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Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 1 (I), 4/23/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

for him through the years, he never hired and he didn't hire. See, he didn't hire me. He didn't hire Connally. He didn't hire Pickle. He didn't hire Jenkins. Walter Jenkins, who was invaluable to Johnson's career, came because of John Connally. He had

Oral history transcript, Kenneth P. O'Donnell, interview 1 (I), 7/23/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

close and very friendly and cont i nues to be. Walter Jenkins is a great pal of mine. There was no friction going into the campaign and up until the election . M: Then to move irilo the administration--1 ' m very happy you did go into that sidetrack
Jenkins, Walter (Walter Wilson), 1918-1985
; assassination; 1964 Vice Presidential contest; HHH; LBJ's legislative ability; Walter Jenkins; Vietnam; O'Donnell's resignation; decision not to run again; 1968 Democratic convention; Czechoslovakia invasion; peace plank

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 22 (XXII), 8/23/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

it was hostile to our form of government, and goodness knows it had said so often enough. G: He seems to have favored aid to some of the east European countries, Marshall Plan aid 6 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY

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

there, as you know, as Kleberg's aide, and he obviously had a real feel for parliamentary procedure and was a past master at it. w-ould say, very early on. He acquired that skill, 1 One hears more discussion about him as Majority Leader in the Senate

Oral history transcript, Betty Cason Hickman, interview 1 (I), 4/10/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in Washington, and at that time I didn't feel I was ready to move to Washington. But a little later on when I decided that I would like to live in Washington, Walter Jenkins called and asked me to come over to Austin for an interview, which I did. After some
Jenkins, Walter (Walter Wilson), 1918-1985
Circumstances of joining LBJ’s staff; duties in the Texas office; Arthur Perry; Walter Jenkins; office operation; LBJ and the Texas office; Lady Bird; transfer to the Majority Leader’s office; office staff; traveling with the Johnson’s; Johnsons

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

pressed that trip, whether it was his own aides that pressed it or whether it was-I don't think it was the State Department that pressed it . Maybe there's data someplace that shows how it got cranked up, but I don't think I'm aware . G: Did the fact

Oral history transcript, Clifton C. Carter, interview 1 (I), 10/1/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

/exhibits/show/loh/oh INTERVIEW WITH Clifton C. CARTER (LBJ-Texas Aide, VP Staff Officer &DNC Liaison &Treas.) Interviewer: Dorothy L. Pierce October 1, 1968, 3:15 p.m. Mr. Carter's office, 1120 Connecticut Avenue, Washington, D.C., Suite 1242 Approximately

Oral history transcript, Graham Purcell, interview 1 (I), 7/29/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

mainly by White House staff people. P: Yes, sir. H: I suppose people like Larry O'Brien, Barefoot Sanders, and others. P: Of course by Larry O'Brien early. Oh, everyone, Walter Jenkins, Cliff Carter, Barefoot Sanders a great deal because I've

Oral history transcript, Glen P. Wilson and Marie Wilson, interview 2 (II), 2/13/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

around and looked at Johnson's desk. It was actually Halter Jenkins' desk at that time, but we made sure there wasn't anything that if a photograph were taken it would reveal anythi ng secret or whatever. they took the pictures. other offices. "Sure

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 13 (XIII), 9/10/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

developmental aid-- O: That was an aspect of it, obviously. On reflection you'd have to wonder how you got it enacted, because this was special legislation applying to a geographical segment of the country and you have to get support across the board to enact

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 20 (XX), 9/25/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

obviously not the key to Asia or even close to it. There are two keys to Asia; one is China and the other is India. G: There was a press report in August that LBJ had not been helpful to the administration on either the Peace Corps bill or the foreign aid

Oral history transcript, Ben Wattenberg, interview 1 (I), 11/23/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

would be probably in October of 1965, as I recall it, just before the book came out--where he said it here at the White House. He said, '~ staff aide told President Johnson here the other day that despite all of these wonderful programs that he

Oral history transcript, Sarah T. Hughes, interview 1 (I), 10/7/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was in his suite Henry Wade, who was also anxious to be appointed, was there and I certainly came away with the feeling that he would support me. In contacting both Walter Jenkins and Cliff Carter afterwards, I knew definitely that he was. F: You knew

