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Oral history transcript, Lewis Blaine Hershey, interview 1 (I), 11/22/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

of the reorganization long before we settled it in the committee. But it was pOSSible, although it took some time, to get the task force to settle it in the same way that Congress did, for whatever it was worth then. The two individuals that I thought were contrary

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

: The SEATO treaty did come up- R: Yes. G: --during that time when he was gone. Do you recall the debate surrounding it? R: Not much, because it wasn't worth recalling. Almost everybody that looked at the SEATO treaty recognized very quickly

Oral history transcript, Bruce Palmer, interview 2 (II), 11/9/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

on there, to be very frank. were all kinds of rumors, and I was kept in the dark. There I was at Fort Bragg at the time and commanding the XVIII Airborne Corps in that post, but I was alerted something like six or seven times to go to Vietnam. say alerted; I

Oral history transcript, Sharon Francis, interview 3 (III), 6/27/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Oral history transcript, Sally O'Brien MacDonald and Sarah McClendon, interview 1 (I), 2/16/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

everybody who was near him all kinds of things. He passed me a telegram that he had just j-eceived from Lady Bi rd, and apparently she had just had LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 42 (XLII), 11/5/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

Sigma Phi, which is an honor journalism sorority to which I had belonged in the University of Texas. This was a question-and-answer; the victim--the speaker--was asked questions by all the members of the sorority. This was in Fort Worth. I found

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

G: Did you go with him in the fall of 1955 when he made that speech at Whitney, Texas? H: No. G: He also attended something at Fort Worth for Sam Rayburn. I am just wondering if you saw any of these maiden political--? H: No. Those of us

Oral history transcript, Samuel T. Williams, interview 1 (I), 3/2/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

in November of 1955? H: Well, I can answer that specifically. In 1950 I was with Headquarters Army Field Forces at Fort Monroe, Virginia, as deputy G-3. manding general was General Mark Clark. The com- A most outstanding officer. I went to Korea from

Oral history transcript, William G. Phillips, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

1965 I received a telegram from the White House--that was the way they did it in those days--inviting me to a bill-signing ceremony on the Public Works and Economic Development Bill, which was one of I guess maybe thirty-five or forty bills that DSG had

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 1 (I), 9/18/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Robert M. Montague, interview 1 (I), 9/27/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

military career as an enlisted man in the artillery, actually serving in your home state of Texas at Camp Bowie of all things. Right before my unit was scheduled to go to Europe in World War II, I got a telegram from Washington announcing that I was being

Oral history transcript, Mylton Kennedy, interview 1 (I), 5/9/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, the third term, or quarter, in that school year. I only recall that he had been selected or elected by the student council to edit the College Star that summer, the summer of 1929. I don't recall whether I was appointed, selected, elected, or he wanted
Biographical information; contact with LBJ; College Star; LBJ's activities; President Evans; athletes; secret organizations; faculty; school clubs; relationship with LBJ

Oral history transcript, Samuel Gammon, interview 2 (II), 8/15/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

--"You've been talking to the women-folks." (Interruption) MG: He was briefed by you each morning, I gather. G: The ritual was that I would be up and ready with a handful of four or five or a half dozen telegrams, one of them being the ritual State

Oral history transcript, Paul D. Harkins, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

in Vietnam without a horse. But I went to West Point from the National Guard. Then I joined the horse cavalry at Fort Bliss and then went to the cavalry school in 1933. I stayed there for six years; I was an instructor after two years in courses there. G

Oral history transcript, Claud Kellam, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1965, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)

, he could settle them. G: You don't have any particular recollections of him? K: Ea rly days as a student? G: Then let's get on to the Black Star, White Star matter that you were referring to. K: No. Houid you tell the whole story as you know

Oral history transcript, Helen Gahagan Douglas, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

at the end of my sophmore year; became a star practically overnight . . . then left the theater to become a singer. I sang in opera about two years after I started to study, in Europe and later a number of times in the United States. In 1929, when in Europe

Oral history transcript, R. Vernon Whiteside, interview 2 (II), 8/6/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

they ever got it down to where anybody got any but the athletic department. G: Let me ask you some more about the White Stars. W: All right. G: Was the official name White Stars or was it Alpha and Omega? W: It was Alpha Omega. We called them

Oral history transcript, Lawrence E. (Larry) Levinson, interview 6 (VI), 8/18/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to Washington. There was Gale McGee, sitting all by himself at the front end of the boat looking up at the stars. He said, "It sure is pretty here. It kind of reminds me a little bit of my home state, Wyoming. I look up at these stars. You know, sometimes it's

Oral history transcript, Walter T. Kerwin, interview 1 (I), 9/13/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

assignment as chief of staff, MACV [Military Assistance Command, Vietnam]? K: Yes, I knew Westy. The first time I really got to know him pretty well [was] when he came to the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth. At that point in time, I

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

newspapers, had their best on the beat: Murrey Marder, Chal [Chalmers] Roberts of the Washington Post; Ned [E. W.] Kenworthy, Bill Jorden, Max Frankel of the New York Times; Pete Lisagor of the Chicago Daily News; John Cauley of the Kansas City Star; Paul

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

newspapers, had their best on the beat: Murrey Marder, Chal [Chalmers] Roberts of the Washington Post; Ned [E. W.] Kenworthy, Bill Jorden, Max Frankel of the New York Times; Pete Lisagor of the Chicago Daily News; John Cauley of the Kansas City Star; Paul

