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Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 23 (XXIII), 8/28/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Reedy -- XXIII -- 2 R: Oh, sure. It's rather strange. I've got to recapitulate the background here. One night Dave Broder, the Washington reporter for the Dallas News--I think you have
of producing a unanimous committee report; problems in the New England watch-making industry; Reedy's concern that committee staff were taking on investigations without appropriate jurisdiction or resources; problems with government bureaucracy; trying

Oral history transcript, Joseph C. Swidler, interview 1 (I), 3/11/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

industry and the FPC as a dead letter. So when I got this invitation, I said to myself, that's one thing that won't be a dead letter when I get on board. I had no recommendation from any senator. In fact, I broke the news to both my senators, [Estes
, new technology, and the reduction of rates; FPC chairman Jerome Kuykendall; members of the FPC; Swidler's voting role as swing man and duties as chairman of the FPC as opposed to a commissioner; Swidler's goals as chairman; the benefits of the FPC

Oral history transcript, Roswell L. Gilpatric, interview 1 (I), 11/2/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, 1982 INTERVIEWEE: ROSWELL GILPATRIC INTERVIEWER: Ted Gittinger PLACE: Mr. Gilpatric's office, Manhattan, New York Tape 1 of 1 TG: Mr. Gilpatric, can you recall the circumstances under which you were named to chair the task force on Vietnam

Oral history transcript, Palmer Hoyt, interview 1 (I), 7/29/1970, by David G. McComb (Item)

, in its ever-loving wisdom, had eliminated the appropriation for the domestic division of D.W.I. because they were angry because of a field survey, \~ich was that the representatives were interposing themselves between news sources and the government

Oral history transcript, Phillip S. Hughes, interview 1 (I), 3/7/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

it?" There is the opportunity, you see, for the new administration to say yea or no or maybe or, I~e don't know at this point and we think, therefore, that you ought to advise the agencies that ahe administration has not yet formulated a position." M: I had occasion to read

Oral history transcript, Barnaby Conrad Keeney, interview 1 (I), 4/14/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

on a political trip through New He had been somewhere just before, and he went somewhere And I met him at the airport, together with the Senators and Congressmen and the Governor and we had a calvacade, which was quite well known. This is the one that took him
House; dealt with Cater, McPherson or Middleton; Temple of Dendur; proposed Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars; some of best new members chosen by the President; most significant achievement was survival; controversial grants; successful programs

Oral history transcript, Leonard M. Elstad, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

brought a group of little handi- capped children down from New York City on a drive for funds so that he could start a school for these handicapped children. He would take them into the wealthy parts of the city, and he'd put on a little dance

Oral history transcript, Sanford L. Fox, interview 1 (I), 11/27/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 3 is a new adventure. I think perhaps it's the fact of dealing with human beings

Oral history transcript, Jack Valenti, interview 1 (I), 6/14/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

to widen his political spectrum and meet new young people to gain new allies, to add to his cadre of supporters in Houston. But I must say that I was not unattended by any doubts. B: You had some knowledge of Mr. Johnson before then? V: Yes, I had. My

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

inspiration for that letter. worth checking out. I'm not sure of that, but it's If you find the letter, I think the letter first appeared in the New York Herald Tribune. G: Was Johnson upset about the leak of it? R: Not really. He said that he

Oral history transcript, John W. Macy, interview 2 (II), 4/25/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

to his office. In the course of the conver- sation he informed me that the new administration was going to enlarge the LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781

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

to always be rather surprised in a state such as Rhode Island that I would have led the ticket rather than vice versa. M: As a member of the New Frontier, as it was called, of those people entering during this election, did this help in committee

Oral history transcript, Lowell K. Bridwell, interview 1 (I), 10/17/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

Citizen which is a Scripps-Howard newspaper . I successively went from the Columbus Citizen to the Scripps-Howard Bureau, which is a state capital news wire organization for the ; then,, three Scripps-Howard newspapers in Ohio plus two others in which

Oral history transcript, Donald F. Hornig, interview 1 (I), 12/4/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

that I had a call from Santa Fe, New Mexico from Kistiakowsky, and Kistiakowsky said, "What the hell is going on down there? Everyone's mad that you said no. You are the first person that has said no." So I explained to him that his call had helped me

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 28 (XXVIII), 3/15/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

party was a big occasion. [It] always called for new and 2 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org

Oral history transcript, Adrian S. Fisher, interview 2 (II), 11/7/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

was always left sort of vague. Now this matter was studied and until quite late in the game, until some time in 1966, the U.S. drafts all had so-called European clauses in them, designed to make it possible for there to be a new state, a new non-state

Oral history transcript, Sharon Francis, interview 4 (IV), 8/20/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

. The context was different, and the whole thing had to be thought in new terms. DeVier kept saying to Udall that the President had reservations and had question marks. Stewart felt that Saturday the eighteenth had to be the day in which the announcement would

Oral history transcript, Sidney Dillon Ripley II, interview 1 (I), undated, by T.H. Baker (Item)

in January, 1963 when he came for the dedication of the new Museum of History and Technology of the Institution. I was then the elected Secretary, but didn't take my post until February. Mr. Johnson spoke at that speech about his personal interest

Oral history transcript, E. Ernest Goldstein, interview 5 (V), 5/3/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Johnson, but she's from Chicago. My God, we have taken our best room; we've put in all new wallpaper, all new drapes, a new mattress, new everything, but Mrs. Johnson from Chicago is in there. Why didn't you tell me? give you as nice a room for Mrs