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

are in the office, but Harry's in there asleep and Jim's reading Pathfinder magazine," which was a Boy Scout magazine [or] something. (Laughter) We were scared to death. Moyers I remember one time--poor Walter Jenkins had been working on Johnson's 13 LBJ

Oral history transcript, Bryce N. Harlow, interview 2 (II), 5/6/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of them. One was an amendment to the Mutual Security Act that would give the president power to grant economic aid to communist satellite countries. That was defeated by one vote. It seemed like the State Department was in favor of it at first and sort

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 12 (XII), 12/21/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Roy Elson, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in the world he has been, I want you there no later than a week behind him. So when we get into a mark-up on the foreign aid bill or something else, and Ellender, who can take lots of photos and make these detailed reports and do all this traveling, when he
relationship with LBJ; Hayden's support for foreign aid; how committee assignments were made; concerns that Sam Rayburn's death would interfere with an Arizona fund raiser for Hayden with JFK and LBJ in attendance; LBJ's and Richard Russell's presence

Oral history transcript, Michael V. Forrestal, interview 1 (I), 11/3/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

lights. He wanted to know why some civilians, both in the State Department and in the AID Agency, were beginning to look as though they were no longer supporting our policy in Vietnam, and what was their problem, what had happened. He was anxious

Oral history transcript, Roland Boyd, interview 1 (I), 6/4/1985, by Dave McNeely (Item)

and Walter Jenkins called me at my apartment and said, "Roland, I guess you've heard that Speaker Rayburn died." I said, "Yes, my secretary just called me." He said, "Well, the Vice President is going to fly back to Texas on Air Force One and he would like

Oral history transcript, Grace Tully, interview 1 (I), 10/1/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in the lobby Most of them carne over to him. the Texas office very often. he ran that shop. F: Jenkins ran the Texas office. T: Yes. But usually, he would come right outside the Senate t don't think he got over to You see, Walter Jenkins was over

Oral history transcript, Norman M. Clapp, interview 1 (I), 12/6/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

got talking about what was then the International Cooperation Administration. It later became AID. He sent me to see two or three people. And I also saw Bobby Kennedy at the same time. a temporary office over at Justice. He was then in He

Oral history transcript, Don Hummel, interview 1 (I), 10/22/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

by saying when I was a delegate in 1956 and Adlai Stevenson was the nominee for the Democratic Party, Arizona yielded for the nomination of Mr. Stevenson. Adlai Stevenson was a close personal friend of Dick Jenkins, who owned a ranch in Southern Arizona

Oral history transcript, John A. Gronouski, interview 2 (II), 2/10/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

aside on Harriman, who fits into this overall picture I should think. Gomulka had gone into about a twenty-minute diatribe against the United States for one thing after another. Harriman had mentioned something about our aid programs, and he
Walter Jenkins , William Bundy, Robert McNamara, Katzenbach, Walt Rostow, Gene Rostow. Washington meetings about bombing Hanoi in December 1966, cessation of bombing in Hanoi, Poland backing out of discussions, Gronouski’s interpretation of Polish

Oral history transcript, Robert E. Waldron, interview 2 (II), 2/1/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

aid bill . And they came in to argue with him and I just so remember him saying to these men that, "We are going to pass some kind of bill, so you get busy and decide what is acceptable to you ." But he made it perfectly clear that he wasn't going

Oral history transcript, Ashton Gonella, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

principal staff members during this period? G: There was Walter Jenkins, of course, without whom none of us could have survived; and George Reedy; Jerry Segal, for a time: Bill Lloyd; Jim Blundell was in charge of the advance, of the scheduling

Oral history transcript, Katherine Graham Peden, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

the Wednesday of that previous week would have been. to Peru. I had just gotten back from a trip I had been down \\li th the State Department on an AID program speaking to a South American seminar on Arequipa. F: I was there at the time. P: Were you? F

