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Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 19 (XIX), 6/13/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Reedy -- XIX -- 22 R: You know, you had to discuss Quemoy and Matsu. It broadened my perspectives some, and I hope it broadened LBJ's perspectives some, but if the trip had not taken place, world history would have not have

Oral history transcript, George Sandlin, interview 2 (II), 3/12/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

a little bit and what his views were and what he was hoping to achieve. S: Well, I don't remember the year, but it was sometime between 1952 and 1956--it was while I was chairman of the Executive Committee--we put on the ballot approval or disapproval

Oral history transcript, R. Sargent Shriver, interview 5 (V), 11/29/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. But you can't hope to overcome poverty if you don't give the people who are poor not only economic help but political help and--how shall I say?--a sense of personal pride in themselves. You have to deal with a human being across the board, and in our

Oral history transcript, Richard Bolling and Jim Grant Bolling, interview 1 (I), 2/27/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

in 1960 ; and that furthermore, and I did say this, that I didn't think that he, Mr . Rayburn, or Mr . Johnson had a prayer, that Kennedy was going to win ; and that I just hoped Mr . Rayburn would not be--embarrassed was not the word--humiliated by his

Oral history transcript, Theodore Berry, interview 1 (I), 2/15/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

Oral history transcript, John W. Black, interview 1 (I), 10/18/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

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

the staff and you set the agenda. When I came to the commission, I had in mind several improvements I hoped, before I left office, to put into effect in the regulation and the operations of the two industries. One of them was to get a handle on producer

Oral history transcript, Lew Wasserman, interview 1 (I), 12/21/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. And when it was over, I went up and said hello, and he turned to me and said, "I understand you arranged all this." And I said, "Well, I helped a bit." He turned to Jack Valenti and said, "I want one of these at every stop." (Laughter) F: I hope he didn't

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

, if not weeks, that the U.S. has been evenhanded, or trying to be evenhanded in this, in hope of a resolution before war. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More

Oral history transcript, Douglass H. Hubbard, interview 1 (I), 6/4/69, by T.H. Baker (Item)

took a long, long time, and when he took these to General Marshall he expressed the hope that General Marshall would give them his careful scrutiny. Well, General Marshall looked at him a few moments before he replied, and when he did reply he said

Oral history transcript, Eugene C. Patterson, interview 1 (I), 3/11/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. But, I talked to Sam Rayburn in his hotel suite at the Biltmore in Los Angeles a couple of days before the actual nomination. Though he said nothing overt, it was · quite clear that he had little hope that the President would win. He was amiable

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 15 (XV), 8/30/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, but we just hoped it would be someday. G: Now, another one was one in Weslaco. Didn't you buy that one at the same time or about the same period? J: Yes. G: This was KRGV--? J: KRGV. Well, I can't remember. Waco was first, I know that. But we

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 43 (XLIII), 1/23/1996, by Harry Middleton (Item)

of ministers in Houston. Do you remember that? J: Yes, I do. And I remember how proud we were of how well Kennedy comported himself, with such dignity and solid answers that were also very--he said the message we wanted him to say, we hoped he could

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

to speak, she has the same right, she hoped they would show her the courtesy. And in every instance she just handled the 10 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID

Oral history transcript, Ferd Kaufman, interview 1 (I), 11/6/1997, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

in the field. (Laughter) G: I hope it wasn't a fresh platform. (Laughter) K: Yes, but that made the papers. It was quite a get-together. G: And you saw him in that fire engine riding around? K: Well, as you know, there's a low-water ford across

Oral history transcript, Ramsey Clark, interview 3 (III), 3/21/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

developed what you have, although we did ask for more. We asked for cease and desist powers for the People Employment Opportunity Commission. And I think wisely so, because we knew from school desegregation that this country is much too big to hope to effect

Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 4 (IV), 2/15/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that 1962 is when we had the election that almost defeated us, sent us home. During a good bit of that time I sensed, from people who called me, things that the Senator couldn't hope to sense because they wouldn't say them to him. 15 LBJ Presidential

Oral history transcript, William G. Bowdler, interview 1 (I), 5/30/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

telephone lines, telegraph lines, et cetera? B: Yes, that was all done in advance, a fantastic operation, but I didn't get into that part of it. F: That's not your role. B: That's right. F: What did you hope to get out of Punta del Este? B: I think

Oral history transcript, William D. Carey, interview 1 (I), 12/11/1985, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)

in the discussions at all. We were as convinced as indeed the universities were that this was a very healthy business and that there was no way that fundamental science had a hope of carrying on without a disposition on government's part to pay the bills and to see

Oral history transcript, Jesse Kellam, interview 2 (II), 2/26/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

for the publication, said that I hoped he hadn't been sued by this other station; that we planned no suit, but that I did want to bring it LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID

Oral history transcript, Carroll Kilpatrick, interview 2 (II), 5/24/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

had high hopes to achieve things domestically and then got tangled in a war. Do you think that's a valid comparison? K: Yes, yes. And I'm sure that Wilson was not terribly well informed, although he was a student and a scholar. I don't think that he

Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 2 (II), 2/17/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

the evidence we can and then make a decision and hope we're right. Only time will tell. M: On decisions like this, it's the entire Commission that decides? D: Oh, yes, on all merger cases. On any case that affects transportation policy the commission

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

manners when it came to trying to work with the people, and in my book that's why he succeeded so well. B: Does any of this kind of thing ever involve just blatant trading of votes-log rolling. For example--I hope this isn't impertinent--but for example

Oral history transcript, Virginia Wilke English, interview 1 (I), 3/3/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

what times he would be in there and that he hoped to see us at that time. G: How did you first hear from him when you--? E: I feel sure that he called on the phone and said that he was there maybe for one day. This is a little bit hazy in my mind

Oral history transcript, Reynaldo G. Garza, interview 1 (I), 12/2/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was there. F: Have you seen him since he got out? G: No, I have not. F: He hasn't been down here, has he? G: He hasn't been down here. I hope to see him up there this weekend. I'm supposed to ask him to [come]. from high school. My youngest boy

Oral history transcript, Roger Stevens, interview 1 (I), 2/15/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Johnson back in the fifties when he was majority leader. F: In what capacity? Just social? S: I called on him because Mrs. Stevens was working on the Humane Slaughter Bill and I was hoping that he would support it. F: Did you have any luck? S

Oral history transcript, Phillip Tocker, interview 2 (II), 8/1/1984, by Lewis Gould (Item)

the President or Mrs. Johnson ever communicated any views to them. Whether they were hoping to make points because they knew this was close to the President because of his wifels activities, or what, I don't know, but they were certainly determined to resist

Oral history transcript, Kenneth Torp, interview 1 (I), 6/23/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh TORP -- I -- 23 that will allow this multinational state to operate. F: You may get something viable out of that yet. T: We're not very hopeful

Oral history transcript, Ann Oppenheimer Hamilton, interview 1 (I), 10/22/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] of the whole program--are greater. More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh You go for areas where your chances of success are greater and hope that once you've

Oral history transcript, Bourke B. Hickenlooper, interview 1 (I), 9/19/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] M: Has the Bill worked as you hoped it would? H: Oh, yes, I think it has. More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh -4- There've been any number of amendments. I

Oral history transcript, Paul G. Hoffman, interview 1 (I), 7/28/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of the U.N. because I thought the only hope to bring any peace to that part of the world would come through activities in the U.N. of course. F: And it did, The truce came -- let's see, when was the truce? I'm not sure just when the truce did come

Oral history transcript, Richard H. Rovere, interview 1 (I), 5/6/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

all out because I never spent that much time in the White House. He was very fond of about my closest friend in Washington, Peter Lisagor of the Chicago Daily News. I think probably, and I hope to goodness somebody does him. M: He's on our list

Oral history transcript, Samuel H. Shapiro, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in Illinois, and I don't think that . • . At least, I, in the small part that I played, at no time had in mind to move it. I was always trying to get it to Illinois. that the 1972 convention comes to Chicago. And I hope I think it's a great convention

Oral history transcript, Emma Long, interview 2 (II), 5/18/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)

of the council and what it was not doing for them. So it gave me a good chance to bring out all the things that needed to be done and that I would hope to do if I got elected. And all the men ran, and that day we just had--what is it? A plurality? They had five

Oral history transcript, Frank F. Mankiewicz, interview 2 (II), 5/1/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

Crisis." Senator Kennedy said rather icily, "Which comment of President Kennedy's was that, Mr. Vaughn?" And then Vaughn couldn't remember. Then Senator Kennedy got rather annoyed and said, "I hope you"-- "you" meaning the administration

Oral history transcript, Sherwin J. Markman, interview 1 (I), 5/21/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

that. would work. One is that I'd have to And I'd just go forward and hope that it And I thought that the trick on that would be to find somebody, a Negro, who knew his way around the ghetto; ideally, somebody who had been born and raised in that ghetto

Oral history transcript, John McCully, interview 1 (I), 10/26/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

with Holleman and John Feild, not with the Vice President. But I know that he was in constant touch with Holleman about this, that, and the other of the committee and its work. I believed he was sincerely interested in it and hopeful for it. G: He

Oral history transcript, Alfred Melinger, interview 1 (I), 4/14/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

everybody else. G: Sure. Anything else that we haven't covered? M: I think we have drained me pretty dry. If I think of something I'll get in touch with you. G: Okay. You can just add it to the transcript, too. in as an appendix. M: I hope you've

Oral history transcript, Claude C. Wild, interview 1 (I), 5/7/1965, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)

that he had written it before he got sick and this is a little fib that I hope they forgave me. had a lot of comments on my delivery of that thing. I I don't know why. G: We heard it was very eloquent--with a golden voice. W: Anyway we had a bunch

Oral history transcript, Wilton Woods and Virginia Woods, interview 3 (III), 5/4/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

hope you get Raymond to repeat that. He's getting older, and it might be that you want to let him think a little and maybe repeat it twice, but that's what he told me. G: Do you have any recollection of LBJ selling the Real Silk socks? W: Of Lyndon