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Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 8 (VIII), 8/17/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

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

Oral history transcript, Alan L. Dean, interview 1 (I), 2/28/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

, 1969 INTERVIEWEE: ALAN L. DEAN INTERVIEWER: David G. McComb PLACE: Mr. Dean's office, Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 M: First of all, I would like to know something about your background. Where were you born and when
Biographical information; early support of and work toward a transportation department; recollections of Najeeb Halaby; LBJ assumes presidency; Alan Boyd and others involved in development of DOT; opposition to DOT by FAA and McKee; Dean's

Oral history transcript, David E. McGiffert, interview 1 (I), 5/13/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

-- I -- 2 McG: No, I haven't. McS: Who primarily brought you into government? McG: I was asked to come over to the Defense Department by Norman Paul, whom I later succeeded as assistant to the secretary for legislative affairs when Norm became
with White House staff; meetings with Joe Califano; McGiffert's responsibilities relating to legislative affairs; McNamara's relationship with members of Congress; a preparedness subcommittee of the Senate Armed Services Committee regarding public statements

Oral history transcript, William Dayton Maclay, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

/exhibits/show/loh/oh November 19, 1968 B: This is the interview with Dr. W.D. Maclay, Director of the Research Program Development and Evaluation staff of the Department of Agriculture. Dr. Maclay, let me start by outlining what I knew of your career
Biographical information; political involvement of career men; branches of Department of Agriculture; National Science Foundation; foundations; coordination among departments of government; financing of research activity; effect of President

Oral history transcript, Dr. Ralph K. Huitt, interview 3 (III), 11/29/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

on a box that made it audible throughout the room, so that you could hear what Johnson said, and you could hear what the other person said. One of these calls was to Olin "Tiger" Teague of Texas, who was the chairman of the Veterans Affairs Committee

Oral history transcript, Edward Re, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

that the President, as it were, got to know me and knew who Ed Re was. Then when the question arose as to who should go to the State department as Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, I received a calIon one occasion by Mr
Biographical information; early contact with LBJ; Foreign Claims Settlement Commission; Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs; East-West Center; Washington riots; Foreign policy implications of education and cultural exchange; Mutual Education

Oral history transcript, Alan L. Dean, interview 2 (II), 3/13/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: ALAN L. DEAN INTERVIEWER: David G. McComb PLACE: Mr. Dean's office, Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 M: Now, last time we were talking about the task force under Mr. Zwick in which you worked to set up the initial

Oral history transcript, A. Scheffer Lang, interview 1 (I), 11/1/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

in the Army you had no connection with the federal government? L: No, that's not correct. In 1961, the first year of the Kennedy administration, I did some work as a consultant for the Office of the Under Secretary of Transportation in the Department

Oral history transcript, William S. Livingston, interview 1 (I), 7/15/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

of our first decisions. The people on that committee included, let me see, in the department of government, Redford, Wright, myself, and also Stuart MacCorkle, who was a student of public administration and the director of the Institute of Public Affairs
be different from other schools; what the school planned to offer academically; the naming of the LBJ School of Public Affairs; committee meetings; meeting with deans of other schools to develop plans for the purpose of the school; the committee's second report

Oral history transcript, Patrick V. Murphy, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of the Department of Justice at the time, and I met a Mr. Pollak, who at the time was on the White House staff in District of Columbia affairs. He had for a year, approximately, been working on the legislation for reorganization of District government. The mayor
Biographical information; Mayor of Washington, DC Council and DC police force; recruitment; conflicting jurisdictions; coordination with government departments; intelligence unit; MLK assassination; Poor People's March and Resurrection City; 1968

Oral history transcript, Lowell K. Bridwell, interview 1 (I), 10/17/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

of Transportation and dismembering both Commerce and Labor and making a new Department of Economic Affairs, which would take out most of the other functions of the Department of Commerce and many of the functions of the Department of Labor, putting them

Oral history transcript, Alan L. Dean, interview 3 (III), 4/3/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

little. I look upon the Bureau of the Budget as being an impor- tant arm of the president made up of intelligent people. Once in a while, they want to involve themselves in more detail in the affairs of the department than is good for the functioning

Oral history transcript, Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, interview 2 (II), 11/23/68, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

INTERVIEW II DATE: November 23, 1968 INTERVIEWEE: NICHOLAS KATZENBACH INTERVIEWER: PAIGE MULHOLLAN PLACE: Mr. Katzenbach's office at the State Department, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 M: Last session we spent almost entirely on your career
and civil rights leaders; LBJ-Yarborough conflict over patronage; Bobby Baker; Jimmy Hoffa; wire-tapping issue; communications satellite program; law and order issues; National Crime Commission report; Katzenbach moves from Justice to State Department

Oral history transcript, Samuel V. Merrick, interview 1 (I), 9/28/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

ballooned up into these poverty programs at the local level. So I was involved with all the people in all the programs which ultimately went into the poverty program, but I was never a part of the task force. G: Well, did the Department of Labor have
Biographical information; War on Poverty; Labor Department; President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency; Model Cities; Job Corps; Neighborhood Youth Corps; personal impressions of LBJ; Adam Clayton Powell; legislation

