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

of the Pakistanis, as well as the United States. But I remember he had a talk with President Diem and I remember reading copy about it. But I don't remember having any particular talks at that time. The most intimate relationships that I had with the President

Oral history transcript, Carl Hayden, interview 1 (I), 10/28/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that the German foreign minister sent to the minister in Mexico during the First World War in which Germany promised Mexico that she would help her recover her lost provinces of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona? H: I read about that. F: It didn't make a very

Oral history transcript, Leverett Saltonstall, interview 1 (I), 10/31/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

[NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 21 S: No, not even Truman. And Kennedy, the night of the election, the night he was elected, called me on the telephone about midnight to find out how

Oral history transcript, Elmer B. Staats, interview 1 (I), 12/9/1971, by T.H. Baker (Item)

, and McGeorge Bundy, and there was Ross Gilpatric, and McNamara, and several others on the staff of the White House in the Office of Science and Technology and the Defense Department. We had been to the White House on Wednesday night to a reception and had

Oral history transcript, Robert Oliver, interview 2 (II), 11/29/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Albert Gore was con testing for the Tennessee delegation because he wanted to be the vice presidential candidate . One of the things that I recall was about eleven o'clock one night I was sitting out in this big area near the elevator in the Conrad

Oral history transcript, Bruce Palmer, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, and was inside the Eighty-second bridgehead, and he withdrew unexpectedly during the night. Because what they had hoped was that Wessin y Wessin might fill in this gap. But that didn't happen; Wessin y Wessin pulled back and he went back to San Ysidro, where

Oral history transcript, Rufus Phillips, interview 1 (I), 3/4/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

." G: I was about to ask-- P: And he said, Warfare]. II I'm (Laughter) Well , here's Paul Linebarger's book on it [Psychological Read it and then try to figure out how you might apply something to the Vietnamese situation." So I studied

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 15 (XV), 6/23/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

forget the shock when McClellan read his opening statement at the hearings. What they didn't realize was I had written it. was a real olive branch. Johnson sold it to them. It McClellan didn't know I had written it, he just knew that Johnson had

Oral history transcript, Cyrus Vance, interview 3 (III), 3/9/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

the matter further; I talked to the President about it again, I believe, on Monday and Tuesday; and on Wednesday when I went back to New York, he asked me if I would call him that night after I had had a chance to talk to my wife and to my partners and let

Oral history transcript, Hector Garcia, interview 1 (I), 7/9/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

, not necessarily as a Mexican-American organization, although then by necessity we were working on veteran's education. And then I got to know the schools and the educational system of the basic educational courses, so that night we decided we'd go ahead and get

Oral history transcript, John A. Schnittker, interview 1 (I), 11/21/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. In fact, the very day I was appointed there was a big reception at the White House planned for that night for the new appointees over the past year, and we were immediately brought into that. Then I would say there have been two or three lunches a year

Oral history transcript, Charles L. Schultze, interview 2 (II), 4/10/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

or the Quadriad or anything like that? S: To the best of my recollection we had not. And I'm almost positive, I'm virtually certain this came as a surprise to everybody. There may have been a few hours notice or maybe the night before notice, this sort

Oral history transcript, John Chancellor, interview 1 (I), 4/25/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

the convention for the campaign. So I missed him in one of his more colorful periods. I've realized that. I've read a lot about it. 2 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID

Oral history transcript, William F. Knowland, interview 1 (I), 3/23/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

and forth on the cables and communication networks than the appointment of a freshman senator. In any event, I didn't learn of my appointment [until]-- F: How did you receive the message? K: Well, I first heard of it by reading it in the army newspaper

Oral history transcript, C. Robert Perrin, interview 2 (II), 3/17/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

Oral history transcript, Walter Judd, interview 1 (I), 1/17/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

think we're dealing with this poor old dumb cluck, he doesn't know how to do anything, he's taking us in. It's just as plain as night but you can't get [inaudible] all it is. And same as I told you I think, I'm sure I did. The closing paragraph

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 31 (XXXI), 12/10/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was the only non-Cuban arrested that night. It's clear that when Mitchell issued his statement suggesting McCord was somebody he probably never heard of, it was in the midst of consternation in California. Obviously at this point I'm not aware of that. I made

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 1 (Ia), 12/12/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh December 12, 1968 B: This is the interview with George Reedy. Mr. Reedy, I think the starting place would be your knowledge of Congress when you were a correspondent, and I can read this into the record. You were born

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

government to try and coordinate their efforts, led to the choice of Mitchell Sviridoff at a meeting which took place in our home late into the night, and then subsequently led to launching the program. Then my wife, who had graduated law school before I did

Oral history transcript, Walter Judd, interview 3 (III), 1/17/89, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

think we're dealing with this poor old dumb cluck, he doesn't know how to do anything, he's taking us in. It's just as plain as night but you can't get [inaudible] all it is. And same as I told you I think, I'm sure I did. The closing paragraph

