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Oral history transcript, Fred Korth, interview 1 (I), 3/7/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 10 asked to be Secretary of Treasury by President Johnson after his election. But to get back to the investigation, I had many contacts with Hr. Johnson at that time, with Halter Jenkins, ,'lith others on the staff because

Oral history transcript, Harry Provence, interview 1 (I), 5/5/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

for him or be of any help. M: Right. P: I had an idea of what a hell of a mess things were in, and they were. I spent that Saturday afternoon over at the EOB with Walter Jenkins and Moyers, and Johnson was operating in and out. I went to dinner LBJ
Jenkins, Walter (Walter Wilson), 1918-1985
Walter Jenkins; LBJ’s treatment of staff members; Mrs Johnson’s influence on LBJ.

Oral history transcript, James W. Wilson, interview 1 (I), 2/26/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was interviewed one Saturday morning by Walter Jenkins and, then, by Senator. Johnson, and we concluded the deal right then. F: Did you decide at that time which job you were going into? W: Yes. I think I told him I thought I would be more interested in LBJ
Biographical information; the firm of Powell, Wirtz, and Rauhut; Alvin Wirtz characterized; John Connally characterized; LBJ chews out Walter Jenkins; working on LBJ's Senate staff; the organization of the LBJ Senate staffs; Bobby Baker

Oral history transcript, Joseph Bruno, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

? B: Well, at that time, the Senator's administrative assistant was Walter Jenkins, and I believe 2 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits
Biographical information; how Bruno went to work for LBJ in 1960; Bruno's duties as a research assistant in LBJ's office; Bruno's work preparing LBJ's papers to be donated to a library in Texas; Walter Jenkins' and George Reedy's duties in LBJ's

Oral history transcript, Lester R. Brown, interview 1 (I), 11/4/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

years in research, I spent the next three years with the Secretary's office working on agricultural policy questions and serving as advisor to the Secretary on questions of foreign agriculture policy that is, agricultural development, food aid
Biographical information; not active in partisan politics; Indian food crisis; PL 480; self-help concept; differences with AID on emphasis of priority; operating under State Department's budget; improvement of Vietnamese agriculture; defoliants

Oral history transcript, Harold Pachios, interview 1 (I), 10/15/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

] Dick got intrigued with him. And Dick, I'm sure, convinced Walter Jenkins that Johnson ought to have his own intellectual. So, you know--is it all right if my mind wanders a little here to talk about own intellectual? G: Sure. P: I remembered

Oral history transcript, Carl B. Albert, interview 3 (III), 7/9/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

because it was the first really program of the Great Society; also Aid to Education in the first of the 89th Congress; And Medicare. And at the bottom of the list was the Department of Housing--of my list of three or four here. A: One was immigration

Oral history transcript, Edith Green, interview 1 (I), 8/23/1985, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)

for the aid, but the decision was made, obviously for political reasons, not to directly propose to the Congress grants. The administra- tion I believe proposed a fairly generous program of loans which all colleges would be eligible for. The histories
Biographical information; teaching career; candidacy for Congress; support of JFK; Wayne Morse; impression of LBJ as a Senator; education legislation; federal aid to education; opinion of Sam Rayburn; parochial school question; Adam Clayton Powell

Oral history transcript, Gerri Whittington, interview 1 (I), 6/5/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, did you work more directly for President Johnson? W: Yes. G: Tell me about that. W: I worked for a short time for Jack Valenti, and I worked for Bill Moyers. Walter Jenkins and Mildred Stegall were--I sat at the same desk as I did when I

Oral history transcript, Richard H. Rovere, interview 1 (I), 5/6/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh ROVERE -- I -- 14 M: Right. R: And then he found himself at the end working--well, he had no protectors. M: Right. R: First, he had Walter Jenkins as a protector, and he

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

in days past when the Congressman would be gone for a day or two or a week or two or whatever, when Connally was secretary, he'd sign most of the mail. When Jenkins was secretary, he'd sign most of the mail. On many occasions, those of us who were junior

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

, who was actually the driving force behind that along with his brother. So we said, well, there were some resources there and we to talked the AID [Agency for International Development] people. We had a very good AID advisor there in the area, Dick

Oral history transcript, Katie Louchheim, interview 2 (II), 4/14/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

of father-son relationship, respect and admiration. I don't think Lyndon Johnson made too many moves without consulting Sam Rayburn. In a way, it was too bad that this influence was removed. M: Sort of like the Walter Jenkins removal. L: That's right

