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Oral history transcript, Frank Stanton, interview 3 (III), 8/26/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

represented the President in negotiations, with me at least, about both the book and the television interviews. G: Whose idea was it to have a series of television interviews? S: Mine. G: Let me ask you to describe your reasoning, what you hoped

Oral history transcript, Richard G. Stilwell, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

to gain, that we were on the right track and we were now very definitely sidetracked. Sadness. Did you ever have a chance to interview him? G: Yes. S: Good. Well, I hope I'm reflecting fairly accurately his view on this one. G: How did

Oral history transcript, Joseph C. Swidler, interview 2 (II), 7/11/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, instructing the President in his duties and accusing the commission and its chairman, in particular, of dishonesty. The charges were a part of a leave-taking that he hoped would make some points that he hadn't been able to make while he served

Oral history transcript, Lee C. White, interview 5 (V), 11/2/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 19 President, which can consist of anything from the largest watermelon grown in Hope, Arkansas, to grandma crocheting for six weeks--who

Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 1 (I), 10/21/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

kind of prestige standpoint; the salary was really quite inadequate in comparison with private income--something I hope will be fixed, incidentally, when this new commission will recommend salaries in the executive branch; I really think it's important

"LBJ as I Knew Him," by Mildred Stegall (Item)

be some unanswered mail left over from the day before he would go in early the next morning, dictate the mail which he had found by going through the desk drawers. He would then leave the dictated mail on top of the desks hoping that would make his staff

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 7 (VII), 6/17/1970, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Califano -- VII -- 11 through this. Shultz was briefed and thought about it, and said he thought it was a great idea and he hoped Bill would do it. Because it was controversial

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 45 (XLV), 5/23/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

their wageprice guideposts, but that we'd get them to warn the Council of Economic Advisers at any time that when it looked like troublesome settlements where it might be coming down the road or troublesome requests and we hoped that would work. [William] Simkin

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 58 (LVIII), 12/13/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

on auto emissions. Clean air was a big thing. Exploring the ocean depths. I hope somebody, some guy, some day writes a book about this stuff. We continue with the National Park System. We added about eight to ten rivers as scenic rivers. We wanted

Oral history transcript, Cecille Harrison Marshall, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: I hope I've added a little bit to your record. with you. G: Thank you. [End of Tape 1 of 1 and Interview I] I've enjoyed talking LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral

Oral history transcript, Joseph J. Sisco, interview 1 (I), 11/6/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

by the President were :indi vidu als of grea t statu re. There fore, they were indiv idua ls who took the job in hopes that, from that parti cula r vantage poin t, they would have an opportuni ty to influence policy. There is no doubt that there can' t be two

Oral history transcript, Jerry Holleman, interview 1 (I), 4/19/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

convention was at Chicago. M: Did he think and did you think that he had any chance? H: No. We thought he had no chance. He didn't think he had a chance. But it seems that at the last minute he began to get some hope We were never quite sure what

Oral history transcript, India Edwards, interview 1 (I), 2/4/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Victor Ferrari, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1991, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

with little hope of it ever being used again. his sorrow and departed. He expressed That kind of news was always depressing. Eddie and I were anxious to start moving. There was also concern stay- ing in one place too long could possibly end up

Oral history transcript, Edward R. Fried, interview 1 (I), 4/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 25 M: Taking a permanent junior partnership. F: Exactly. And that's not an easy thing to do politically. very sensible. M: I hope so. F: Right. Now, it's I mean

Oral history transcript, William H. Stewart, interview 1 (I), 12/2/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

which we're most enthusiastic about and the other is physicians. You see very few cigarettes smoked in the medical meetings anymore. effort in the future. We hope we can make more We think the attitude is beginning to change. M: All right, what's

Oral history transcript, Raymond L. Telles, Jr., interview 1 (I), 3/1/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Lewis Blaine Hershey, interview 1 (I), 11/22/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

sure they were trying to help me on this ruckus we got into, this sit-in up in Michigan. M: That was the first one, wasn't it? H: That's where it started. The Ann Arbor draft board thing? And, of course, they hoped that I wasn't going to keep

Oral history transcript, Curtis LeMay, interview 1 (I), 6/28/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