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 15 (XV), 12/15/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

together. G: Was Johnson ostensibly fonder of Moyers, let's say, than he was of his other aides or ostensibly more concerned, more caring? C: Now, Walter Jenkins was gone by the time I got to the White House. And the three sort of old-timers were [Jack

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 21 (XXI), 2/22/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to Johnson on the Titan--on the [1965] Searcy, Arkansas, explosion; one, Johnson's constant--he may also be--this is Zuckert to Johnson: "You may also be assured the air force is carrying out your request to afford all aid and assistance to the survivors

Oral history transcript, Dudley T. Dougherty, interview 2 (II), 9/17/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

saw him? D: The last time I saw him was at the Al Smith Dinner when he was President. The Goldwater election was going very well and Walter Jenkins had been arrested on a homosexual rap that afternoon or that night and it was all over the press

Oral history transcript, Mary Rather, interview 4 (IV), 6/10/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was perhaps a captain then and later on, before it was all over, was an admiral, was his aide, and Commander [Richard] Byrd was there at the Navy Department. We all knew him. He was in charge of the Bureau of Naval Personnel. G: Well, do you recall ever

Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 1 (I), 6/11/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

different but not measurab ly different. .Jenkins ,vas ther2--1 had knmm and dealt Hith For example, '-lhen Halter ~·raltGr Jenkins quite a bit and ,·;hE::1 :';,,It(2;:'' Has there, if ,ve had some little something that ve needed so~c hcl~ on--cuvhe

Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 1 (I), 1/30/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

it a point whenever there was interesting matter in my bailiwick that I thought would interest the Vice President, I sent him a copy of my memos, or would send them down to Walter Jenkins. Busby wasn't with him then of course. I sort of tried to keep him

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

River and make Austin a seaport? G: No. R: I don't know where he got it, but I couldn't believe it when I first G: Where did he get that idea? heard it. I heard it through Walter Jenkins. drop it. That was too much "Fantasy Island." Now, he

Oral history transcript, William H. Crook, interview 1 (I), 8/21/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

and to the Senator and to some of his other aides. They always responded to them. Some, I think, had some merit; some didn't. Some I think they used--in fact, I know they did. So it became sort of a supportive advisory role, very informal. I wasn't expecting anything

Oral history transcript, Leonard H. Marks, interview 1 (I), 6/15/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

be the ultimate. F: Did you get to know President Kennedy or Senator Kennedy through Senator Johnson, or was this developed independently? M: I met Senator Kennedy in the 1960 campaign. At the time I was acting as an aide in the campaign for Senator Johnson

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 25 (XXV), 1/2/1982-1/3/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was always a very stringent month of preparing material for Walter Jenkins and Mildred Stegall and Mary Rather. I don't remember at what time Mildred entered our life, but when she did, that's what became her responsibility. The talk that spring and summer

Oral history transcript, Charles Roberts, interview 1 (I), 1/14/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. There's no question about that. McHugh, who was a brigadier general in the air force and was Kennedy's air force aide, went flitting up and down the aisle trying to get the pilot to get the plane off the ground, because his President was aboard and he
Jenkins, Walter (Walter Wilson), 1918-1985
had to LBJ; 1964 campaign; LBJ’s inability to announce travel plans in advance; LBJ choosing a running mate; LBJ lying to the press; comparison of LBJ’s press secretaries; the Walter Jenkins incident; off-the-record interviews; naming Nicholas

Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 4 (IV), 3/28/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: April, I think, is when they went, 1965. J: It was during that--1965? G: Yes. J: Yes, that might have-- G: But he didn't bring up the comparison? J: No, no. G: And the aides didn't, the people who were advising him did not--? 5 LBJ

Oral history transcript, McGeorge Bundy, interview 1 (I), 1/30/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

. But in the terms and conditions of his career, which was of course preeminently a congressional career, he was nevertheless familiar with the necessity for choice in major foreign issues--foreign aid issues, defense issues, European alliance issues. He had had

Oral history transcript, Leon Jaworski, interview 1 (I), 12/23/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

that work when I could be doing something else that might be of aid in the war effort. So I went in in June '42, received a commission as a captain in the Judge Advocate General's department; and from there on had a rather interesting and active career. M

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