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

Oral history transcript, Peter R. Rosenblatt, interview 1 (I), 7/26/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

up with an offer to be deputy assistant general counsel of AID [Agency for International Development] for the Near East and South Asia. But my family and I were on friendly terms with some people who were close to President Johnson
How Rosenblatt became involved with Southeast Asian affairs in Robert Komer's office in 1966; Rosenblatt's duties under Komer; Rosenblatt's work with the Agency for International Development (AID), the Office of Civil Operations (OCO) and Civil

Oral history transcript, Walter C. Hornaday, interview 1 (I), 4/13/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

don't know if he was leader I guess he was minority or majority leader. And Lyndon wasn't there, but his inside office door was open. And Walter Jenkins, his trusted assistant, was sitting in the chair there, in his chair, so that he had a place

Oral history transcript, Aaron E. Henry, interview 1 (I), 9/12/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 26 (XXVI), 11/16/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, John A. Hannah, interview 1 (I), undated, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

project. This was really the trigger. I think the AID predecessor -- it wasn't AID then, or their people in Saigon were unhappy because our mission chiefs, at one time Fishel, or Smuckler, or whoever else, were generally consulted by the President

Oral history transcript, Eugene R. Black, interview 1 (I), 6/4/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

so . M: So he'd had no view really? B: He'd had no view really . Well, President Kennedy was waiting for my report. My next connection was when President Johnson appointed a committee called the General Advisory Committee on Foreign Aid

Oral history transcript, Irving L. Goldberg, interview 1 (I), 11/2/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

much of anything. at times. I would see him. He would call me up I would call him up when I would go to Washington. I became very friendly with Walter Jenkins. close friends and our families [were]. He and I were very When we lived in Washington
Jenkins, Walter (Walter Wilson), 1918-1985
; 1956 and 1960 Democratic Conventions; Walter Jenkins; Goldberg suggesting that LBJ take the oath of office in Dallas from Judge Sarah Hughes after the JFK assassination; appointment to Court of Appeals; Court of Appeals procedures from 1966-1969

Oral history transcript, Marshall McNeil, interview 1 (I), 6/11/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. knm'/ what he was afraid of. I don't I have never talked to Bobby about it. He [Johnson] was as kind and as helpful as he could be, for example, to Walter Jenkins when Jenkins got his ass in a crack, but not to Bobby. G: What did he do for Walter
Jenkins, Walter (Walter Wilson), 1918-1985
Stevenson; Senate seating case before Justice Black, 1948; McNeil’s relationship with President Johnson; Senators Russell, Walter George; Robert Kerr; LBJ’s love of gadgets; George Reedy; Walter Jenkins; Arthur Perry; LBJ’s secretive nature; assessment

Oral history transcript, Esther Peterson, interview 1 (I), 11/25/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

getting a call from Walter Jenkins asking me if I would get on the plane and go down to the Ranch the next morning. M: That was when you were appointed? P: That was the day, but I had had no conversation before that except with Walter Heller

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 7 (VII), 2/12/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

persuaded [it was taped]." And he said, "I would absolutely resent it if the conversation was taped." And then it was suggested by Ken, "Maybe it wasn't taped but there was a voice box of some sort and Walter Jenkins was in another room taking notes." In any
running mate and RFK's concern that the conversation might have been recorded; whether or not RFK wanted to be vice president; a memo LBJ dictated to Walter Jenkins about his meeting with RFK; the candidates LBJ considered for his vice presidential running

Oral history transcript, Lee C. White, interview 1 (I), 9/28/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

didn't know about it. 11 All I could say was that I was sorry, and I meant .it, and I told him: 11 1 1 11 let Walter Jenkins know all the time, and just forgive me • 11 F: He accepted that. W: I ·thir:_'-< he a.ccepted it. It's kind of funny
for Progress; JFK-staff relationship; LBJ-staff relationship; the White House hears of JFK's assassination; LBJ requests White remain on the staff; LBJ and the formal resignation of JFK staffers; Walter Jenkins; Bill Moyers; relationship of LBJ and JFK staff

Oral history transcript, H.A. (Tony) Ziegler, interview 2 (II), 2/14/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and felt that C. N. Avery had had some influence, mentioning your name. Z: Yes, that's right. Yes. G: Did you begin working with the school aid program? Z: I began under the old FERA [Federal Emergency Relief Administration], they called it, under
Biographical information; school aid programs; Prairie View; LBJ; NYA projects around the state; staff meetings; NYA and WPA relationship

Oral history transcript, Richard J. Hughes and Betty (Elizabeth) Hughes, interview 1 (I), 8/6/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

24617781] Jenkins. And that poor man, President Johnson, I don't know whether he knew anything about it then or not, but he was just back from a western swing. His hands were bandaged. We had him in Bergen County, and we had a crowd of thirty, thirty

