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Oral history transcript, Andrew J. Goodpaster, interview 1 (I), 6/21/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was organize tbe work so chat the President would simply be involved in the decision process itself and the labor of reading voluminous reports, of analyzing the issues, that 2 , ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID

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

overheard with the same gestures. That was considerably harsher, considerably to the point where it convinced me that that would be one man in the world that I'd never want to work for. M: I've heard this, and I've read about this. It has somewhat

Oral history transcript, Robert Vincent Roosa, interview 1 (I), 4/21/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

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

with the landing anyway. The landing force was supposed to have air cover during the landings which meant that they had to take off around midnight in Central America to get up there by daylight. And the night before, this air cover was called off because

Oral history transcript, George Jacobson, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

at all. He used to take a stack of material down on the beach and sit there with one yeoman and read what had to be acted upon and dictate the answer right now, and out it went. He didn't even proofread it. He just dictated the answer

Oral history transcript, William J. Connell, interview 1 (I), 3/18/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Oral history transcript, Lawson B. Knott, Jr., interview 1 (I), 4/21/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

don't think he was. I had no contact with him in a work relation- ship until the appointment. My working relationships with the President were through others, and it was through others that I think he was ultimately persuaded to appoint me. I'd read

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

/exhibits/show/loh/oh -18- At the rally he had that night in Boston, there was a big overflow rally with thousands outside unable to get in. And he had evidenced by his leadership in the Senate a refreshing and courageous, progressive leadership

Oral history transcript, William S. White and June White, interview 3 (III), 7/21/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Robert Short, interview 1 (I), 8/22/1979, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

let them in for ten dollars and filled up all those seats." Pretty good idea. F: Well, I had him as a speaker once, and it was a-- S: We raised about eight hundred thousand dollars. In that one night. In one function. That was unheard of in those

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth Wickenden Goldschmidt, interview 1 (I), 11/6/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was for the NYA, because he had been closer to it. r noticed, incidentally, in reading today's paper that Carey, our new governor, was an NYA boy, got through college on the NYA. After a certain amount of time, we had a great many members of Congress who had

Oral history transcript, E. Ernest Goldstein, interview 2 (II), 12/10/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

think I've done anything with it-I've read all the reports that have come out of the FCC: been in to see me about it. nobody has As a copyright lawyer, I was shocked at the Supreme Court's decision in the Fortnightly case, for which Justice Fortas

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 9 (IX), 4/9/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to it as a horror story. It became more unfair and more of a horror story as the years went on. But it was scary, the Republicans were saying, "Why are you scaring the children of America?Kids see that spot. This is terrible. They can't sleep at night. They're

Oral history transcript, James M. Quigley, interview 1 (I), 10/25/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

a small contribution to some day and sit down and hear and read some of the comments of the people who were on the inside. You know, I've read stories about the role that Mr. Sam played in that; the role that Dave Lawrence, mayor of Pittsburgh

Oral history transcript, Dean Rusk, interview 2 (II), 9/26/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

officer on his staff who kept him briefed on the daily reports from Viet Nam. So I would say that he had full information.He did make a trip to Viet Nam, as you will recall, and the historian will have a chance to read his full report on that trip. M

Oral history transcript, James Adler, interview 1 (I), 2/23/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Kentucky. Of course, the President was familiar, from his campaigning, with West Virginia, and East Kentucky was described in these articles as being markedly more impoverished and the conditions worse than in West Virginia. When President Kennedy read

Oral history transcript, Joseph W. Barr, interview 4 (IV), 6/10/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. (Interruption) G: Anything on that speech now that you've read over it? B: Yes, I remember writing it. Those were my interests. I think my interests were much broader than merely just regulating banks, and at that time, the banking system was not faced

Oral history transcript, Dwight A. Ink, interview 1 (I), 2/5/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

which was to revamp the Office of Education in sixty days. When they called me from the White House that night, I had not heard the Announcement--I knew nothing about the sixty days, I agreed to do the job. The next morning I saw in the papers that I

Oral history transcript, Mary D. Keyserling, interview 1 (I), 10/22/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

at the award dinner, but that my appointment would not be. The President made a wonderful speech. To my surprise, when the President read his list of appointees, my name was among them. I was on deck a few days thereafter, and these years with the Women's

