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Oral history transcript, Zbigniew Brzezinski, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • , but there was no direct personal M: No direct personal reaction . reaction . You were a consultant for the State Department at various times during that period . B: Yes . M: Did any of those tasks bring you in direct contact with him? B: No . M: Not until you
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 44 (XLIV), 3/29/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • the President started asking everybody--which was a committee made up of major union heads like George Meany and Walter Reuther and major businessmen like Tom Watson and [I.W.] Abel. Johnson started asking about whether or not a tax increase would be appropriate
Oral history transcript, W. Averell Harriman, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • not before Congress as a platform for the Democratic party in '56 and again in '60. Most of the time I was governor of New York--a considerable part of the time I was. Then afterwards I still remained as a member because we were very much concerned
  • Biographical information; Advisory Council to the National Committee; LBJ and foreign affairs; role in peace negotiations; Poland/Yugoslavia visit; India and Pakistan; Soviet Union prevented bombing halt in Vietnam; trip with HHH; Manila Conference
Oral history transcript, Clark M. Clifford, interview 6 (VI), 4/24/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • 7, Side 1) INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ April 24, 1970 F: This is an interview with Secretary Clark Clifford in his office in Washington, on April 24, 1970. The interviewer is Joe B. Frantz. Mr. Secretary, you became the Secretary of Defense in time
  • McChesney Martin; advised LBJ on last State of the Union Message; continuing relationship between Truman and LBJ; LBJ after leaving office; wear-out factor in being head of a Cabinet; cabinet level relationships with White House staff.
Oral history transcript, Vasco Leitao da Cunha, interview 1 (I), 5/31/1973, by Dr. Richard Graham (Item)
  • you give us your personal impressions of the President, either at the time when you were received by him and were in official relationships with him or at times when you saw him in action in other circumstances? L: When I presented my letters
Oral history transcript, Helen Gahagan Douglas, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • , the first time that mother and father, after they were married, came to New York. I went to a private school here in the East, Berkeley Institute in Brooklyn . . . and then to Barnard College two years. I did not graduate. I went into the theater
Oral history transcript, Edmund Gerald (Pat) Brown, interview 1 (I), 2/20/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • , from the time he went there until he left . F: You were educated entirely in California? B: Yes, both my wife and myself are products of Lowell High School in San Francisco . She went on to the University of California . I went to San Francisco
Oral history transcript, Wright Patman, interview 1 (I), 8/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • and I got it through the House. That was in 1934. Today there are 23,000 credit unions in the United States and 25,000,000 members with over $20,000,000,000 in assets. It has several times as many members as all the other financial institutions
  • in 1941; credit unions; Rayburn and LBJ’s strong Congressional leadership; Congressman Buchanan; Board of Education meeting; John Nance Garner; passage of the Veterans Bill; Robinson-Patman bill; Joint Economic Commission; REA projects; space program
Oral history transcript, Edward M. Kennedy, interview 3 (III), 1/21/70, by by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • like we're getting into greater accommodations, or at least into a more livable situation with the Soviet Union, support for foreign aid declined. And I think there was very little done during that period of time to try and give it an uplifting
Oral history transcript, A.M. "Sandy" Keith, interview 1 (I), 8/20/1979, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • Democrat from the St. Louis area in Missouri even at that time. And Tom had the same problems at that time as he got into subsequently. In other words, he learned to drink too much, which led to his demise--not as a senator; he's still there, and very
Oral history transcript, Eilene M. Galloway, interview 1 (I), 5/18/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • of the Soviet Union being first to orbit a satellite. Then he told Lyndon Johnson that he thought I could help him with outer space hearings. Johnson at the time was chairman of the Senate Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee. So then Lyndon Johnson called
Oral history transcript, Stephen J. Pollak, interview 4 (IV), 1/31/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • , 1969 INTERVIEWEE: STEPHEN POLLAK INTERVIEWER: THOMAS H. BAKER PLACE: The National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 2 B: We're in time now to 1967 when you became the presidential advisor on National Capital Affairs. I think I
Oral history transcript, Roy L. McWilliams, interview 1 (I), 8/15/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • at that particular time. However, I was born in Eagle Pass, Texas on the second of February, 1912. Ny father was an agent for Wells Fargo at that time and we moved around quite a bit. We moved from Eagle Pass to Taylor, from Taylor to Henderson over in East
