip in December 1965 to a number of countries. He It was just before New Year's and I remember very well his calling me on the telephone and he said, "Averell, have you got

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

church, and the Baptists is very close. There's not a great deal of difference. They use the same methods of baptism; they have their local govemment concept, and so on. I've taken more time to answer your question than-- (I nterrupt i on-- telephone

Oral history transcript, William W. Heath, interview 1 (I), 5/20/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

during the conference would call him--he was very busy with the campaign. But if we had any difficulties, we could get him on the telephone and talk with him. I tried to help some with fund-raising in the campaign. F: As far as you could tell, were

Oral history transcript, Lister Hill, interview 1 (I), 2/1/1971, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of '37, and then Hugo Black was appointed to the Supreme Court by Franklin Roosevelt in August 1937. My friends here called me on the long distance telephone to tell me I ought to come on home and run for the Senate. So I came home as soon as I could

Oral history transcript, Luther H. Hodges, Sr., interview 1 (I), 10/10/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

two or three of the steel people. B: Were your telephone calls effective? H: And I went with Mr. Kennedy on an out-of-the-district trip, I think down to North Carolina to some military maneuvers, the day that they gave in. We kept right up to date

Oral history transcript, Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., interview 3 (III), 8/8/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

bodyguard came in and said the President wanted to speak to him on the telephone. Everybody was pretty set up about the fact that the new President wanted advice from Walter and wanted his help. We all thought that was great. About five minutes later

Oral history transcript, Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., interview 1 (I), 7/30/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Oral history transcript, Chalmers Roberts, interview 1 (I), 4/23/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Oral history transcript, Juanita Roberts, interview 2 (II), 8/29/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that afternoon at their apart- ment in Woodley [Park Towers] Apartments for a former colleague from Oregon, a former congresswoman, Nan Honeyman I think her name was. She [Mrs. Johnson] got a telephone call from Mr. Johnson; LBJ Presidential Library http

Oral history transcript, Ray Roberts, interview 1 (I), 6/9/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, and went back to Austin. I got a telephone call- -I recall this was towa rd the weekend - -from Mr. Johnson to come to Austin. I borrowed a car and drove to Austin. and stayed at the Driskill Hotel. The following Saturday I got to Austin Saturday night

Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 1 (I), 9/9/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

? R: Call them, see them, and have lunch, something of that sort, the usual thing he did on the telephone. He turned on a great deal of charm, and to use the word, I think he was a hell of a lot smoother then than he was later. he was on his way up

Oral history transcript, Bayard Rustin, interview 1 (I), 6/17/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

business. We're not even interested in it. B: But Dr. King and the movement were aware of this kind of thing? R: Oh yes. At this period one of the great jokes whenever you picked up the telephone--often I'd say when I was calling Dr. King, 'Well

Oral history transcript, Harrison Salisbury, interview 1 (I), 6/26/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Oral history transcript, Ivan Sinclair, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in EOB, just frankly doing anything I could to assist. Of course, the office was inundated with telegrams and letters of condolence, best wishes for LBJ, et cetera. Well, in workin~ with so many politicians, in correspondence and the telephone while I

Oral history transcript, Robert J. Smith, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Smith -- I -- 26 s: No, I can't. Harry Drought may have known and I didn't know, because he may have had a telephone call from up there that I wouldn't have known about. G: Well, was Mr

Oral history transcript, Oscar M. Laurel, interview 1 (I), 10/21/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

Oral history transcript, J.C. Looney, interview 1 (I), 10/3/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, John E. Lyle, Jr., interview 1 (I), 4/13/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

later, I was trying a lawsuit in Corpus Christi, when I received a telephone call from George Parr who said that they had decided to support me. So I expressed my gratitude and offered to go to his district and campaign, and he said, "What for?" I

Oral history transcript, Frank W. Mayborn, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Oral history transcript, John P. (Gen.) McConnell, interview 1 (I), 8/14/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

knew, General LeMay telephoned me and told me to come on over, that I was going to succeed Bozo McKee as vice chief. McS: General, did you discuss at all General LeMay's retirement and some of the friction that was occurring between him

Oral history transcript, A.S. Mike Monroney, interview 3 (III), 3/20/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

