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Oral history transcript, Drew Pearson, interview 1 (I), 4/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

! Bill Fulbright and I did a little maneuvering in opposition to him, but he won, as usual. But he was pretty sore at me for a long while there. F: Were you aware of any special circumstances why Richard Russell, who was more or less responsible for his

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

think that he elected John Kennedy; as a matter of fact I know he did. Without him, I don't think Kennedy would have been elected. Of course, without Mayor [Richard] Daley, he wouldn't have been elected either. (Laughter) But Johnson lent some balance
-raising for Humphrey in Texas; possible Democratic presidential nominees for 1980; Humphrey's refusal to publicize information about Anna Chennault's dealings with Richard Nixon and the South Vietnamese government in 1968; Democratic Party finances

Oral history transcript, A.M. "Sandy" Keith, interview 1 (I), 8/20/1979, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

a good deal over the years. But, anyhow, the ticket ran very well in Minnesota. We beat [Richard] Nixon rather decisively, whereas we had, eight years later, more trouble. F: Explain to me, for a minute, the DFL. Is it consistently liberal, or does

Oral history transcript, Stewart L. Udall, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

had. But as I looked at the landscape, Stevenson had been defeated twice. I felt this was fatal. Our problem was to oust the incumbent Administration, to beat Richard Nixon at that time, who obviously had the advantages that the ins had. I felt

Oral history transcript, Marshall McNeil, interview 1 (I), 6/11/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that that was one of the reasons that President Johnson disliked Richard Nixon, because of his campaign against Helen Gahagan Douglas. M: I hope that was the reason, but he sure as hell didn't like him. But after a man becomes president and he still lives [after

Oral history transcript, Richard H. Nelson, interview 1 (I), 7/20/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: RICHARD H. NELSON INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE· PLACE: Mr. Nelson's office, New York City Tape 1 of 3 G: Let's start with your association with the Peace Corps. How did you get involved with that? N: I had met Bill Moyers and Sarge
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Oral history transcript, Richard H. Nelson, interview 1 (I), 7/20/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
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Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 16 (XVI), 9/13/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

advance exploration. But for some reason he just cut himself off from almost everybody that could have given him any decent advice on it. G: [Richard] Russell referred to this tactic as procedure in the Senate. 11 a lynching of orderly 11 R: Right
; LBJ announces; the Addison's Disease story; national convention in Los Angeles’ LBJ accepts the VP nomination; Rayburn and Nixon; Connally and LBJ; RFK; Acapulco trip; LBJ’s contribution to the ticket; the Jewish vote; the Adolphus Hotel incident

Oral history transcript, Mary Margaret Wiley Valenti, interview 2 (II), 2/28/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: No. G: Okay. Anything on any of the visitors? I think Vice President Nixon visited one day. V: I remember Bill Rogers coming to see him. G: Anything in particular on that? V: No, just he was very handsome; that's what I noticed. (Laughter) G

Oral history transcript, John Henry Faulk, interview 1 (I), 12/15/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

; Senator [Richard] Russell from Georgia and Senator [Theodore] Green, an old gentleman about two thousand years old from Rhode Island, and Hubert Humphrey on the balls of his feet, bouncing. At any rate, I was a sensational hit and Senator Johnson was just
and arranging to work for him in Texas; Faulk’s activities during the McCarthy period; Faulk emceeing Washington D.C. events; Sam Rayburn; Richard Nixon; O.P. “Bob” Bobbitt; a supposed lawsuit against Texas Broadcasting Corporation; dispute with LBJ regarding

Oral history transcript, Houston Harte, interview 1 (I), 9/27/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

at the time, but within a few months the same sort of situation was revealed about Richard Nixon in a campaign for the vice presidency when he was running wtth President Eisenhower. I knew then how sagacious Mrs. Johnson was and how much smarter she

Oral history transcript, George McGovern, interview 2 (II), 2/3/2011, by Mark Updegrove (Item)

to win an election against tough odds--Richard Nixon, who was a smart clever man. I came to appreciate both his leadership style and even the content of what he was doing. I thought, in later years, that once elected, he made a series of mistakes

Oral history transcript, George P. Miller, interview 1 (I), 4/22/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of the old Cannon Building; there you had a three-room office. I was fortunate in getting up to the fifth floor. And along one wing, the wing that goes down First Street, was a fellow by the name of Richard Nixon, who came here two years after I did

