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Oral history transcript, Luther Holcomb, interview 2 (II), 7/8/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. At that time, as I recall, a man named Clifford Carter was active on his staff and I believe that Mr. Walter Jenkins had more or less assigned this area to Cliff Carter because I remember whenever we were filling a vacancy on the advisory committee why I

Oral history transcript, Nadine Brammer Eckhardt, interview 2 (II), 3-21-84//19, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

[Estes] Kefauver visited New York State recently, not a single member of the Democratic hierarchy showed up to greet him, including Averell Harriman. An aide to Kefauver said that Harriman wants the Democrats licked so he can jeer, 'See what happens when

Oral history transcript, Jack Valenti, interview 2 (II), 10/18/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to hold a fund-raiser in Texas. But as I understand it, President Kennedy and some of his staff aides were of the opinion that they ought to go to Texas to mend fences and to raise some money. Some time previous to the trip John Connally came to Wash

Oral history transcript, Clark W. Thompson and Libbie Moody Thompson, interview 1 (I), 10/10/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

: Well, what do you mean? M: Do you recall about the federal aid to elementary and secondary schools? T: Well, you mean, did I vote for that because of Lyndon Johnson? M: Yes. T: No, I didn't, and I don't remember that he ever put the slightest
Jenkins, Walter (Walter Wilson), 1918-1985
cooperation on legislative matters; protective coastal construction after Hurricane Carla; LBJ’s loss on contact with old friends in 1968; assessment of Walter Jenkins; role of Lady Bird; support of LBJ during 1960 campaign; JFK’s trip to Texas; 1968

Oral history transcript, Mary Margaret Wiley Valenti, interview 1 (I), 7/24/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that I would like to go to Washington and work and was interested in politics, and she said, "Oh, would you? Would you like to work for Senator Johnson?" This was in the fall of 1953, I think. She called Walter Jenkins; they happened to be officing right
MM explains how she came to work for Lyndon Johnson, LBJ’s interaction with state office management, role of Walter Jenkins in office, LBJ’s attitude toward 1960 presidential nomination and campaign, relationship between LBJ and the Kennedys

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 4 (IV), 5/13/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: May 13, 1982 INTERVIEWEE: WALTER JENKINS INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: Mr. Jenkinsls office, Austin, Texas Tape 1 of 1 G: Let me explain first of all, Mr. Jenkins, what lId like to do is go back and really systematically record
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Jenkins, Walter (Walter Wilson), 1918-1985
Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 4 (IV), 5/13/1982, by Michael L. Gillette
Walter Jenkins

Oral history transcript, Gerald W. Siegel, interview 1 (I), 5/26/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

to support the position taken by President Truman and.his civilian aides. But I think we entered it with a fairly open mind. We certainly came out with the judgment--that is, I'm.speaking now for those of us who were on the 2 LBJ Presidential Library http

Oral history transcript, Rutherford M. Poats, interview 1 (I), 11/18/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

of President Kennedy? P: Not as a presidential appointee, as a so-called administrative appointee of Fowler Hamilton, the new administrator of AID. M: Then you were in this agency then during the course of the Kennedy Presidency, and have remained
Biographical information; AID operations; Far East; additionality; Congress; interagency relationships; Vietnam; diversion and control of AID supplies; intervention; other development programs

Oral history transcript, Marie Fehmer Chiarodo, interview 2 (II), 8/16/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Williams, the girl from Hillsboro who married Bob Novak; Colonel Jackson; and his secretary Lynn Machado. F: Now, who's Colo nel Jackson? C: Bill Jackson. He was an army aide who was very anxious to do a good job. [Whispers] He didn't always succeed. F

Oral history transcript, William S. Gaud, interview 1 (I), 11/26/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

one of the people who have been he re long enough to see the development between the two presidencies, and that's one of the things I'd like to get into. How much can an individual who is President place an impact on an agency like AID? How much
Foreign aid
Biographical information; Presidential impact on AID; comparison of JFK and LBJ; Presidential approval of specific loans; BOB and Treasury Department involvement in policy decision; White House and State Department involvement; B/P loans; AID

Oral history transcript, Esther Peterson, interview 2 (II), 10/29/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the matters up, say, through Califano or another aide and have that aide make the decision, or do you think he really wanted you to bother him? P: I don't really know. I don't really know. I just don't think it was a deliberate thing, I think

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

called me and said that the President wanted a black military aide and I started interviewing black military officers, and ultimately interviewed Hugh Robinson, who was, as you know, terrifically presentable and first-rate, and sent him over to the White

Oral history transcript, Myer Feldman, interview 1 (I), 8/18/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Connally. I did get to know Walter Jenkins fairly well. I think Walter Jenkins--and my memory is hazy--succeeded to John Connally's position with Lyndon Johnson. It may be that John Connally had left already at that time G: I think so. F: But I got
Feldman's involvement in a select committee that investigated the discharge of General Douglas MacArthur; Senator Richard Russell's role in that committee; the relationship between Russell and LBJ; Walter Jenkins.

