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Oral history transcript, William H. Stewart, interview 1 (I), 12/2/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • Building in Washington, D.C. The date is December 2, 1968, and the time is 1:30 p.m. First of all, Dr. Stewart, I'd like to know something about your background. S: Where were you born and when? I was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 19, 1921, grew
Oral history transcript, Helene Lindow Gordon, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • , she was a senator's daughter and that was the fall of the 1960 campaign. ~enator's daughter at that time? LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More
Oral history transcript, James Cato Pattillo and Nettie Pattillo Woodyard, interview 1 (I), 6/27/1968, by A.K. Johnson (Item)
  • they all graduated from Oxford, they moved back to Autauga County, but they didn't sell their property up there. They kept that for some years afterward, and I visited them several times in Autauga. I had several conversaUons with Minnie, Lady Bird's
Oral history transcript, Charles M. Maguire, interview 2 (II), 7/29/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • a White House Fellow. This would be in the latter part of the fall of 1965 through one year of the program. had gotteu in~o We how you became involved in the presidentiaJ corres­ pondence, his personal letters. At our closing the l3st time you had
Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 1 (I), 2/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • to go back and see what's happening in the way of population growth to my home State. I came to Washington on my third tour of duty in 1961, as Assistant Superintendent of National Capital Parks. At that time we had a quite different organizational
Oral history transcript, Price Daniel, Sr., interview 1 (I), 6/5/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • to Austin in the legislature in 1939 as a member of the House and served three terms. F: Did you know young Congressman Johnson at all at that time? D: I met him after I came to the legislature. or three times during the six years. He visited there two
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 34 (XXXIV), 9/19/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • under the Railway Labor Act to investigate the dispute between the airlines and the machinists. G: Is that simply a device to prolong the--or delay the strike, or-- C: Well, the act, it's really a device. The law is set up basically to provide time
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 55 (LV), 9/13/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • went up at twelve noon. That was the time it was delivered to the Speaker [of the House] for inclusion in the Congressional Record and the President of the Senate. Here on the highway safety and transportation stuff when we were touching so many
Oral history transcript, Phyllis Bonanno, interview 4 (IV), 2/18/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • of South Vietnam--I never could say that man's name--again hoping that that was going to move the whole process forward. I think the amount of time he put into like the briefing with Nixon and briefings 1 LBJ Presidential Library http
Oral history transcript, Joseph D. Keenan, interview 1 (I), 7/25/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • had what we called a working card. You had to show your working card before you could get into the meeting. There was a change in one of the offices' recording secretary, and they elevated the former secretary to full time representative. I
Oral history transcript, Jane Engelhard, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh advisor to many of us and was well versed in the history of China at that time. [He] predicted pretty accurately what was about to happen
  • relations in South Africa; meeting LBJ for the first time; Sam Rayburn; Democratic National Conventions of 1956, 1960, and 1964; political social gatherings; visits to the Ranch; working with Mrs. Kennedy on the Fine Arts Committee; White House furnishings
Oral history transcript, R. Vernon Whiteside, interview 2 (II), 8/6/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • INTERVIEWEE: R. VERNON WHITESIDE INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Whiteside's residence, Marble Falls, Texas Tape 1 of 1 G: Last time you were talking about the student activity fund, that blanket tax sort of thing, and the allocations
Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 9 (IX), 2/7/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • of having a lot of younger, liberal men, most of them not accustomed to being even congressmen or senators for a very long time, not accustomed to "going along in order to get along," coming from governors' offices, lieutenant governors' offices, in some
Oral history transcript, Carl T. Curtis, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • in on January 3, 1939. It was my privilege to serve with Lyndon Johnson in the House. recall when he was elected to the Senate. I I do not remember anything particular or spectacular about his performance in the House. at that time, gotten up to a point
  • Service with LBJ in the House and Senate; characterization of LBJ's leadership qualities in the Senate; comparison of LBJ to Senators Knowland and Dirksen; LBJ's timing in bringing bills to the floor; recollections of specific bills and resolutions
Oral history transcript, Walt W. Rostow, interview 1 (I), 3/21/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • that made a mark, as opposed to just a general impression from the newspapers, was by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. The year I cannot tell you, but it was a time, I would assume, when Senator Johnson was interested in getting more understanding from the liberal
Oral history transcript, Sid Davis, interview 5 (V), 11/28/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Basin--you come down [to] that area in April and May, and it's absolutely glorious in yellows and reds and oranges, all those wonderful tulips, and Lady Bird gets the credit for that. I don't remember as a reporter that we spent much time really
Oral history transcript, John G. Feild, interview 2 (II), 7/23/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • of room to come in. By the way, I told you something last time about Troutman's expenses. I noticed in the minutes here something that I had forgotten. Arthur Goldberg actually made a motion that the committee pay Troutman's expenses, because [Jerry
Oral history transcript, Mary D. Keyserling, interview 2 (II), 10/31/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • to be appointed, because it's so typical. It's serious and it's light; it gets at the essence of the story. He said, "I would like at this time to make a policy announcement." And he paused, and he said, "I am unabashedly in favor of women. I'm insisting
Oral history transcript, Robert F. Woodward, interview 1 (I), 11/4/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • Projec t Ac 74-274 General topic of interview : Foreign Service and U . S . Foreign Relations Date 11/4/68 Place Length Tape 1 37 pages Tape index : Page or estimated time on tape Subject(s) covered 1 Lyndon Johnson, a genuis in promoting
Oral history transcript, George McCarthy, interview 1 (I), 4/22/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , a lot of the original ideas had been put together by some previous task forces, but the legislation had not been completely put together. In fact, it was that summer, during that period of time, that the bill passed. I think it passed in the fall. Yes
