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

, until we got two more judges. F: Now this put you in a new relationship with the now-Vice President Johnson, because you're not in a position where you can campaign anymore. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT

Oral history transcript, Sterling Tucker, interview 1 (I), 4/21/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of the administrative and programming problems, planning problems, that a new organization would obviously face--particularly one where these young people would not have had this kind of experience before. B: Did you have any kind of continuing contact with individuals

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth Johnson, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1986, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

of those things. You were supposed to be teaching some of the new methods of something else. He also had prayer and the pledge of allegiance. We did that every day. The children all went outside when they put up.the flag. Instead ofputting it up, the Texas

Oral history transcript, Paul Henry Nitze, interview 3 (III), 12/26/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

for. Subsequently in 1967 it became clear that the art had progressed to a point where you could design a new plane which could get for the navy what it wanted. By that time it was going to cost more, but that's what we're doing now--we're going down the route

Oral history transcript, Wilbur Mills, interview 3 (III), 5/15/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, yes. G: --which was first mentioned in the State of the Union [Message]. M: I was never opposed to it. What I wanted to do was to see if we couldn't balance the budget. I didn't want that additional money to be spent for new things, because he

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 18 (XVIII), 6/12/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, which had to have something by about three or four o'clock in the afternoon. So we developed a little technique. I, or anybody that I could get to do it, would figure out some sort of a news lead and write out about eight paragraphs, sometimes less than

Oral history transcript, Louis Shanks, interview 1 (I), 8/20/1987, by Gina Gianzero (Item)

. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Shanks -- I -- 2 borrowed seventy-five dollars to pay down on a brand new Ford, a six-hundred-ninetyfive-dollar Ford--that's

Oral history transcript, William P. Bundy, interview 2 (II), 5/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

as a change of policy . That we were doing what was necessary, that was the policy ; that this was just a couple of new things we were doing, but it wasn't a change of policy . effect, to mute the whole thing . him into that . He wanted, in I don't know

Oral history transcript, Mary Margaret Wiley Valenti, interview 7 (VII), 9/21/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

can remember seeing he signed his name in one of those— G: Okay, and then May [April?] 25 he went out to Kansas City to see Truman, and then on to New York to see “Advise and Consent.” V: I didn't see that though. It says here, I notice where

Oral history transcript, Anita P. Winters, interview 2 (II), 4/24/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

at me all the time to be sure that [inaudible]. He fussed at all his friends, [inaudible] G: Do you recall when you learned he had had his fatal heart attack? How you got that news? MW: Television. W: Were we here? We were here at the house or were we

Oral history transcript, Edward M. Kennedy, interview 3 (III), 1/21/70, by by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in history. F: You would say then that he lived up to the question of continuity of the New Frontier ideals? K: I felt so, very strongly in the domestic programs--commitment to these areas which had been a subject of the campaign of 1960, had been

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 13 (XIII), 11/17/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was it? On the first of November, on Monday morning, the New York Times ran this story about LBJ is "sputtering mad," and he called me. Even at the time it was amusing; I had a hard time keeping a straight face. He was chewing my ass out, furious about this story. He

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 56 (LVI), 11/21/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and there's a recall of this, or that, or you get the notice in the mail from your auto dealer. In those days, those recalls were devastating. They were big; they were front-page news often. That was what we regarded as the real deterrent. We also had

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 61 (LXI), 1/19/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

there any trades that you recall? C: No. It was just pure heat. I'm sure I talked to the [New York] Times editorial people, the [Washington] Post. It was a full-court press. G: Patriotism and-- LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL

Oral history transcript, J.Willis Hurst, interview 4 (IV), 2/27/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of [John J.] Rooney, maybe from New York-- G: That's right. Brooklyn, I think. H: --was on the trip. Now, the reason President Johnson had asked him, at least as I 4 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 2 (II), 8/24/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, 1971 INTERVIEWEE: WALTER JENKINS INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: Mr. Jenkins' office, Austin, Texas Tape 1 of 1 F: Let's start today with a little talk about Johnson as a Senate majority leader operating to bring new senators

Oral history transcript, Anthony Buford, interview 1 (I), 6/20/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Busch and August A. Busch, Jr., and I went to New York and took this contribution of ten thousand dollars, which was made up of the various members of the family. While we were in New York, of course we had an appointment, and we met Mr. Garner and Sam

Oral history transcript, W. Ervin James, interview 1 (I), 2/17/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. G: How did they get the application through? J: Royls application got hung up because they passed a regulation at the FCC, because of the need of strategic materials, that no one would be permitted to build a new radio station using strategic

Oral history transcript, Carroll Keach, interview 1 (I), April 1963, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)

but I don’t remember any particular slogan that we had on it. I think it just had “Lyndon Johnson for Congress” and that sort of thing. G: Was there any particular theme? K: Of course he was extremely interested and in favor of the New Deal. G: Did

Oral history transcript, Stuart Symington, interview 1 (I), 10/6/1976, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

believer in air power, solid. In those days, before the nuclear submarines, air power was by far the important weapon. He and The missile picture was just beginning to develop. r, for example, were very strong for the B-70, the new bomber proposed

Oral history transcript, Jerry Voorhis, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

first taken office. I can remember very vividly the fact that my dear friend, Maury Maverick, who was then the congressman from Bexar County in the San Antonio district, introduced me to this young new Texan. As I recall it, Maury took him down