Oral history transcript, J. Russell Wiggins, interview 1 (I), 7/23/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

for Johnson in a Washington hotel--the Ambassador, I believe. M: Before the convention? W: Yes. M: Walter Jenkins? W: --prime mover and Walter Jenkins set up this headquarters while Mr. George Reedy was the-- Johnson was out of town. They had

Oral history transcript, Walt W. Rostow, interview 1 (I), 3/21/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

about foreign aid. He made the best single speech on foreign aid I've ever heard by anyone. It was the first inkling I had personally of this fundamental strand that runs through his whole political life and, of course, ran through his presidency; namely
First impressions of LBJ; JFK and LBJ; JFK and the White House staff; LBJ as VP; LBJ on foreign aid; LBJ Berlin speech, 1961; LBJ on foreign policy pre-presidency; LBJ’s first State of the Union message; Vietnam; CIAP; Latin America; White House

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 1 (I), 8/14/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: WALTER JENKINS INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: Mr. Jenkins' office, Austin, Texas Tape 1 of 1 F: Walter, let's go back. You came out of North Texas, right? J: Yes, sir, my home is Wichita Falls. F: How did you happen to get
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Circumstances of going to work for LBJ; recollections of people and events, 1939-1951, including the staff; WWII; LBJ and Jenkins’ campaigns
Jenkins, Walter (Walter Wilson), 1918-1985
Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 1 (I), 8/14/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
Walter Jenkins

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 2 (II), 8/24/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, 1971 INTERVIEWEE: WALTER JENKINS INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: Mr. Jenkins' office, Austin, Texas Tape 1 of 1 F: Let's start today with a little talk about Johnson as a Senate majority leader operating to bring new senators
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Jenkins, Walter (Walter Wilson), 1918-1985
Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 2 (II), 8/24/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
Walter Jenkins

Oral history transcript, D.B. Hardeman, interview 3 (III), 4/22/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

in the Rules Committee fight, the fight to enlarge the House Rules Committee in January of 1961, my feeling was that he was working either personally or through Walter Jenkins in trying to get as many of the Texas delegation members to go along with Mr. Rayburn
Jenkins, Walter (Walter Wilson), 1918-1985
JFK presidency; House Rules Committee 1961; Bobby Baker scandal; JFK legislative program; LBJ and John Connally; patronage appointments; Hale Boggs; agriculture bill; “Five O’clock Club;” Walter Jenkins; Bill Moyers; Democratic National Committee

Oral history transcript, Jack Hight, interview 1 (I), 1/9/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. G: That's the sort of game that aides are credited with having played later, but I didn't know that Jenkins [ever did it]. Let's talk about the 1952 election and his selection as minority leader. H: My recollection is that the morning after

Oral history transcript, William J. Hopkins, interview 1 (I), 6/6/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

that assembled over in the East Wing. later, one of Mr. Johnson's chief assistants, Walter Jenkins, who had not been with the party and had had an office over in the Executive Office Building, came over there. Of course, early in the afternoon what really

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

[conflicts]. You know, Ken O'Donnell was the appointments secretary, Jack Valenti was sitting right in the hallway there, and there was Walter Jenkins. The President's feeling in the transition was retain the Kennedy staff, but I also want my own people. I
as congressional patronage; White House influence on public works; the relationship between the president and members of Congress; D. S. Saund; the honor of riding on the president's plane; Wayne Hays' support for the foreign aid bill of 1961; why foreign aid

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 6 (VI), 2/11/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the charts, and he felt that kind of visual aid, if you will, can have a far greater impact than verbiage. I recognized that, but I wouldn't have dared the first couple of years to attempt something like that. As we moved along, it became more and more
, and political experience; how the JFK staff viewed LBJ; the 1963 civil rights bill; 1963 foreign aid bill; Dwight Eisenhower's and JFK's frustration with Otto Passman; 1963 test ban treaty; 1963 education bills; LBJ's view of vocational education; the naming

Oral history transcript, Robert E. Waldron, interview 1 (I), 1/28/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

[Homer] Thornberry, then Congressman Thornberry from Austin, asked me to come to Washington as his administrative assistant in June of 1955. of 1955 as his aide. Fortunately, I accepted the offer and came in June And then, like so many Texans, I am still

Oral history transcript, Samuel Yorty, interview 1 (I), 2/7/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Committee, which was the committee to defend America, "Aiding the Allies." So this is a long-time interest. I went to the President and urged him to show courage and strength, and told him that every time he did his rating went up in the polls

Oral history transcript, Louis Martin, interview 1 (I), 5/14/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

of the White House aides, you stay a little bit to the side. At one point Bobby looked up at me and motioned for me to come over. That's usual, you know. So I went over, and he whispered in my ear, he said: "I've got a date, and I've got to get on this boat