Oral history transcript, Jack T. Conway, interview 1 (I), 8/13/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • it because I had other things I was interested in at the time. He also tried to get me to go to Minneapolis and then subsequently to Cleveland in some community-organizing efforts that he had under way then. I didn't have any interest in working for Alinsky
Oral history transcript, Edward R. Fried, interview 1 (I), 4/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • : Did you have any acquaintance with President Johnson or with Mr. Johnson prior to the time he was President at all? F: No. I'd like to add that I was a career foreign service officer, and had been with the Department of State for twenty-some-odd
Oral history transcript, Hobart Taylor, Jr., interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • known then-Senator Johnson, he called upon me from time to time to advise him with respect to matters, frequently dealing with civil rights, which was not a particular expertise of mine except that I had worked on the restrictive covenant case which had
Oral history transcript, James C. Thomson, Jr., interview 1 (I), 7/22/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh THOMSON -- I -- 3 I stayed on his staff and on loan from State till he, in due course, pulled out and I inherited Mr. Rostow. But just about the time, coincidentally, of Mac Bundy's decision
Oral history transcript, Jack Hood Vaughn, interview 1 (I), 12/4/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • was assigned to be program officer, that is, planning and coordinating officer, for Europe and Africa of the AID program. This was a very exciting period because, as you recall, in Africa at that time, '58, '59, '60, all of these countries were achieving
Oral history transcript, Julius Richmond, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , and we decided that it was worth trying to make a demonstration that one could in fact prevent this developmental decline, and we had demonstrated that. It was just prior to the time that the Economic Opportunity Act was passed. But because of Mr
Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 2 (II), 3/4/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • out. And, finally, because of an important conservation conference scheduled at the time, \·rhich she had been invited to address. Lynda went with us on this trip, and added a lot to it, I might say. We arrived at Grand Teton on a midafternoon one
Oral history transcript, Oscar L. Chapman, interview 2 (II), 10/2/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • of the fact he did something that nobody else can do again." F: Yes. Right. C: You can't run for the third time anymore. F: If he hadn't done anything else, that would have secured his place And that gave him-- in history. c: That's right. Exactly
Oral history transcript, Mary Michelson Fish Johnson Haselton, interview 1 (I), 2/10/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • which time I had worked for the state NYA [National Youth Administration] program, both in high school as an after-school project in the library and then as assistant to the secretary of the state administrator. [This was] after I had made a movie
Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 4 (IV), 3/28/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • times at the Madison Hotel, he was staggering around, but that's his business; people can drink if they want to. But I don't think Johnson thought he was much of a person in politics. G: Did he react specifically to Ford releasing this letter? J: Oh
Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 5 (V), 3/29/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • financial interests, you indicated that during the times that you were around him you seldom saw her disagree with him on financial matters. Did she assert her opinion on substantive policy matters? J: Let me back off a little bit and start at a different
Oral history transcript, James Farmer, interview 2 (II), 7/20/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • ) INTERVIEWER: PAIGE MULHOLLAN July 20, 1971 M: I can refresh your memory fairly quickly, I think. I've talked to Mr. Baker, and he's quite sorry that he was not able to come back this time because he enjoyed meeting you before. You all had finished talking
Oral history transcript, Fredrick L. Deming, interview 2 (II), 1/17/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh January 17, 1969 M: This is the second taped interview with Mr. Frederick Deming. The date is January 17, 1969; again, the interview is in his office; the time is 4:10 in the afternoon; and my name is David McComb. Now
Oral history transcript, James Sundquist, interview 1 (I), 4/7/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • an assistant to the Governor of New York State, who at that time was Averell Harriman. From 1957 until 1962 you were an assistant to Senator Joseph Clark of Pennsylvania, and from 1963 until 1965 you \'/ere the
Oral history transcript, Hobart Taylor, Sr., interview 1 (I), 1/29/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • in the legislature of Texas, owned my people in slavery time. I understand that he came from Attica, New York into Texas be- fore the Civil War. able to say. Where my people came from I don't know, I'm not But I do know that my grandfather Mr. Shoemaker
Oral history transcript, Paul C. Warnke, interview 1 (I), 1/8/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • /loh/oh 3 W: I'd say a couple of reasons. for about eighteen years. First of all, I practiced law in Washington I think I probably would have taken on a government assignment prior to that time if it hadn't been for the vast wasteland
Oral history transcript, Christopher Weeks, interview 2 (II), 9/28/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • in the legislation that went up? W: Well, there were a lot of different problems that were discussed during the task force, but because of the extremely limited time that was involved in putting together the program initially it was generally thought that a lot
Oral history transcript, Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., interview 2 (II), 5/23/1969 by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • --the Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee--started because of the very panicky reaction throughout the country to the firing of the first Soviet space satellite, Sputnik I. At that time our space program was in its incipiency and it wasn't getting a great deal
Oral history transcript, Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., interview 1 (I), 7/30/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • particularly, as far as the national administrations have been concerned, with the Americans for Democratic Action and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, and UAWand other labor organizations at various times. R: You did that better than I could, so
Oral history transcript, Stanley R. Resor, interview 1 (I), 11/16/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • as to whether or not to deploy the Anti-Ballistic Missile System; a similar meeting recently at the time of the decision to suspend bombing totally in North Vietnam. And at the occasion of the using of Army forces in Detroit at the time of the civil disorders