Oral history transcript, Paul D. Harkins, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

you very much." G: Oh, my. H: So he went back and reported. I guess that was in December or it was in late fall, and on New Year's Eve, I got a call. He said, "Be prepared to go to Washington on the day after New Years." I said, "For what?" He

Oral history transcript, Will R. Rogers, interview 1 (I), 10/9/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

was ....• going to put in ..... had to. build a ·schoolhouse. You see, at that time, the school was under the supervision of the City, and the schoolhouse was about to fall down and we had to build a new schoolhouse. And then's when I think the first real
campaign style; New Deal System; summary

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth Shoumatoff, interview 1 (I), 11/3/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, 1973 I NTERVI EloJEE: MADAME ELIZABETH SHOUMATOFF INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: Her home on Long Island, Locust Valley, New York Tape 1 of 1 F: Suppose you tell me at the beginning how you got to be a president's portrait painter. S: You

Oral history transcript, Frank F. Mankiewicz, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

a syndicated colwmi.st. r thought I would just .begin by introducing you and then at the end of that, you can add whatever you'd like to it. You were born in 1924 in New York City. In 1947 you received a B.A. I from U.C.L.A. and in 1948 received a Master

Oral history transcript, Emma Guffy Miller, interview 1 (I), 2/12/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

on as the leader in the Senate. You know how close that was? Javits? We were in the gallery. The New York candidate--was it Javits was outside the gallery behind LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson

Oral history transcript, Richard E. Neustadt, interview 1 (I), undated, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

, that the President knew what he was doing. Since the critical discussion would be with the new British government, and our government had 10 get itself in order on this issue after the election, I went down for about six weeks starting in the middle of October

Oral history transcript, Ralph G. Newman, interview 1 (I), 9/2/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. M: Someone else, an Edna Ferber, can have you work on their papers or give them away, and there's a limited interest. But anything a presi- dent has done at any point in his life is a subject of news and can be a subject of either friendly or very

Oral history transcript, H.A. (Tony) Ziegler, interview 2 (II), 2/14/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, they couldn't let NYA pay for somebody doing some job, then if the school had been paying for him, pay the one the school had been paying for off. It was to create new jobs. That's the big LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY

Oral history transcript, H.S. Hank Brown, interview 1 (I), 6/8/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

been defeated and this new man [Paul] Kilday certainly did not meet with our feeling even though I found out later that the then-president of the AF of L had supported and wrote every union member a letter asking for Maury Maverick's defeat because he

Oral history transcript, Margaret (Mrs. Jack) Carter, interview 1 (I), 8/19/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

in the liberal journals of opinion. So I discovered the Nation and the New Republic in college and began to be interested in seeing the country come out of the Depression, so that the opportunities of many people were enlarged. (Interruption) M: Now, you were
Background in politics and participating in the New Deal; Democratic party state machinery in Texas; 1956 Democrat Party convention; role of Texas Democrats in national conventions and elections

Oral history transcript, James U. Cross, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1970, by Arthur J. Mayer (Item)

was selected to be the pilot for that particular trip as we had just gotten some new jets called the Lockheed C-140 Jetstar, built in Marietta, Georgia. We made the trip; it was successful, although we had some bad weather and some other problems

Oral history transcript, W. Sherman Birdwell, Jr., interview 2 (II), 10/21/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

County. F: Reached all the way down there . B: After Mr . Lyndon Johnson had been secretary for about four years, Or all the way up here . this was the beginning of the Roosevelt Administration, and they established many of the New Deal programs

Oral history transcript, Mary Margaret Wiley Valenti, interview 3 (III), 5/2/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, and perhaps that quality may have been exaggerated to some extent. Maybe it was in comparison to her husband [that she was considered cultured]. G: Okay. Now before we turned on the tape we had talked about the trip to New York and going to the make-up

Oral history transcript, Cyrus Vance, interview 2 (II), 12/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

seeing something on page ten of the New York Times that morning--nothing on the front page--so that I was really quite surprised to hear from Nick that the situation was as serious as it appeared to be. As we talked further he indicated to me

Oral history transcript, James E. Webb, interview 1 (I), 4/29/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of appreciation to Senator Kerr for his services to the state. Don Cook of the American [Electric Service Power Corp]--of the utility of New York--the man, whom Mr. Johnson asked to be Secretary of the Treasury, was speaking, and I was at the head table

Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 11 (XI), 2/27/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

on the program. We scored a touchdown on this particular program on the last day of the Johnson Administration, by getting an executive order issued, which did create the commission, but which left the appointment of its members to the new president, so

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 21 (XXI), 8/10/1981-8/11/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

a memory of our good friend Helen Gahagan Douglas getting tarred with that brush, most undeservedly. She was a spirited fighter for all the New Deal legislation and the things that later made up Lyndon's Great Society legislation. But she was a patriotic
of the country's rubber plants; a trip to New York City with LBJ's relatives; Warren Woodward and Horace Busby joining LBJ's staff; Soviet control of the occupation zone in Germany; LBJ's first television appearance and why he was a less effective speaker

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 39 (XXXIX), 12/20/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

) David Ginsburg. I must have gone--actually I went to Spring Lake, New Jersey, to see my parents, or my children, that Saturday, and David Ginsburg sent the statement down to the President for Ackley to issue. The President okayed that. We issued

Oral history transcript, John P. Roche, interview 1 (I), 7/16/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

for John Kennedy, I thought Bob Kennedy a little shit. w~s We had almost had a couple of fist fights in the course of ten years, one being in 1960 when I wrote an article in the New Republic before the election saying, "Everybody's sitting around passing

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