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

it briefly in his farewell address.That brought it to Nixon embracing it when he became president and moving on partisanly to bring it about at least in part, ultimately. (Interruption) G: What did your colleagues from the Kennedy Administration think
and the attention the Post Office Department received at cabinet meetings; Richard Nixon's and postmaster general-designate Winton Blount's support for the blue-ribbon commission's proposal to make the Post Office Department an independent entity; O'Brien's work

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 27 (XXVII), 9/23/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

McDonnell and Company as its president.Either way, I would be coming to New York. So I joined the firm and came to New York to meet the top officers of the firm for the first time. I think it was literally on the day that Nixon was being inaugurated. I moved
The Humphreys' visit with the O'Briens the day before Richard Nixon's inauguration; O'Brien's decision to become president of McDonnell and Company as Murray McDonnell became chairman of the board; Ira Kapenstein and Phyllis Maddock moving

Oral history transcript, Robert S. Allen, interview 1 (I), 5/30/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

the ca mpaign. G: Like Nixon's -- A: Well yes, it was a set harangue. tariff. In those days there was much talk about The audience usually got bored and some would leave. effort to hold the crowd would yell "And what about eggs!" Curtis

Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 3 (III), 12/9/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was when Eisenhower was elected president in November of 1952. He took office January 20, 1953. named a fellow named Herbert Brownell to be attorney general. He So Richard Nixon and Brownell realized the only way that they could continue
LBJ’s election as whip; Senator Ernest McFarland; Senator Richard Russell; Preparedness Committee; Senator Estes Kefauver; Douglas MacArthur’s speech to Congress; natural gas bill; Tidelands bill; Walter Jenkins; LBJ’s love for the ranch and cattle

Oral history transcript, Wilbur Mills, interview 2 (II), 3/25/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

up through the Johnson presidency. Did you notice a difference in administration lobbying--? M: Well, it depended. I never did think the Republican lobbyists were quite as effective. [Richard] Timmons, wasn't he Eisenhower's chief lobbyist, Timmons
welfare amendments; residency requirements; JFK’s Madison Square Garden speech; JFK assassination; 1970 Nixon welfare program; 1972 election; the role of vice presidents; the Mills-Ribicoff bill; Adam Clayton Powell; meat quota bill.

Oral history transcript, Robert E. Baskin, interview 1 (I), 3/16/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: Yarborough never was really part of the southern group. B: No. Well, neither he nor Johnson joined the southern caucus. Johnson and Senator [Richard] Russell of Georgia, of course, worked hand in glove on everything. They were very close to each other
as vice president; space program; LBJ relations with Eisenhower; LBJ and Robert Kennedy; JFK assassination; role of White House press; Walter Jenkins' resignation; Bobby Baker; presidential press secretaries; Nixon-Johnson relationship

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

with Richard Nixon when Nixon was vice president and presiding over the Senate? C: No, I can't say that I particularly noticed it. Nixon, when he was vice president, looking back, he didn't seem to play a very strong role. He traveled quite a bit. vice

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 6 (VI), 5/23/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Jerre Williams, interview 1 (I), 1/8/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

the support of the It finally ended up with a bill to raise the ceiling to $450,000. And then it came before the Congress in the Nixon Administration the first spring. We had the backing of the Nixon Administration from the White House, we were told. We
Dusen; Emmette Redford; Waddy Bullion; Jim Langdon; Joe Kilgore; RMN was inaccessible; Richard Poff; Arthur Kirshon; the ABA and mediation of Transportation labor disputes

Oral history transcript, Mary Michelson Fish Johnson Haselton, interview 1 (I), 2/10/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to me. G: What about his relations with Vice President [Richard] Nixon? Did he seem to get along well with Nixon? H: I think he got along with him. I don't ever remember Nixon coming in the office. I remember seeing Nixon going up and down
with Stuart Symington, Richard Russell, and Hubert Humphrey; meeting and marrying LBJ's brother, Sam Houston Johnson; LBJ's 1955 heart attack; efforts to lift LBJ's spirits following his heart attack; Haselton's and Sam Houston Johnson's work for LBJ during

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

had a very limited involvement with the black leaders politically . G: Richard Grovey? 0: None of those names do I remember at this time . G: What insight can you give us on the relationship between Jimmie Allred and Lyndon Johnson? 0: They had
; disability and retirement legislation; Richard Russell.