Oral history transcript, Elizabeth Rowe, interview 1 (I), 6/6/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • the unorganized in the mass production industrie s. The AF of L at that time was exclusively made up of craft unions. I don't want to give you a long lecture on labor organization, but the craft unions were the skilled unions that were organized by the craft
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Pechman, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • . The time is 10:45 in the morning, and my name is David McComb. To start off, Dr. Pechman, I'd like to know something about your background--where you were born, when, where did you get your education. P: I was born in New York City and went through
  • Samuelson; recruitment of economists by JFK and LBJ; 1964 Task Forces; Bill Moyers; Task Force on Intergovernment Fiscal Relations; Alice Richlin and Anita Wells; revenue sharing; labor unions; embargo on all Task Force Reports; Heller-Pechman Plan
Oral history transcript, Robert Bennett, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • these manufacturers about the quality of work being done by their Indian employees . F: Is there any general tribal attitude toward trade unionization? B: The general tribal attitude is opposed to trade unionization at this time . F: Does this make any difference
  • ; coordination of Indian services; reservation industry; banks; unions; land sale/leasing; highways; reformers' suggestions; handling of trust lands; resettlement; Indian identity; Indians' attitude toward LBJ; role of Bureau; progress of Indians; Indian
Oral history transcript, Paul Henry Nitze, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • at the same time defend against the expansionist policies of the Soviet Union and the other Communist states, LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ
Oral history transcript, Robert C. Weaver, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • there were problems getting Negroes into trade unions and the like. F: Why did you leave the government? W: I left in 1943 because by that time it seemed to be that we weren't moving forward. Waves of reaction had come in particularly in the areas
Oral history transcript, William J. Connell, interview 1 (I), 3/18/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • who you see working to try to get something done, to get some kind of community of interests with the communists, the Soviet Union, at the same time very, very skeptical of the international aims of communism, very skeptical that any communist party
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 45 (XLV), 5/23/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • industry reacted violently in opposition to it. But it became--well, it was one of ten or twelve items in the State of the Union Message. It was one--the day after the State of the Union I remember it being up front in the first few paragraphs of every
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 49 (XLIX), 7/18/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • standards." (Interruption) And later in connection with safety, we passed our bill in 1966, and some time in late 1967 for what would have been the 1968 models of cars, Henry Ford sent his whatever he used to send every year--the Ford down to the Ranch
Oral history transcript, Strom Thurmond, interview 1 (I), 5/7/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • /oh Thurmond -- I -- 2 they felt the nominee would be sure to be elected. At that time the nominee would normally have been elected but in view of the special circumstances arising we were able to win the race. Senator [Burnet R.] Maybank died
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 29 (XXIX), 5/16/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • to the issue of whether the President should himself put out a statement. And once the President issued a statement in a situation like this it was our belief that we had to win whatever it took. G: The press suggests that this was the first time that Johnson
Oral history transcript, William F. Knowland, interview 1 (I), 3/23/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • INTERVIEWEE: WILLIAM F. KNOW LAND INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: Senator Knowland's office, Oakland Tribune Tower, Oakland, California Tape 1 of 2 F: Senator, to get this underway, let's talk briefly about your early career until the time you came
Oral history transcript, (Sir) Robert Gordon Menzies, interview 1 (I), 11/24/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh November 24, 1969 F: Let me make a brief introductory statement. This is an interview with Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, long-time Prime Minister of Australia, in the Sheraton-Crest Inn in Austin, Texas, on November 25, 1969
Oral history transcript, Ava Johnson Cox, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • have too much. But we took the Pathfinder, which was a little current event paper that came out, and we took that every week. And as we would go along, Uncle Sam would coach us in asking current event questions. At that time the Socialist Party was just
  • ; LBJ breaking his leg; Cox's horse, Old Kussie; lessons LBJ learned from his trip to California in 1924; LBJ's time in Robstown; campaigning for LBJ; Cox attending the 1965 inaugural; LBJ's later visits to Cox's home; Robert McNamara; the Boyhood Home
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 7 (VII), 6/17/1970, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • ' initial reluctance. Let me ask one question. The need for reorganization had nothing to do with the way that Wirtz had run the department but it was merely the fact that it had grown a parcel at a time and not everything integrated, right? C