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

Oral history transcript, Robert W. Murphey, interview 2 (II), 2/8/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

a very strong supporter who lived in We were going to campaign in Beaumont, and this person telephoned and told Governor Stevenson he was having some very influential friends and people out to his home there in Beaumont and wanted Governor Stevenson

Oral history transcript, Charles S. Murphy, interview 1 (I), 5/7/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Oral history transcript, Joseph J. O'Connell, Jr., interview 1 (I), 10/23/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

Oral history transcript, W. DeVier Pierson, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

to and including (interrupted for telephone call). time in 1967 to those programs. We devoted a lot of We looked for programs to create an urban-rural balance to stop the migration of rural people to the cities piling up in the ghettos. We looked

Oral history transcript, William R. (Bob) Poage, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, as I recall it, when we passed the bill for the rural telephones, of which I was author. he at that time supported it in the Senate. author of it. Of course, Mr. Hill was the Senate You know, Lister was the long-time Senator--Mr. Johnson was brand

Oral history transcript, Paul A. Porter, interview 1 (I), 10/2/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

-- I -- 30 the President and the dear Johnson family in his capacity as a personal friend and advisor. Well, we were in this room here working on a jurisdictional statement for the Supreme Court, and Abe gets a telephone call to come over to the White

Oral history transcript, John Wildenthal, interview 1 (I), 3/14/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of three or four telephones going trying to get people on the phone. He would bounce from one to another as they were able to reach people. He just made the maximum use of every second. would pop out of the inner office. He One time he made some

Oral history transcript, Eugene Williams and Helen Williams, interview 1 (I), 10/27/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that, you know. MG: After the presidency, when he was in retirement at the ranch, did he ever telephone you, or did Mrs. Johnson ever call you? HW: We would go home during the summer months, and then we would call and go out for a visit then. I recall

Oral history transcript, Thomas G. Corcoran, interview 2 (II), 8/20/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

getting names on this petition. In some congressman's office, finally the White House telephone caught up with me and the President was on the phone. He said, "Tommy, how are you doing?" I said, "I'm doing wonderfully well." And he said, "Well, I want

Oral history transcript, Willard Deason and Jeanne Deason, interview 6 (VI), 10/24/1985, by Lewis Gould (Item)

of this district. She just really worked at it. She had trouble getting office help, enough people to help her answer all the mail she got and all the telephone calls, but she worked at it and she did a good job and it got to be kind of a joke around that Lyndon

Oral history transcript, Dorothy H. Jacobson, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 8 this time--Freeman wondered whether Kennedy would want to be nominated by a governor whose full delegation wasn't supporting him, [Telephone

Oral history transcript, L. Wade Lathram, interview 1 (I), 3/21/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

to be able to keep close touch with MACV, which was out at Tan Son Nhut, and with USAID-2 and the rest of the staff. Not only a telephone, but my CB and everything else. Incidentally, one of the public safety guys, as a matter of fact, was in the same

Oral history transcript, Marjorie Lawson, interview 1 (I), 6/11/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

-- 10 I kept telling them, "I don't want anything. I just want you to be at the other end of the telephone when I call you." (Laughter) I ran like an employment agency with John Macy for about two years after the election, because all these people who

Oral history transcript, Lawrence E. (Larry) Levinson, interview 6 (VI), 8/18/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

dining room--not a large dining room, but a dining room with a large picture window that had been put in where you kind of look out and look over Texas country. It was very, very pleasant. We would work in the office itself, which had all the telephone

Oral history transcript, Lawrence E. (Larry) Levinson, interview 7 (VII), 11/2/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

and the questions of conflict of interest. We already read in the paper yesterday that President Nixon, in the midst of a major antitrust case, picked up the telephone and called the Deputy Attorney General and told him not to file an appeal. Later that order

Oral history transcript, Robert J. McCloskey, interview 1 (I), 5/1/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

[NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh McCloskey -- I -- 6 together over the telephone--about mid-morning, because all the briefings came within half an hour of one another. But you asked about

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 2 (II), 12/19/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

him when he spoke, he maintained a genuine sense of loss, I think, throughout his time here that he was not back in the Peace Corps or in some other organization in which he had freedom to run the thing as he chose--freedom from the white telephone

Oral history transcript, Thomas D. (Tom) Mills, interview 1 (I), 8/24/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)