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

did those guys get on the committee--both on the same subcommittee, by the way-and what was their purpose in being on that subcommittee? Did he appoint them to ensure that utilities should be covered? I don't read it that way. You can't read

Oral history transcript, Norbert A. Schlei, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Robert Oliver, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

." As-hton . I said, So I went back up and spent from seven-thirty until eleven o'clock that night with him, still discussing this issue and outlining all the reasons that I thought he shouldn't vote wrong . And not so much on the issues of the bill

Oral history transcript, G. Mennen Williams, interview 1 (I), 3/8/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

shouldn't try to answer that, but I'm sure that it would appear that way. Because whatever Reuther was against you could read it a lot more quickly than you could read it in Woodcock. as the television indicated, we voted no, whether the District

Oral history transcript, Marie Wilson, interview 1 (I), 12/7/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Saturday-night highballs or beer or something. I thought, "What's all this smoking-drinking? What else is going to come up?" It was about at that point when, all of a sudden, Walter--I'm facing him and Walter's facing the door--leaped up to his feet

Oral history transcript, Roland Bibolet, interview 1 (I), 5/14/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

certainly gotten he would have to wear . newspapers in G: progression. I - 8 It certainly was a During his two years as his feet warm in all of the shoes that I would suppose if you'd go back and read the the next day, his name would have been

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

, for oral argument. But we did. And of course to get the most out of it, you'd have to read at least some of the briefs beforehand. So there's work to it. Tape 1 of 1, Side 2 S: I'd say, on the whole, the quality of advocacy was average or a little better

Oral history transcript, Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., interview 1 (I), 11/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

be. This This is what Why can't you give us , " or whatever it might I think that in that sense he saw those reports, and he used them in a constructive way. But I think, if he read them--as I am sure he did; I saw him read them--carefully, he also saw emerging

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 1 (I), 9/18/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, Kennedy chose to appear before the convention that night even though he was to formally accept the nomination at that stadium the following day or a couple of days later. But through this entire effort, we had had no serious contemplation of a running mate

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

no spares. Well, it was a very hectic night. I think I was the last person down from the tower although there might be a little bit of argument about that. I won't go into any detail, but Oppenheimer had gotten worried about nine o'clock the night before

Oral history transcript, Woodrow Bean, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

committees because they both said that they didn't want to be out at night. So you can see how I landed on the appropriations committee. F: Right. B: Well, I never will forget--in 1947 I was chairman of the subcommittee on higher education. Preston Smith

Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 5 (V), 8/16/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in the material I gave you on my first night, my first meeting with him up here, in which he said, "You ought to know how I feel about everything." And he toured the world and talked a lot about the prospects of war, which was on everybody's mind, all that sort

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

: Was this at night or in the afternoon? 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/exhibits/show/loh/oh 6 S

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 15 (XV), 11/20/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

went to my high school and addressed the student body informally, and we had a lot of fun. Then in the business section of the city, all the store windows were set up with O'Brien-type displays and posters. I remember a blackout that night prior

Oral history transcript, Boisfeuillet Jones, interview 1 (I), 6/17/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)

was much more "socialistic" than would have been true had they not been so violently opposed to a more moderate program in the beginning. B: That was a confusing issue at the time, at least to someone like myself just reading the newspapers. Did the AMA

Oral history transcript, Charles B. Lipsen, interview 1 (I), 6/13/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

these guys went out and just worked like hell for him. ;: . .. You had an anecdote you were going to tell. Yes. i: Yes. . .. If you get a chance, read Liz Carpenter's book. Did you read about men who make advances? Have you read

Oral history transcript, Dean Rusk, interview 3 (III), 1/2/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

RUSK INTERVIEWER: PAIGE E. MULHOLLAN DATE: January 2, 1970 Tape 1 of 2 M: This is our third session taking place on January 2, 1970. Let's begin, Mr. Secretary, with a couple of questions that have occurred to me in reading your prior transcripts, one

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

on short visits, in my opinion. Tape 1 of 2, Side 2 G: --in particular on how this trip influenced his thinking? J: I think he just felt like he had seen the place. He sort of had a feel for it. As far as anything else was concerned, I couldn't read

Oral history transcript, Orville Freeman, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

late at the Depart ment of Agriculture one night and having a staff conference. The telephone rang and it was the then Vice President Lyndon Johnson, and he said to me very sternly that looking over the records he was not at all satisfied

Oral history transcript, William Lewis and Margaret Chase Smith, interview 1 (I), 8/20/1975, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

disagreements, and we were quite. frank in talking them out. One of the last ones was when he was President. He had read something that I had been quoted as saying in the paper. I was down to a bipartisan leadership meeting, and Secretary Rusk was to present