Oral history transcript, Robert J. McCloskey, interview 1 (I), 5/1/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

. The Office of News is one component of the Bureau of Public Affairs, so it ends up being the tail wagging the dog, because it is the one that gets into the mainstream of the department's activity. And I said no. I didn't want to be responsible for who
McCloskey's career history; McCloskey's philosophy of public relations as the State Department spokesman during the Vietnam War; Vietnam War reporters; the atmosphere within the State Department, Defense Department, and White House; McCloskey's

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

of international affairs both in the United States and outside the United States. His beat had never been the State Department nor the embassies, either U.S. embassies abroad or American embassies at home, and his acquaintanceship in serious terms--how many foreign
LBJ's knowledge of, and experience with, foreign affairs; LBJ's decision-making process; LBJ's vice presidential trip to Berlin; Walt Rostow and Bundy supporting LBJ as vice president; how Bundy was able to meet influential people through LBJ; LBJ's

Oral history transcript, Robert F. Woodward, interview 1 (I), 11/4/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

this delegation . As a matter of fact, at that time, I believe that John Leddy had already gone over to the Treasury Department to be his Assistant Secretary, having previously been Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs in the State Department . M: I didn't
LBJ as domestic leader; embassy personell; selection of ambassadors; biographical information; Punta del Este; Alliance for Progress; Spain mission; JFK's handling of Latin American affairs; treaty agreement with Spain; change of U.S. government

Oral history transcript, Courtney A. Evans, interview 1 (I), 3/27/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

--after the assassination of President Kennedy--and after the immediate period of transition, that Mr. Johnson tended to view the Justice Department as more of a Kennedy department than a Johnson department. Did you see any evidence of this kind of thing
Discusses the Justice Department; the formation of the Office of Law Enforcement Assistance and its programs; 1968 Omnibus Crime Bill

Oral history transcript, Zbigniew Brzezinski, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

: No, no. M: Were there--I know you were mainly involved with European affairs-any other European incidents t h a t got presidential in t h a t year that you were full-time with the S t a t e Department. Disarmament, perhaps? That was in the early days

Oral history transcript, Hector Garcia, interview 1 (I), 7/9/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

started--when I came back from the service, I happened to have my office next to the Veterans Administration Office, I met our congressman, John E. Lyle in Italy before he got elected to Congress, John E. Lyle happened to be a good friend of President

Oral history transcript, Alan S. Boyd, interview 2 (II), 12/18/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh December 18, 1968 M: To identify this particular tape, this is the second session with Secretary Boyd of the Department of Transportation . The date is December 18, and the time is 11 :15 . To take up
of the Department of Transportation; Urban Mass Transit; Maritime Administration; National Transportation Safety Board; appointment as Secretary and confirmation; reflections on LBJ; domestic legislative achievements; international relations; effects of Vietnam War

Oral history transcript, Carl Vinson, interview 1 (I), 5/24/1970, by Frank Deaver (Item)

, and the next time I saw Lyndon Johnson was after he was elected to Congress in the special election in the 75th Congress. He was assigned to the Naval Affairs Committee in June, 1937. He remained a member of that committee and later the Committee on Armed

Oral history transcript, Stephen J. Pollak, interview 1 (I), 1/27/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

[Department of Justice]. Let me outline here just very briefly your background, subject to additions and corrections. You were born in Chicago in 1928, bachelor's degree from Dartmouth, naval service in the early fifties, in 1956 a law degree from Yale

Oral history transcript, Robert J. McCloskey, interview 1 (I), 5/1/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

of the Bureau of Public Affairs, so it ends up being the tail wagging the dog, because it is the one that gets into the mainstream of the department's activity. And I said no. I didn't want to be responsible for who was going to be making speeches here
McCloskey’s work in foreign service and as State Department spokesman; reporters; Vietnam; credibility gap; coordinating briefings with the White House and the Pentagon; new mission of the marines in 1965; withholding information from the press

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 16 (XVI), 12/16/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in housing. And one was a transportation program. The transportation program was, he thought the first step had to be the creation of a department. He thought we were way behind in transportation in our system, we were going to fall further behind

Oral history transcript, Alan S. Boyd, interview 4 (IV), 5/15/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

with Mr . Alan Boyd, former Secretary of the Department of Transportation . I am in his new offices at the Illinois Central The date is May 15, 1969 . Railroad in Chicago, Illinois, and my name is David McComb . There's one question I might throw
of the Department of Transportation; Urban Mass Transit; Maritime Administration; National Transportation Safety Board; appointment as Secretary and confirmation; reflections on LBJ; domestic legislative achievements; international relations; effects of Vietnam War

Oral history transcript, John A. Baker, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh November 13, 1968 M: Just as a general way of description now, you started with the Agriculture Department in the 1930's, and except for the period 1951 to 1961, you've been connected with it pretty continuously ever since
Biographical information; contacts with LBJ; operation of the Agriculture Department; Southern Policy Commission; National Farmers Union; National Commission on Food and Fiber; Agriculture Act of 1964 (E.O. 11307); Outreach Program; Rural Community