Oral history transcript, Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., interview 1 (I), 7/30/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

people talking to Justice Black. on that. I simply helped with the brief that was submitted. I wasn't in In later life I have had fun looking back at a telegram which my secretary just luckily found, dated October 1, 1948 from Austin, Texas, sent

Oral history transcript, Wilton Woods, interview 2 (II), 4/20/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: That they were Black Stars, as well as White Stars? W: Vernon Whiteside and Sub Pyland. G: There was a story that LBJ was once kidnapped by the Black Stars during the student election. r W: No, G: I see. W: Dr. Moore's daddy. Who were they? Yes
College life; White Stars; student activities; Houston

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 2 (II), 4/4/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

where you could say \ "Is this worth doing; \ will it make an impact; is it worth the First Lady's ) time?" 3 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781

Oral history transcript, John W. Hechinger, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

with a banner headline, saying, "Hechinger Nominated for Chairman," and there were some other pieces in there. "Well, I guess it's worthwhile. Somebody seems to like it, so that's fine." Then the Star repeated it-- M: And you started feeling better about

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 22 (XXII), 6/19/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, obviously: Indianapolis, Gary, South Bend, Fort Wayne and Evansville.They would canvass their blocks. These were actually block captains that had to a great extent been solicited through the phone bank, and on Saturday May 4 prior to the May 7 date
for their help in Indiana; how RFK campaigned in Indiana; opposition from the Indianapolis Star; Hubert Humphrey's growing popularity and support from organized labor; how Eugene McCarthy's campaign affected RFK's; Edith Green's support for RFK in Oregon; RFK

Oral history transcript, Walter Judd, interview 3 (III), 1/17/89, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

if I make a suggestion to you?" I said, "No." He said, "You shouldn't have paid me twenty five dollars." Well, I said, "I think that's worth it." And he said, "But you didn't examine it carefully. If you'd turned it around and looked on the back

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 16 (XVI), 1/29/1980-1/30/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

worth of furniture that had lasted us five years. The more important thing at that time was the Alabama property, which was still in a very chaotic state, since Uncle Claud had not left a will, and his brother, Uncle Harry Pattillo, had been appointed
because he changed planes at the last minute; movies of LBJ's military experience; General Douglas MacArthur awarding LBJ the Silver Star and his letter declining the award; LBJ's illness and hospitalization in New Zealand, Fiji, and Australia; LBJ's

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

! So, I'd kid Governor Chandler every once in a while, tell him I've got that autograph that was worth a whol e lot. He'd say, "Yes, that and a dime will buy you a cup of coffee, Katie." F: Right. P: So it was in that atmosphere. (Laughter

Oral history transcript, Sharon Francis, interview 1 (I), 5/20/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Oral history transcript, Horace E. Richards, interview 1 (I), 12/19/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

was a good-natured guy. He wasn't smart like I was writing for the newspaper, the College Star, and I had this in there--what I did was buy a joke book and substitute a college student's name because then they took the papers and sent them home because
Biographical information; recollections of college living arrangements and teachers; early impressions of LBJ; memories of the Johnson family; LBJ’s reputation at Southwest Texas State Teachers College; White Star/Black Star organizations; elections

Oral history transcript, Russell M. Brown, interview 1 (I), 1/10/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

." There was a columnist at that time on the Washington Star , and I could be wrong about the name, but it seems to me it was Raymond Clapper, who was extremely well liked and well thought of . He was more oriented toward the New Deal and the President's programs

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 30 (XXX), 5/18/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that the President fire off a telegram to all the producers to head off, I have here to head off the [New York] Times; I don't know what that means, I think to head off, appeal to them not to follow the Bethlehem example. I then had a conversation almost from

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 28 (XXVIII), 3/15/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

for the yard and got some St. Augustine grass. G: Did you have to move in some dirt to get the--? J: Yes, and we had to knock out--Aunt Frank had a-- G: Star-shaped-- J: --kind of a star-shaped flower bed and an old fountain, which no longer gave forth

Oral history transcript, Frederick C. Belen, interview 1 (I), 11/7/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

went . But then I came back by boat on the Lurline , and during that time the purge story came out . was a list sent as far as I know . I believe there I was then on the boat and I kept getting telegrams from friends who--one of them would say

Oral history transcript, Chester L. Cooper, interview 3 (III), 8/7/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

of the Marigold activity. M: You'd only been there a couple of weeks earlier. c: Right. So basically it was a question of catching up. And then Wilson asked [David K. E.] Bruce if I could stay there through the talks. Bruce sent a telegram back

Oral history transcript, William Lewis and Margaret Chase Smith, interview 1 (I), 8/20/1975, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was getting its money's worth out of what it was putting into shipbuilding? S: Yes. I was on the Congested Area Subcommittee. That was an inter- esting one because I had been a member only a short time. Carl Vinson, I think, was more amused than

Oral history transcript, Carl T. Curtis, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

--and I'm not tryi ng to paint a bad picture of the former President, but you've stated you wanted everything. G: Sure. c: I woul d suggest that you look up in the 01 d issues of the Washi ngton Star. They assigned two reporters to investigate the worth

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 16 (XVI), 9/13/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Indiana. His name was [John Worth] Kern; he was from Wilson would send a message up to Congress. a Democratic caucus. Kern could call He could always get a 51 per cent vote in the Democratic caucus, and since the Democrats controlled the Senate

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 20 (XX), 2/20/1981-2/21/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of effort, out of which some specific pictures emerge. There was one time that Lyndon got a movie star-G: Gene Autry. J: Gene Autry, whom somehow in the course of our--I guess it was in our work on radio we had come to know him. They liked each other

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