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Oral history transcript, Adam Yarmolinsky, interview 2 (II), 10/21/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

quote--who was it, who was the first president of the AFL-CIO--Philip Murray, who talked about giving people a rug on the floor and a picture on the wall and a little of the comforts of home. Poverty is a bad thing, let's get rid of it, it was just

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 8 (VIII), 11/20/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in the evening. George Reedy was sitting next to Andy Biemiller, the AFL-CIO's lobbyist, and the bill, as it had been fought through, had become finally an acceptable bill to the union. They decided it was a good thing for them to be on the side of some kind

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 25 (XXV), 3/17/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was then the AFL-CIO [American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations] lobbyist for [George] Meany's . . . . We must have had something going on in the economy because I had these meetings on the twenty-first and then on the twenty-fourth

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 35 (XXXV), 9/20/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the Steelworkers and the AFL-CIO [American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations] are just furious with Wayne Morse." We looked at. . . . Well, no, let's see. Okay. G: Now there was a meeting in your office on July 26. (Interruption) C

Oral history transcript, John W. Macy, interview 4 (IV), 7/21/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

of Government Employees--probably being the strongest. That was a general government union affiliated with the AFL-CIO. Also you had streggth in some of the military establishments in the traditional crafts, particularly the machinists and those in the metal

Oral history transcript, Thomas Royals, interview 1 (I), 11/4/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

with a buddy system--working with the American Federation of Labor and CIO, Congress of Industrial Organizations, the AFL-CIO, we sponsored a program for rank and file union members in, as I said, give eities in approximately twenty-six companies, and we had

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 8 (VIII), 7/22/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

law, which was a hot, hot issue, and pressing on the TaftMr. Johnson was on record. He'd voted, so there wasn't anything he could do. He'd already voted for it. He just kept pushing The AFL and the CIO had endorsed Stevenson. him to state how he

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

: What is it, the shipbuilding interests that-- H: Excuse me, I'm sorry, Dr. McComb, I should say the shipbuilding interests and the very, very powerful shipbuilding labor unions have combined with the sea-going labor unions and the rest of the AFL-CIO

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 10 (X), 10/14/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

about the flat ban on the closed shop, which is a thing that was very much misunderstood by the general public and which was really rather devastating to the building trades unions, the AFL-CIO, the big mass unions. Automobile workers didn't care about

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Pechman, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

, the president of AFL-CIO, talked to the President about it and objected to it very, very strenuously--and fairly soon after the leak. The leak also generated opposition from people within the administration, to wit: Willard Wirtz, a strong opponent of the plan

Oral history transcript, George McCarthy, interview 2 (II), 9/29/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of the contractors were not capable of really managing them, and I believe Southern Illinois University was one. Then we had one in Indiana--this is the one I think maybe you're referring to. We had an AFL-CIO-sponsored center in Indiana. Or if they didn't sponsor

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 9 (IX), 2/7/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

blocs of interests and Democrats that they didn't want Lyndon Johnson to be president or to be the Democratic nominee. He didn't represent the kind of Democratic Party that the AFL-CIO and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and a number of liberal

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

I thought we had settled all of our arguments locally, when the vote came on Mrs . Bentsen's nomination, Jerry Holleman, who was then the head of the AFL-CIO in Texas, was walking up and down the aisle giving the thumbs down signal, and the Travis

Oral history transcript, Alan S. Boyd, interview 4 (IV), 5/15/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

to become the next president of the AFL-CIO . Now, I don't know whether this is true or not, but looking at it objectively, there was � � � LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 11 (XI), 10/28/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

AFL-CIO [American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations] support for the reorganization. So that's why it ended up where it ended up. G: Made sense politically. (Interruption) There were criticisms that this represented a de

Oral history transcript, Aaron E. Henry, interview 1 (I), 9/12/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Oral history transcript, Byron G. Skelton, interview 1 (I), 10/15/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Holleman was a labor official at the time-- S: He was president of the AFofL-CIO, I believe; and Fred Schmidt was another one of the labor leaders; and of course Creekmore Fath was one of those people, too, that were somewhat suspicious of this new-- B

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 14 (XIV), 6/22/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, there was an organization--not an organization precisely but there was what was known as the civil rights clearinghouse. composed of quite a few people. That was AFL-CIO was in on it, the NAACP, the Urban League, almost everybody in Washington that was anybody

Oral history transcript, Edgar Cahn and Jean Camper Cahn, interview 1 (I), 12/10/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

-CIO distributed them. JC: The AFL-CIO did it. EC: Because Jack Conway said, "Oh, this is a good piece, we ought to"--and so he used his labor contacts. G: When did your association with the task force per se begin? EC: My recollection

Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 7 (VII), 10/11/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

roadblock in the way that they could to keep the Democratic proposal of a dollar an hour [from passing]. It was a big, big issue with the AFL-CIO and, as you know, Johnson wasn't too popular with the AFL-CIO. And I'm sure the agricultural interests

Oral history transcript, Leslie Carpenter, interview 1 (I), 2/6/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to get rid of this irritation of, ''He doesn't know where Greece is", sort of thing. what I mean. Well, they didn't say that, but you know So he came to Washington. You will probably recall the AFL-CIO had endorsed Coke Stevenson because Johnson had

Oral history transcript, Walter Judd, interview 2 (II), 12/20/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Clifton C. Carter, interview 1 (I), 10/1/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

there at noon. Buffalo had gotten word that the AFL-CIO--I guess it was AFL back at that time--Labor had endorsed Coke Stevenson. Mr. Stevenson had never been any particular favorite of labor but because of Mr. Johnson's vote on the Taft-Hartley Bill, they had

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 2 (II), 10/29/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Department. I'm not suggesting that the President-elect might not talk to George Meany about who he had in mind as secretary of labor. I'm sure that you would not be naming people at the top level of the Labor Department if the AFL-CIO, or indeed the UAW, had

Oral history transcript, John G. Feild, interview 2 (II), 7/23/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Jerry Holleman was a relatively limited-means individual; he was president of the AFL-CIO in Texas when he was appointed assistant secretary of labor. [He] did not have a lot of money, [and] living in Washington was expensive. He was operating in a very

Oral history transcript, Whitney Shoemaker, interview 1 (I), 11/25/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

commending what its purpose it? we are speaking of the American Legion or the AFL-CIO, B'nai B'rith, literally hundreds of organizations, and also individuals, again generally commendations or recognitions of a particular achievement--the Nobel Prize winner

Oral history transcript, Timothy May, interview 1 (I), 10/28/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to go into Denver and get one. have one in Cheyenne, Wyoming. They don't I'll never forget going down to the union. We wanted to get a painter, and we finally found this little storefront office which was the state headquarters of the AFL-CIO. I went

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

Oral history transcript, Clement J. Zablocki, interview 1 (I), 1/16/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

had the state chairman of the AFL-CIO, Johnny Schmidt. was, in Wisconsin, for Johnson. which one would expect. not with us. M: That's a big. . . . . Labor But again, not with the enthusiasm We didn't have all of labor. The UAW was LBJ

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 5 (V), 4/7/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

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

] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Lawson -- I -- 17 G: Yes. L: (Looking through documents) Well, Webb was there. "Mr. Schnitzler indicated that the AFL-CIO [American Federation of Labor and Congress

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 12 (XII), 7/25/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. There was a lot at stake in this legislation. It was a matter of our being disturbed with Andy Biemiller, the representative of AFL-CIO, maneuvering to bring about this change that we were a) unaware of until it was brought to our attention indirectly, and b

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 13 (XIII), 9/10/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, if not more so, than on any other legislative item. But I don't want to suggest that the labor leadership in the AFL-CIO were cynics in this regard. They were committed to repeal and they'd break their pick trying to bring it about. But as I told you earlier

Oral history transcript, Ruth Prokop, interview 1 (I), 12/4/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of business in the Consumer office staff. In turn, the staff's apprehensions caused the consumer movement to be viewed as a labor-oriented movement. I will say, however, that the greatest source of support for consumer legislation came out of the AFL-CIO. Also

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 13 (XIII), 2/29/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in both the railroad industry, which at that point the railroad broth erhoods were still pretty important, and in the oil fields, and they had a fair foothold in the building trades. You know, the head of the AFL-CIO in Texas, Jerry Holleman, was out

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 22 (XXII), 1/8/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

have, or least in those days had, very little influence with the union. The only reason they had an international president was that they had a seat on the executive committee of the AFL-CIO, and they had to have somebody to fill that seat. So

Oral history transcript, Jack T. Conway, interview 1 (I), 8/13/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

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

or rejection thereof with the National Labor Relations Board? Do you remember that? It looked like almost unanimous Democratic voting. B: I think this came from George Meany. I think AFL-CIO felt that he was unalterably opposed to anything labor wanted

Oral history transcript, Melvin C. Winters, interview 4 (IV), 3/12/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

afterwards. Did you go to that? W: No. I don't think we did. I don't believe we did. G: Jerry Holleman was with LBJ a good deal this year. Jerry Holleman, I think, was a leader in the AFL-CIO in Texas at that time. Did you have any dealings with him

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 5 (V), 9/12/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

he'd go along. But he grossly misestimated his AFL-CIO [American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations] International presidents because when we announced the thing, all hell broke loose in the labor movement. And LBJ