Oral history transcript, Philip Lee, interview 2 (II), 1/28/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

for the three health agencies for which I have responsibility, what I would describe as briefing materials. This of course has been done in all of the departments. These materials were particularly developed for the new assistant secretary; LBJ Presidential

Oral history transcript, James Robinson, interview 1 (I), 2/21/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

to New York to see, on his next trip, what he could do. And his notes indicate one or more houses said that's an interesting idea, yes, there's a market for that that would make us a little money. But several in a row rejected it on what I call

Oral history transcript, James A. Shannon, interview 1 (I), 4/9/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

which we can then go into some of the material. S: Okay. Well, I was born and brought up in New York City and spent the bulk of my time there, except when I was away at school, until about 1946. I graduated from the College of the Holy Cross

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 52 (LII), 8/15/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

little success in doing anything about it. I think we talked about it in New Jersey; we tried to do something there to no avail. We also had going at the same--in these times--the labor part of it became very sensitive because we also had going

Oral history transcript, Henry M. Jackson, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] Jackson -- I -- 2 the fact that he came from Texas and was in the thirties, as I understand it, a New Dealer. And that liberal image in the eyes of Mr. Roosevelt gave
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Oral history transcript, Boisfeuillet Jones, interview 1 (I), 6/17/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] Jones -- Interview I -- 10 to President Kennedy, whom I had never met, for this position. I told him I had obligations at Emory, I had a new

Oral history transcript, Alan L. Dean, interview 1 (I), 2/28/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

program of the new depot. I then went with the office of the Secretary of War in San Francisco as an inspector of civilian personnel programs. In 1946 I was called to Washington by the War Department to help organize and eventually become the director

Oral history transcript, John L. Sweeney, interview 1 (I), 11/14/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

as a nation of antagonists and dissidents. I just think he's the past master of it. The difficulty with him, when he moved into the presidency, was that he obviously didn't have the new technique for building of massive public support for your programs. He

Oral history transcript, Conrad L. Wirth, interview 1 (I), 8/5/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: CONRAD L. WI RTH INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: Mr. Wirth's office, RCA Building, New York City Tape 1 of 1 F: Mr. Wirth, tell us first briefly something of your own background and how you came to be looked upon as an outstanding
National Park Service, 1928-1964; CCC; New Deal; LBJ State Park; National Capital Planning Commission

Oral history transcript, Homer E. Dean, interview 1 (I), 1/12/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

riding on the train back, sort of outlined some goals I wanted to achieve. That's been a habit of mine through the years. Amazing. Every five years I'd set new ones, and they've generally happened. One of them was I decided to get better acquainted

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 4 (IV), 11/9/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, 1982 INTERVIEWEE: ARTHUR KRIM INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Krim's office, New York City Tape 1 of 3 G: You were saying that you met with the President a good deal during the period from April through June, [1968], I believe. K

Oral history transcript, Chester Bowles, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, he would wait until the last moment before he would personally authorize the wheat shipments . As a result, the Indians found it very hard to maintain a rationing estimate, because they couldn't know what to count on . The American Embassy in New

Oral history transcript, Peter B. Benchley, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

that we were wordsmiths . The only instance I know of anybody our level having made a definite contribution to new policy was Jack McNulty, who through reading � � LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 40 (XL), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

, "Just look out there at them, and imagine that they came from Dime Box or Rosebud." Those were two of the most country towns in our beloved 10th District, or so we used to say. M: Before that, I note here that you hosted a lunch for the wives of new
Lady Bird Johnson's first impressions of Fidel Castro; Hester Beall Provenson's public speaking course; the Johnsons' 30th Place home in 1959; early impressions of Jacqueline Kennedy; hosting a lunch for the wives of new senators; Sam Houston

Oral history transcript, Everett McKinley Dirksen, interview 3 (III), 7/30/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of a state like New York, but you go out to North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, there the question of public housing isn't nearly so important as it would be in the metropolitan center. But conversely you take New York again, where you have a consumer

Oral history transcript, George Ball, interview 1 (I), 7/8/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: GEORGE BALL INTERVIEWER: PAIGE E. MULHOLLAN PLACE: Mr. Ball's office in New York City Tape 1 of 1 M: Let's begin by identifying you, sir. You're George Ball, and during the Johnson Administration you served as under secretary [of state

Oral history transcript, Peter Hurd, interview 1 (I), 4/10/1969, by Elizabeth Kaderli (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: PETER HURD INTERVIEWER: ELIZABETH KADERLI PLACE: His studio at Sentinel Ranch, San Patricio, New Mexico Tape 1 of 1 K: I have come here to talk to Mr. Hurd about a painting he did of President Johnson which caused a good deal of interest

Oral history transcript, Fredrick L. Deming, interview 2 (II), 1/17/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

administration because the problem was new, and it takes a little time for it to register, and there's no question but what there was concern about the balance of payments in 1959 and in 1960. All I'm saying is that there wasn't what you might call a program

Oral history transcript, Truman Fawcett and Wilma Green Fawcett, interview 1 (I), 4/21/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

to each other for two or three years and then we moved to another house further away. WF: The TF: We moved just a few blocks aVlay from the old house. WF: But Lyndon had lived out on the farm until he moved in at five years Fawcett~ built a new home

Oral history transcript, O.C. Fisher, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

first trip to Washington. I was a new member, I met all of the Texas members, of whom there were twenty-one, including myself, at the time. them, probably, on the opening day of the session. I met all of I'm sure I did. That included Mr. Rayburn

Oral history transcript, James C. Gaither, interview 2 (II), 1/15/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

on the Council of Economic Advisers, put together the new JOBS program and the National Alliance of Businessmen. While the ideas for it had come out of LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral

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