Oral history transcript, Alan L. Dean, interview 2 (II), 3/13/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

maintain any kind of productivity. hours a day at the office. I spend from eleven to twelve I usually put in a six-day week. also a fair amount of weekend and night reading. ing return point to which I am quite sensitive. There is There is a diminish

Oral history transcript, H. Ralph Taylor, interview 1 (I), 3/25/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

~ In I took courses in land economics and several courses in planning, planning principles--not the drafting board type courses but the concept courses and reading courses. I wanted to work in the housing area. I came down to Washington looking

Oral history transcript, Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., interview 1 (I), 10/30/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. Dick Gregory was out there; in fact, I think I helped get him out of jail not too long ago. He'll never know that, but-- These poor Indians had a treaty that, as far as I am concerned, on any fair reading was designed to give them rights to fish

Oral history transcript, Ivan Sinclair, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that for granted. F: And you worked. S: Yes, sir. F: Did you go home that night? S: As I recall, I think I did go home about three or four o'clock. I came back very early the next morning. F: Did you get involved at all in the funeral? S: No, sir. F

Oral history transcript, John P. (Gen.) McConnell, interview 1 (I), 8/14/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

of their own choice and rule themselves as they please to do, without any interference from outside sources, including the United States. That hasn't yet been achieved, but I believe it is still the present administration's policy, from what I read. haven't

Oral history transcript, Burke Marshall, interview 1 (I), 10/28/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

contacts. Was that difficult? Could you find easily in all of these cases--I dislike using the term native, residents of the area who could and would assist you? M: Yes, we always did, even in Mississippi. B: Again, from reading Walter Lord's book, I

Oral history transcript, George McCarthy, interview 1 (I), 4/22/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

they would assign enrollees. They were taking enrollees in and not properly screening them for where they would put them into the training program, what level they would put them in, what their reading levels were, what their arithmetic or math levels were

Oral history transcript, Donald C. Cook, interview 1 (I), 6/30/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

, vigorous years--in which I know he was working night and day, Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, . nothing stood in LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More

Oral history transcript, Wayne Aspinall, interview 1 (I), 6/14/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (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 ASPINALL -- I -- 21 that at the dinner table that night, and my son' said, "Well, Dad

Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 5 (V), 5/2/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

always trying to gerrymander Mr. Rayburn's district, to put him in a district where they could defeat him, which was dumb. look at the big picture. tive [press]. But they don't They believe what they read in the conserva- Your papers were totally

Oral history transcript, Kenneth M. Birkhead, interview 1 (I), 1/10/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)

it actually than pretty much what I had read in the newspapers and the kind of gossip you picked up around the Democratic National Committee and the White House. I had no personal knowledge of it. Ba: Do you know if Mr. Truman interested himself

Oral history transcript, C. Robert Perrin, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

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

to keep him from taking the U.S. Senate seat here in Washington. We had some very exciting moments on election day, election night particularly, LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral

Oral history transcript, Jack Hood Vaughn, interview 1 (I), 12/4/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: I would think the social demands would be killing. V: They are. And, for example, during the Dominican crisis in the early days I didn't go home at all on many occasions. And I would very seldom get out before ten or ten-thirty at night which

Oral history transcript, John V. Singleton, Jr., interview 2 (II), 7/15/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, George L. Mehren, interview 1 (I), 2/18/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

, as well as in things like AID, OEO, some of the HEW programs. B: In thi s area of hunger and food for the poor, it seems, to sort of an outsider just reading the papers and all, that the Agriculture Department LBJ Presidential Library http

Oral history transcript, C. Farris Bryant, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

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

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

been appointed FAA administrator, and that Halaby's resignation had been accepted. Jeeb Halaby read that on the ticker. M: That was the first he knew about his own resignation? D: That was the first he knew about it. of how things can really go

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

of is in the opposite direction. It was a pOSition, I'm sure, that the President read beacuse he was, you know, LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library

Oral history transcript, James C. Gaither, interview 5 (V), 5/12/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

' attention. Was there a tendency to focus only on the Community Action Programs that created controversy? JG: Oh, absolutely. I mean, that was good news. the country a lot. Just read the newspaper. You travel around It's those wonderful exciting