Oral history transcript, Arthur E. Goldschmidt and Elizabeth Wickenden Goldschmidt, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

in that case? Did that cost friendships occasionally? W: It might have, but in that particular case my efforts were chiefly through third parties so it didn't come to that. I was mainly com- municating with him first through Walter Jenkins and, to some

Oral history transcript, William F. Jackson and Lucy Ginter Jackson, interview 1 (I), 6/21/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

aide to the Vice President. Until I had seen Mr. Deegan, I hadn't known about it. Well, I went down again several weeks later for another interview with Mr. Deegan. Following that I was to make a talk before a civic club in New Rochelle, New York, one
How Jackson became military aide to Vice President Johnson; LBJ's vice-presidential trip to Asia and members of the press on the trip; LBJ's time management; arranging for a photographer to accompany LBJ; the ability of the South Vietnamese to fight

Oral history transcript, Charles K. Boatner, interview 3 (III), 6/1/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

discussed with all of his-aides . meeting? B: Oh, no . What was the conclusion of the Did they decide anything? This was just opening remarks on his part . He Was going around the table describing to each one of us how much we made . See "I've got
Jenkins, Walter (Walter Wilson), 1918-1985
Head Start; domestic program; War on Poverty; contrast between John Connally and LBJ types; LBJ's frustrating life as VP; sale of Weslaco radio and TV station; death of Sam Rayburn; LBJ's problems with the press; LBJ's temper; Walter Jenkins; Bobby

Oral history transcript, Stewart L. Udall, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: No, it appeared in some newspaper. I think Walter Jenkins or somebody called me and rapped my knuckles a little bit, explained that Johnson was unhappy. In fact Senator Jackson was unhappy because this somebody put a headline on it--not in a national newspaper

Oral history transcript, Barry Goldwater, interview 1 (I), 6/26/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to now-with the effectiveness of foreign aid, and it was cut considerably during the late fifties. I know on one occasion Eisenhower threatened to call Congress back into session in 1959 because of an insufficient foreign aid bill, from his standpoint. Do
Foreign aid
temper and why senators respected it; partisanship in the Senate; John F. Kennedy; Robert F. Kennedy; Jimmy Hoffa; LBJ's interest in space; foreign aid under Eisenhower; LBJ's Senate work; Robert McNamara; LBJ keeping JFK's staff members; LBJ's

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

Jenkins' office was catty-cornered from mine, so I would see something of these people. I was also rather close to Dick Maguire, and Dick did a lot of the briefing of Johnson. In fact he was supposed to meet with Johnson and Walter, and Cliff, about

Oral history transcript, Merrell F. "Pop" Small, interview 1 (I), 8/20/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Las Vegas, their resources were so limited that they couldn't participate in the federal aid highway system, and California and New York and Michigan could, and so most highways, the original highways in Nevada were practically funded by the government

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 24 (XXIV), 2/6/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

as they always were in a Lyndon Johnson office. The--Johnson never had an organized office. He might pass out titles to people, but the titles were absolutely meaningless. About the only real source of organization in a Johnson office was Walter Jenkins, which

Oral history transcript, Cecil Stoughton, interview 2 (II), 3/2/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to being called at times when I wasn't physically in sight. I worked there, and when he decided he wanted a picture of whatever he was doing or whomever he was with, an aide would madly call and I'd come running. In most cases, this could be around

Oral history transcript, Stanley Marcus, interview 1 (I), 11/3/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. Johnson was the unusual staff work that he had established in his office, the promptness with which letters were answered and inquiries were taken care of. F: Was Walter Jenkins with the staff at this time? M: I guess he was. F: You didn't know who

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

Texas and I've forgotten which one it was. G: Another thing, he had a meeting with Arthur Schlesinger during this period to discuss federal aid to publ ic education. I think you maybe even sat in on this meeting. R: Yes, I did. G: Rowe

Oral history transcript, Claiborne Pell, interview 1 (I), 2/27/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

. M: And your activities on foreign aid? P: I have a set policy, set terms of reference, that I just oppose all military assistance to undeveloped nations. I don't believe we should give them sophisticated weapons, and I don't think we should give

Oral history transcript, Walter G. Hall, interview 1 (I), 6/30/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

Oral history transcript, James R. Jones, interview 1 (I), 11/26/1968, by Dorothy Pierce McSweeny (Item)

those candidates who had opposition that year--primarily Senator Mike Monroney. I met him in the studios at the Capitol where this tape was going to take place. And my first exposure to him was when he was chewing out one of his aides for writing

Oral history transcript, Allen J. Ellender, interview 1 (I), 7/30/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

it. He'd And he did that by having good subordinates, people working under him. B: Like Walter Jenkins and Bobby Baker and that group? E: That's correct. He was what I would term a draggle. under Johnson had to work hard. Anybody that worked He

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