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Oral history transcript, Michael E. DeBakey, interview 1 (I), 6/29/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

to improve our ability to deal with these very severe, serious problems that have caused so much death and so much disability and so much suffering? You could see he felt this, you know. He made you feel that he felt this, and he hoped that we would feel

Oral history transcript, Floyd E. Dominy, interview 1 (I), 11/14/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Georgia Cammack Edgeworth, interview 1 (I), 12/17/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

things that I can remember there. and I don't think we did. We didn't I hope we didn't, Of course, I just think myself that it was just a typical town. G: Were there divisions within the community such as those who favored prohibition and those who

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

Oral history transcript, Thomas K. Finletter, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

, but in general. M: Do you think it's realistic to hope that NATO--Iet's say the Vietnam War ends in the reasonable future--do you think it's reasonable to expect that they will be able to concert policy outside of Europe? F: Yes, I think it is possible

Oral history transcript, Eilene M. Galloway, interview 1 (I), 5/18/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Sim Gideon, interview 1 (I), 3/21/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

Oral history transcript, Eric Tolmach, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

Oral history transcript, George Wallace, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

remember him making a statement one time that, "Of course I hope I don't see some of these things we're going to tell you in the paper tomorrow. I'm sure I can trust the chief execu- tives of the states, and if you can't trust them, I don't know who you

Oral history transcript, Harfield Weedin, interview 1 (I), 2/24/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

showed only Lyndon was shaking hands with the President and the President was smiling. That's what we used all throughout the [campaign], a huge backdrop. At this certain point in my narration-- whoever is listening to this thing, I hope they read

Oral history transcript, Daniel O. Graham, interview 2 (II), 11/8/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

MACV was talking about. G: Do you know what became of him? DG: No, I don't know. I don't know whether that man's alive or not. hope he is, but I'm not sure. I A guy who would know would be Colonel LBJ Presidential Library http

Oral history transcript, Richard M. Helms, interview 1 (I), 4/4/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Agency was organized, or how the intelligence community was organized. produce the goods. He expected me to When I produced them, which I think I did with regularity, he never asked any questions about where they came from. We had hoped to get him out

Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 1 (I), 9/9/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, and I finished law school in 1934 when the New Deal was really getting under way. I came to Washington to be law clerk to Mr. Justice Holmes and stayed with him until his death in I think March, 1935. I had hoped to go back west to practice law

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

. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh McCONNELL -- I -- 26 McC: Good. I hope it works this time. McS: The following part of this tape has been transferred from

Oral history transcript, Samuel V. Merrick, interview 1 (I), 9/28/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Karl E. Mundt, interview 1 (I), 9/21/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

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

a mistake, the idea--at least the idea that some of us hoped would come about--would be that the Civil Guard would become that territorial force. They never did. So it left a security vacuum out in the countryside, too. So you had two things that happened

Oral history transcript, Rutherford M. Poats, interview 1 (I), 11/18/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Oral history transcript, Albert H. Quie, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

Oral history transcript, Boyd L. Rasmussen, Jerry O'Callaghan, and Irving Senzel, group interview 1 (I), 1/16/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Edward C. Welsh, interview 1 (I), 7/18/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

: Incidentally, I must insert here into the record, it is now July 18, 1969, and Apollo 11 is right now a little more than halfway on its way to what we hope will be the first moon landing [Apollo 11 did land on the moon]. W: Yes, it is more than halfway

Oral history transcript, John Wildenthal, interview 1 (I), 3/14/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of speeches would be delivered are~ much in advance with the extracts already predigested into a news story form with the things lifted out so that the lazy ones wouldn't have to bother to write up a new story. They also had some hope that it would

Oral history transcript, James W. Wilson, interview 1 (I), 2/26/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

could go if I wante~ to at the last minue, but I decided not to go, because, very frankly, I saw no hope whatsoever of his being . . . F: Were you in Washington when the convention was held, or were you here? W: I was in Washington. F: What

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

twenty letters that I can do fast, and I might have ten letters that I'm going to have to allow a lot of time on. don't mean anything. Numbers of letters If you're just transmitting something, say: "Dear Friend, here's your report. I hope live been

Oral history transcript, Clement J. Zablocki, interview 1 (I), 1/16/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 10 (X), 6/25/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, it was a very close election. Then the climate is different, because you went into that election night basically accepting defeat. There was little hope for victory though the polls had narrowed in the last seventy-two hours. We were talking about personal

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 14 (XIV), 9/11/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and a recognition of the need for continuity and [he hoped I would] stay on. The result was [my agreement] to stay on for that session and that we would not discuss the matter any further. So there was no discussion and we went about our business. We were sitting

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 22 (XXII), 1/8/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in committee and may have taken the whole damn preamble out. I hope so. God, I would have had trouble voting for the bill with that preamble, even though I know it didn't have any force of law. G: Did LBJ feel that the administration had not done sufficient

Oral history transcript, Alfred Rosenthal, interview 1 (I), 10/29/2010, by Claudia Anderson (Item)

Oral history transcript, Dean Rusk, interview 4 (IV), 3/8/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Oral history transcript, Lester R. Brown, interview 1 (I), 11/4/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. If it succeeds and develops as we hope it will, then it will more and more become the coordinating point for total U .S . involvement in this area . THB : Have you received any indication of any other direct or indirect presidential interest in any other

Oral history transcript, Omar Burleson, interview 1 (I), 10/3/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

- ledge that the then President Kennedy had hoped to be an ameliorating influence in the State . M: He could help with the so-called liberal faction? B: Yes, and he had a great respect and following in the other faction a s we know it now. During M

Oral history transcript, Warren I. Cikins, interview 1 (I), 5/12/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

else happens I would hope that the world would know that Clarence Mitchell of the NAACP did an awesome job for the 1968 Housing Act of singlehandedly firming up the entire United States Senate to go forward on that. It was an awesome demon- stration

Oral history transcript, Matthew B. Coffey, interview 1 (I), 11/14/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

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

in setting about to accomplish it. I never had the feeling at any time that he engaged in any arm-twisting or put any special or undue pressure on me. I had the feeling that he simply made known what it was that he wanted and expressed certain hopes

Oral history transcript, Chester L. Cooper, interview 3 (III), 8/7/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Oral history transcript, William J. Crockett, interview 2 (II), 8/19/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. were all So he took this occasion to be associated with it . I hope- his statements saved, his press statements and his speeches? � � � LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral

Oral history transcript, William B. Dale, interview 1 (I), 2/25/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Oral history transcript, Jonathan Daniels, interview 1 (I), 3/6/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

at that time what so many felt, that nominating a .outherner was just out of the ball park. F: Just not anything you could think about. D: Yes. F: Did you get any impression from the candidate before the convention that he held any hope, or was he quiet

Oral history transcript, Sam Fore, Oliver Bruck, Dan Quill, & William S. White, group interview 2 (II), 1/20/1965, by Douglass Cater (Item)

you.” He said, “We have got any binities between us anyway but I hope you will reconsider that. I mean that sincerely. I believe I am going to have to have you and I want you to accept that on this basis. I think the party and your country needs you