Oral history transcript, Robert M. Jackson, interview 1 (I), 4/5/1965, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)
  • . JACKSON, EDITOR, CORPUS CHRISTI CALLER- TIMES . DONE BY ERIC F . GOLDMAN IN MR . JACKSON'S OFFICE, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS , April 5, 1965 . ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------G: Mr . Jackson has been discussing
  • , required very little sleep, thought movies were a waste of time; LBJ tended to all the duties Congressman Kleberg neglected: veterans' pensions, etc.; attending night sessions of Congress; the Texas Club; LBJ dating in Washington; no hobbies; no reading
Oral history transcript, Hubert H. Humphrey, interview 2 (II), 6/20/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • on that telephone, really almost commanding the controllers at the tower to get the plane in. He had called our office to find out what the flight number was and what time I had left Minneapolis, what plane I was on. And he did get the plane in; there was a car
Oral history transcript, Gerard C. Smith, interview 1 (I), 4/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • dependence that Foster Dulles had on Lyndon Johnson's legislative judgment. I can just hear Dulles saying time and again, "Hhat does Lyndon Johnson say?" whenever there was a crisis or same problem. It was quite a refrain: LBJ Presidential Library http
Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 5 (V), 5/2/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Stevenson might say or do, especially in view of the tidelands issue at this particular time. As you will recall, Stevenson publicly announced that he was opposed to the giveaway of the tidelands, and I think that was his position. Notwithstanding
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, Phyllis Bonanno, interview 2 (II), 4/6/1983-4/7/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • and guidance. And in retrospect, I just think it disturbed the President a great deal that he was not used more by Nixon. Although Nixon did meet with him several times. They never had the kind of relationship that he had with Eisenhower and Truman, which
  • of Distinguished Service Medals; LBJ's preference for organization and good management of time; LBJ signing photographs and his use of photography; LBJ's teasing; how Bonanno learned from LBJ to use her temper to her advantage; LBJ's moods; Lady Bird Johnson's
Oral history transcript, A. Ross Eckler, interview 1 (I), 10/25/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • with him; but this was quite distant really--was a time when he talked to some of the officials of the Department of Commerce while he was Vice President, to express his interest and support of the Equal Employment Opportunity program. I believe
Oral history transcript, Elie Abel, interview 1 (I), 1/19/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • l had not covered the Hill in the days when he was majority leader, although obviously everybody in town knew him. M: You were. overseas, l suppose, most of the time. A: Much of the ti;ne, I. was. terribly well. I was in and out, but I never
Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 5 (V), 4/9/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • INTERVIEWEE: HARRY McPHERSON INTERVIEWER: T. H. Baker PLACE: Mr. McPherson's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 3 B: This is a continuation of the interview with Harry McPherson. Sir, we were talking last time about civil rights activities generally. To talk
  • riots; Newark situation; contingency plans; Washington riots; Poor People’s Sit In in Lafayette Park; Resurrection City; fair housing law; liaison between LBJ and the Justice Department; textile workers union and J.P. Stephens; civil liberties; Ramsey
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 21 (XXI), 8/10/1981-8/11/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • to Lyndon. His position on a strong national defense was becoming firmer all the time. The Truman Doctrine was coming into being and the Marshall Plan for economic recovery in Europe was on track and was being evolved by Secretary of State [George] Marshall
  • Activities during the summer of 1947 leading up to Luci Johnson's birth; riding on the Sequoia with Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal and friends; LBJ's interest in national defense and U.S. relations with the Soviet Union; Luci's birth
Oral history transcript, Russell B. Long, interview 1 (I), 2/22/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , I can't do justice to you at this moment, because I spent so much time with Lyndon Johnson and did so much business with him, supporting him on some occasions, opposing what he was doing on others, that it's impossible for .me to think of everything
Oral history transcript, Ramsey Clark, interview 4 (IV), 4/16/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • INTERVIEWEE: RAMSEY CLARK INTERVIEWER: HARRI BAKER PLACE: His home in Falls Church, Virginia Tape 1 of 1 B: This is a continuation of the interview with Ramsey Clark. Sir, last time, we carried the story up to the summer of 1966, which was another
Oral history transcript, Mary D. Keyserling, interview 2 (II), 10/31/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • , and many other places. We in the Bureau had been working with our friends in the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union during this period. The Joint Regional Board of the Union in Baltimore decided some time ago that it would see whether day-care services