Oral history transcript, Milton P. Semer, interview 1 (I), 10/22/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

constituent units that I guess happened during the Nixon Administration. G: Anything else on Lyndon Johnson's role on the depressed areas bill in terms of getting it passed in the Senate? Again, we're talking about a close vote. Any senators that he leaned

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 43 (XLIII), 1/23/1996, by Harry Middleton (Item)

, and to take this lesser job. But, Lyndon feared that the Democratic Party would lose, [Richard] Nixon would win, and the Democratic Party would be out for years and years. And so he opted for doing what he thought of as a duty, and accepting the nomination

Oral history transcript, William D. Krimer, interview 1 (I), 3/2/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

with the subject matter, making his points very forcefully. So did Kosygin, by the way. I met Kosygin later, on a number of other occasions during the [Richard] Nixon Administration, and once during the [Jimmy] Carter Administration. He was becoming less forceful

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 8 (VIII), 4/8/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

not going to be able to pull it off. I am concerned about that because I think the 1960 debates, for example, the Nixon-Kennedy debates, had a tremendous impact on the result of that very, very close election. Now, that fell into our lap. That wasn't
of congressional liaison staff in LBJ's 1964 presidential campaign; the 1960 JFK-Nixon debates; presidential debates since 1960, such as the Reagan-Mondale debates of 1984; campaign finance issues; the rise of political action committees (PACs) and lobbying

Oral history transcript, James A. Turman, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

. (Note: Allen came in under Nixon and was fired by Nixon.) M: Well, now, what's your relationship with the Justice Department? T: My office does not have any relationship. The legal problems are basically handled by a group of lawyers working under

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

--was there as president of the National Governors' Conference, and Governor [Richard] Hughes of New LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories

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

, of course, as we went on. Then another thing time span now. I'm not talking in any particular But bearing on that subject, it was very inter- esting as we got into the 1960 session. dates were in the Senate. Of course, all of the candi- Nixon

Oral history transcript, John T. Connor, interview 1 (I), 6/22/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, William M. Blackburn, interview 1 (I), 5/21/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

that was discussed. There was a Wednesday noon luncheon between the President and the Secretaries of State, Defense, Director [Richard] Helms [ and this sort of thing. I didn't attend that. But at other times, for instance, the few Cabinet meetings I attended

Oral history transcript, J.Willis Hurst, interview 3 (III), 11/8/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, senators that he knew. I recall that Eisenhower, of course, visited and Vice President Nixon visited. 9 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ

Oral history transcript, Bui Diem, interview 2 (II), 8/14/1986, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

followed him, the Nixon Administration, for instance, I think that apart from considerations of policy of the U.S. vis-à-vis the world, he had a lot of compassion for the Vietnamese, and the notion of geopolitical considerations. Cold War calculation
-1966 and how he became ambassador to the U.S.; LBJ's and Richard Nixon's efforts relating to Vietnam.

Oral history transcript, Ernest Gruening, interview 1 (I), 4/23/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was influential. F: Did Johnson have pretty good staff help? G: Well, I mean he did very effective stuff. of the scaly methods of Richard Nixon. Johnson didn't use any I mean he talked frankly to people and gave his point of view and presented it logically

Oral history transcript, Warren Magnuson, interview 1 (I), 3/14/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

created the impression, "Well, he's one of us." anything. Lyndon was no great spellbinder or [He gave] kind of a homey speech. And he'd have anecdotes. G: He was a great raconteur. M: Oh, yes. G: How did his power differ from Senator [Richard

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

, but it was at ABC studio, here in New York, with Kennedy and Nixon, and that was the last debate. 2 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral
LBJ's refusal to participate in a debate; JFK and Richard Nixon's second, third, and fourth debates; LBJ seeking Stanton's advice on improving his television appearances; LBJ using a lavaliere microphone; Morley Safer's 1965 broadcast depicting

Oral history transcript, Helen Thomas, interview 1 (I), 4/19/1977, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in the 1960 campaign. F: Did you do that swing through the South with the Johnsons? T: No, I didn't. Like "What did Richard Nixon ever do for Culpepper?" No, I missed that one. 5 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 7 (VII), 9/19/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

always had to look out at the beginning of a new session for a fight on Rule 22, and Nixon was always on the lookout for a way to make himself a hero with those who wanted to change Rule 22. Nixon was really, I think, trying--it was assumed that he

Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 4 (IV), 2/29/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Armory that he will not be a candidate for re-election. he will support. So everybody is seeking his attention as to who Senator [Richard] Russell wanted to be president very badly, but he also was one of the most astute historians in the history
Adlai Stevenson; 1952 presidential election; Dwight Eisenhower; Harry Truman; Gene McCarthy; John Sparkman; Amon Carter; Senator Richard Russell; Kentucky Derby; LBJ’s relationship with President Eisenhower; economics

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