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

D. KRIMER INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette DATE: March 2, 1984 PLACE: Tape 1 of 1 G: Let's start with your background. K: My background? In 1961 I received a contract as a contract interpreter with the State Department. I was at that time
How Krimer came to work for the State Department as an interpreter in 1963; biographical information; Krimer's World War II experience; Krimer's first work interpreting for LBJ; Krimer's early impression of LBJ; traveling to Germany to interpret

Oral history transcript, Thomas C. Mann, interview 1 (I), 11/4/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of Inter-American Affairs; once, as Assistant Secretary in charge of Economic Affairs; and once, as Under Secretary for Economic Affairs. F: You left the State Department then in '65 or '66? M: '66. F: You're now with the Automobile Manufacturing
: the Cuban missile crisis of 1962; service as under secretary of state for economic affairs; LBJ as a practitioner of foreign policy; the Peace Corps in Latin America; the CIA and the overthrow of Arbenz in Guatemala; the Bay of Pigs; Chile nationalizes

Oral history transcript, Charles E. Bohlen, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

foreign policy by the Defense Department and others. Do you think that's an accurate appraisal? B: I have seen no evidence of it since I have been back here. Now, of course, you've got to remember that the Viet Nam affair has always been handled

Oral history transcript, Clark M. Clifford, interview 5 (V), 12/15/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

5) INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ December 15, 1969 F: This is interview number 5 with Mr. Clark Clifford in his office in Washington, D. C., on December 15, 1969. The interviewer is Joe B. Frantz. Mr. Clifford, let's go back and pick up the Department
Secretary of Defense appointment; hosted Inaugural Day luncheon for Johnson’s; associations with Department of Defense; inheritance of McNamara team; programs to eliminate racism in services; discrimination at bases; domestic contributions

Oral history transcript, Dean Rusk, interview 1 (I), 7/28/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

as Secretary of State more than 2,100,000 cables went out of the Department with my name signed to them.In addition, there were tens of thousands of memoranda within the Department and large numbers of communications from the State Department to the White House
appointees; White House staff; role of LBJ at times of crisis; State Department involvement in speeches.

Oral history transcript, C.R. Smith, interview 1 (I), 10/24/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Interviewer: Thomas H. Baker Secretary Smith's Office, Department of Commerce, October 24, 1968 B: Do you recall when you first met Mr. Johnson? S: I don't remember the date; I don't even remember the year. Sam Rayburn was a friend of mine; I knew him
[For interviews 1 and 2] LBJ and the business community; businessmen’s committee for LBJ in the 1964 campaign; money-raising; the SST; appointment as Secretary of Commerce; purpose of Cabinet meetings; Department of Commerce; 3/31 announcement

Oral history transcript, Anthony Solomon, interview 1 (I), 11/18/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

directly? S: Not necessarily. Sometimes it was through other special assistants. Because, unlike other assistant secretaries in the State Department, the fact that I handle economic affairs means that I am very intimately involved in economic affairs
Biographical information; Tom Mann; LBJ’s working relationship with Under Secretaries; coordination of Bureau of Economic Affairs; staffing; interagency cooperation and coordination; concept of country team; cooperation of American business firms

Oral history transcript, Herbert J. Kramer, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

. The operating departments--Job Corps, VISTA, and CAP--were not on speaking terms with Public Affairs because the previous director had felt that he was the one who made policy for these divisions, and consequently ran head on into them at various points. So I

Oral history transcript, Benjamin H. Read, interview 1 (I), 1/13/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

INTERVIEWER: PAIGE E. MULHOLLAN January 13, 1969 M: By way of beginning, let's just introduce you here. You're Ben Read and your current title is Executive Secretary of the Department of State and Special Assistant to the Secretary, is that correct? R
operation; Tuesday lunches; dissemination in the State Department of Tuesday lunch decisions; White House guidance on distribution of cable traffic in State Department; Kraslow and Loory’s The Secret Search for Peace in Vietnam; Polisy “Marigold” Affair

Oral history transcript, Orville Freeman, interview 3 (III), 7/21/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh (TAPE #3) July 21, 1969 This is a continuation of the interview with Orville Freeman. Sir, to deal with the international applications of the Department of Agriculture, one of the central points here is the use of PL 480

Oral history transcript, Frank F. Mankiewicz, interview 2 (II), 5/1/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

of State for Latin America, and he had the cognizant Latin American officials there--AID, Peace Corps--well, person there. I guess I was the only Peace Corps But the USIA and the State Department people from Latin America weJ'!'e there, and Senator

Oral history transcript, O.J. Weber, interview 2 (II), 12/28/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Weber -- II -- 4 people in the House Office Building on that day. We got very quickly, because of Mr. Johnson being a member of a Naval Affairs Committee, the true story and extent of our
; Colonel Sam Anderson; author Robert Caro's writings about LBJ; Sam Rayburn's campaign to call congressmen who were serving in the military back to Congress; LBJ's schedule after returning from war and his work on the House Naval Affairs Committee; Weber's

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