Oral history transcript, Sol M. Linowitz, interview 1 (I), 11/22/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of a committee to aid the foreign aid program. And on those occasions I would from time ·to time see Mr. Johnson briefly. F: How did you get involved with foreign aid? Through Xerox International or just from extracurricular interests? L: Extracurricular

Oral history transcript, James U. Cross, interview 2 (II), 2/11/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

had a good relationship with the President, and of course I was the military aide to the President as well as the pilot, and so lots of times if he felt in the mood just to get up and walk around, well, he'd come up there and have a word or two
LBJ's trips to Vietnam in 1966 and 1967; LBJ's mood about Vietnam; LBJ's relationship with the military; LBJ and LeMay, McConnell, Wheeler, Moymer, Abrams, Westmoreland and Haig; aspects of the role of a military aide; LBJ and Humphrey; LBJ

Oral history transcript, George D. Aiken, interview 1 (I), 10/10/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

: Shifting to a little bit different topic but in the realm of foreign affairs, has Mr. Johnson had what you would call a consistent position regarding foreign aid? A: I think so. Foreign aid, of course, has I believe deteriorated as the need for it has

Oral history transcript, Stanley L. Greigg, interview 1 (I), 12/5/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

you see it principally as a foreign-aid type program or a program to boost domestic agriculture? G: Well, I saw it--in my own view--I saw it as a great humanitarian program, and I heard some eloquent statements in terms of the capacity
to seat the Mississippi congressional delegation; the Agriculture Committee and its members; agricultural legislation Greigg supported, including Food for Peace; the impact of American aid on India's food production; political change in countries receiving

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 1 (I), 10/8/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in the hall. He was there on something else at that time, and I can't recall what, but I remember Jack talking to the two of us before I saw the President. The purpose of my meeting and why I had been called--I believe by Walter Jenkins or by Bill Moyers

Oral history transcript, Joseph Palmer II, interview 1 (I), 1/8/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

and means of being responsive to the challenge of development in Africa, and to have a good hard look at our aid programs, see whether they were responsive, to what extent they were responsive, and in what ways they could be improved--new approaches tried
His visit with LBJ regarding challenges in Africa and the development of related aid programs; regional development and interstate cooperation; Kennedy’s and LBJ’s attitudes toward African problems; Organization of African Unity’s role in border

Oral history transcript, W. True Davis, interview 1 (I), 3/4/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

. It doesn't mean grants-in-aid, and I felt that we should try to help these countries help themselves to a point where we gradually could get phased out of this operation. Very interestingly, when the bank first started--this has been nine LBJ Presidential

Oral history transcript, Lera Thomas, interview 1 (I), 10/11/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

the appropriations for the federal building that was built here? T: Oh, yes. M: It seems to me that he had something to do with the Federal Aid to Airport Act. 5 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson
; Vietnam; special election after Thomas’ death; AID program; National Space Hall of Fame.

Oral history transcript, Ashton Gonella, interview 2 (II), 10/10/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

were there. [So were] Walter [Jenkins], Mildred and Glynn [Stegall], Willie Day [Taylor], the girls, Mary Margaret [Wiley Valenti]. Did I say Walter and Marge? And I think the [William S.] Whites were there. But we had a New Year's Eve party

Oral history transcript, Javier Baz Manero, interview 1 (I), 1/19/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

think he was pleased to do it. It was at this moment that Miguel Guajardo entered into an arrangement with a gentleman, I think it was Mr. Jenkins. F: That's right, Walter Jenkins. B: Walter Jenkins, that was a very close friend of his. I think

Oral history transcript, Everett McKinley Dirksen, interview 2 (II), 3/21/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, since you were one of the pioneers, is the issue of federal aid to education, and so I'm going to let you be narrative, ask questions as they seem pertinent. D: I recall very well when the matter of aid to public schools began to gather some momentum
Discussion of issues associated with LBJ's political service; federal aid to public schools; Supreme Court appointments

Oral history transcript, Jack Hood Vaughn, interview 1 (I), 12/4/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

thing at the Cultural Center in San Jose. When I came back in early '52, I joined AID [Agency for International Development] as an economist and was sent to Panama where I stayed for four years. I was working in economic development, broad range

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 10 (X), 1/25/1979-1/26/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

staff members: Dorothy Jackson, John Connally, and Walter Jenkins. Do you want to talk about their coming to the staff? J: Yes, we made a complete change. Dorothy Jackson was the first one who came aboard, as I remember. She was a tall, thin, red
with Charles and Alice Marsh at Greenbrier Hotel in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia; Charles Marsh's discussion of world events; new staff members Dorothy Jackson, John Connally and Walter Jenkins and their duties; new office and apartment in Johnson City

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