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

Oral history transcript, Gerald N. McAllister, interview 1 (I), 10/18/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

, the next day. No, it wasn't-- I'll tell you there was a mixup on the thing, because they had hoped to be able to make the announcement for the Sunday papers because of the fact that they have such wide distribution as compared with the daily papers

Oral history transcript, John McCormack, interview 1 (I), 9/23/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

was John F. Kennedy for President, Lyndon B. Johnson for VicePresident. I thought that was the one ticket that could go to the people of the country with the strongest hope of a Democratic success. B: At this point, had you communicated that to Mr

Oral history transcript, Dale Miller and Virginia "Scooter" Miller, interview 1 (I), 8/26/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

on. She did her best. What did she talk about mainly? VN: She talked about the political issues and what her husband had done, and what her husband hoped to do. F: Yes. Wl: We 11, rvlrs. Johnson, we hoped, rested. And of course, she had a record

Oral history transcript, Eugene M. Zuckert, interview 1 (I), 3/18/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

, which kept us busy. The next real contact that I remember was in the campaign of 1960 when I was working for Senator Symington. It was Symington and Johnson and somebody else, who were hoping to be [nominated]. I forget. M: [Adlai] Stevenson. Z

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 11 (XI), 12/20/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to Johnson that he give an interview to Pearson or discuss it with him in the hopes of getting a positive policy. R: Yes, there had been quite a running feud between Pearson and Johnson, which arose out of the--oh, it began before I went to work for Johnson

Oral history transcript, James Roosevelt, interview 1 (I), 8/16/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Oscar L. Chapman, interview 1 (I), 8/15/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Edward P. Cliff, interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

comtemplated--or hoped--that the state will donate those three state parks to the federal government for addition to the national parks.; Then most of the rest of the land I which connects up these three state parks--I guess all of it--was privately owned

Oral history transcript, James P. Coleman, interview 1 (I), 4/29/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

the manusc:ipt when it was over, autographed it and gave it to me to give to my son, my boy, who is now thirty-one years old and who is now the district attorney in this district, following in my footsteps. F: I hope I'm not bragging when I state it like

Oral history transcript, Everett D. Collier, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

bet that he did not tell you. G: Well, that could be. C: But I do not see any reason--I would think that George would want to ask Mrs. Johnson first. But I would hope that Mrs. Johnson would permit LBJ Presidential Library http

Oral history transcript, John Sherman Cooper, interview 1 (I), 3/11/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

] very curious circumstances--I hope I don't take too much time-G: Oh, no. This is fine. C: --under which I met him. I had a very good friend I had been in college with who lived in Tyler, Texas. [His] name was Watson Wise. LBJ Presidential

Oral history transcript, Harry Ashmore, interview 1 (I), 1/31/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Institutions. We were putting on a big international convocation in New York, which was coming up the following year, where we hoped to bring the Russians in. In fact we did finally bring the Russians in, and a lot of people from the UN; it was sort of held

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

' supporters, the real conservative right, wanted to get rid of Lyndon Johnson, and Allan Shivers was their great hope. But it shows you the genius of Johnson, and I don't know Shivers so I don't know his political genius, but the fact

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

Oral history transcript, Fleur Cowles, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

Oral history transcript, Lucius D. Battle, interview 3 (III), 9/15/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Oral history transcript, Harold W. Horowitz, interview 1 (I), 2/23/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

remember, but I'm sure I must have asked somebody at some point, "Is it all right if I show this draft to the people at HEW?" answer, if I asked that question, was "of course." I hope the This should be done well, and. . . • G: Was there any general

Oral history transcript, Don Hummel, interview 2 (II), 1/13/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krock, interview 1 (I), 11/21/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

the nepotism that was going on. The kind of thing you would do if you were to make, were making what you hoped was a satirical speech. And then I went into a little about Johnson's restlessness and unhappiness in his job, and the endless effort to find

Oral history transcript, Raymond H. Lapin, interview 1 (I), 11/21/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

benefit from a government job that these things are done; I think it's a very bad system, and it should be improved. I hope people speak up about it, because 1-M: Well, in your case, it was a-- L: My stock was in one corporation--Transamerica