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Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 32 (XXXII), 8/3/1982-8/4/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the season by having a luncheon for us. Luci and Lynda went to Beth Jenkins' birthday party. And [there was] the whole routine of parties for the Speaker, this time Jim Barnes had one. Usually they were stag, but I know I went to at least one, because I

Oral history transcript, John Henry Faulk, interview 1 (I), 12/15/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Harriman to run for president and Lyndon Johnson to run for vice president. You ought to get hold of Walter Jenkins or some of the boys and tell them you'd like to talk to Johnson about this and encourage him to do that. Then join forces with him, because

Oral history transcript, Tyler Abell, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

was there. Whether Walter Jenkins was there or not, I'm not sure--I don't think so. But I do remember Bobby Baker going on at great length about what a fabulous decision this was, how marvelous it was going to be, that we were going to come back after the convention

Oral history transcript, Dean Rusk, interview 3 (III), 1/2/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

and additional equipment and things of that sort. That requires military aid. The Thais have a pretty good struggle going on up in the northeast part of their own country, and they needed additional materials such as helicopters.They needed additional artillery

Oral history transcript, Lucius D. Battle, interview 1 (I), 11/14/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

on December 18, if I remember correctly. President N a s s e r told me and then later said publicly, that he was aiding the Congo rebels at a time when we were lifting our people out of there, causing great, great consternation here in the U n i t e d
on the Arts; Bill Fulbright; UAR ambassadorship; incident in Egypt; Dr. Ramsey Stino; US-Egypt relationship; US aid to Egypt; Congo; Greek coup; Yemen crisis; Arab-Israeli War; Tri-Partite Declaration; Johnson administration as pro-Israel; opening of Abu

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 9 (IX), 8/16/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Cecil E. Burney, interview 1 (I), 11/26/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

Oral history transcript, Michael E. DeBakey, interview 1 (I), 6/29/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

. Now, how did they go about picking you as Chairman? How were you notified? D: I was called and notified through one of the presidential aides. M: This is Doug Cater? D: No, it wasn't. I think it was Mr. Feldman, Mike Feldman, because he

Oral history transcript, Horace V. (Dick) Bird, interview 1 (I), 5/16/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

called, they would do everything in their power not to answer and not to return his call . It was a strange feeling . been Admiral [Chester] Nimitz's But I took the opposite tack . I had aide before coming back to Washington, � LBJ Presidential
; shipbuilding operations; contractor, etc.; Bird as congressional liaison; Bird as naval aide to LBJ; LBJ and blacks; LBJ as VP; LBJ and Truman; Bay of Pigs; LBJ and Adenauer

Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 2 (II), 11/12/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

by the Commodity Credit Corporation to Yugoslavia. The Findley Amendment said that no nation which had provided aid to North Vietnam or was the nation of registry of ships carrying aid to North Vietnam should be the recipient of our aid under PL 480. The question
and agencies; resolving conflict between government departments and agencies; Congressman Paul Findley's amendment to Public Law 480 regarding US aid to nations that had provided aid to North Vietnam; OLC's work to help the attorney general and the White House

Oral history transcript, C. Douglas Dillon, interview 1 (I), 6/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

of the foreign aid program, in overall charge of it, as Undersecretary of State and Undersecretary for Economic Affairs. I was sort of the ultimate re sponsibility in the State Department for its legislative progress of that bill every year, so I had to talk
Foreign aid
Appointment as Secretary; relationship with LBJ during Eisenhower administration; State Department Appropriation Bill and Foreign Aid Bill in 1959 and 1960; LBJ's role as VP; Cuban Missile Crisis; differences between LBJ and JFK; budget; balance

Oral history transcript, William B. Macomber, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/17/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

very carefully what I was going to say to him, to make sure that there couldn't be any interpretation that would suggest that we were playing games or being cute. But he'd help a lot on the big things. He saved the AID Bill in those days on several
Contacts with LBJ; success of Eisenhower relationship with Congress in foreign policy; personal contact between Secretary Dulles and LBJ; AID bill; estimation of LBJ; formidable experience of talking to LBJ; Macomber never brought good news

Oral history transcript, George Meany, interview 1 (I), 8/4/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

the press reported that the other way, I think, very widely. Me: Not true. Mil: You served on President Kennedy's--what do they call it, the Clay Committee on Foreign Aid? Me: Yes. Mil: And dissented from its report. Me: Yes. Mil: Did you ever
Foreign aid
Aid; 3/31 announcement; AFL-CIO would have supported LBJ for another term; LBJ’s legislative achievements; assessment of LBJ’s presidency.

Oral history transcript, Lewis Mayhew, interview 1 (I), 5/1/1985, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)

/oh Mayhew -- I -- 14 K: Oh, Douglass Cater? M: Yes. Wasn't he-- K: Yes. He was the White House aid in charge of education or handling a lot of it. M: My guess is that this idea originated with Cater suggesting it to the President

Oral history transcript, Anthony Buford, interview 1 (I), 6/20/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

times. But of course, when he was running for vice president, I was called--he knew I was going to have a sale, but he was supposed to speak in Springfield. I got word through Albert--I mean, what's his secretary's name? G: Walter Jenkins. B

Oral history transcript, Hobart Taylor, Jr., interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

understanding--I did not know about any of this ahead of time and I can't say, for that matter, that the Vice President had personal knowledge of these, because I'm pretty sure that George Reedy and Walter Jenkins would probably have kept the knowledge
Jenkins, Walter (Walter Wilson), 1918-1985
; problems of President’s Commission on Equal Employment Opportunity; enforcement of regulations; Walter Jenkins; George Reedy; success of PCEEO; OEO; EEOC; civil rights organizations; MLK; Office of Federal Contract Compliance; Council of Equal Opportunity

Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 2 (II), 9/16/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

problems there were there, stayed to their knitting pretty much, and the other people were working just on the problems of the Senate. I can't think of anybody who floated back and forth between the two staffs. I would guess probably Walter Jenkins

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 9 (IX), 4/9/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

) Senate campaign; conflict among New York Democrats over distribution of funds raised in New York; LBJ campaigning with RFK; how the RFK/Kenneth Keating race compared to the 1952 JFK/Henry Cabot Lodge election; Walter Jenkins' arrest; October 23, 1964

Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 3 (III), 12/9/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

for Congress. Walter Jenkins resigned and LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh
Jenkins, Walter (Walter Wilson), 1918-1985
LBJ’s election as whip; Senator Ernest McFarland; Senator Richard Russell; Preparedness Committee; Senator Estes Kefauver; Douglas MacArthur’s speech to Congress; natural gas bill; Tidelands bill; Walter Jenkins; LBJ’s love for the ranch and cattle

Oral history transcript, Matthew B. Coffey, interview 1 (I), 11/14/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

with the trouble with Walter Jenkins? C: No, no, I don't think. M: Well, the point is after Walter Jenkins' problem, there's an FBI check run apparently on all White House personnel. c: Yes, full field investigation. M: But your program is not tied

Oral history transcript, Lucius D. Battle, interview 3 (III), 9/15/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

that they were aiding the Congo rebels. Well, that infuriated the President and everybody here. Whether he ever did really aid them or not, I seriously doubt it. And if he did, he wasn't in a position to aid anybody very much, and any aid he gave, I think

Oral history transcript, Lawrence H. Fountain, interview 1 (I), 7/15/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

regarding any position on foreign affairs policy by the White House, for foreign aid bills? F: During the Kennedy Administration, I had an interesting experience, and I'll make it brief. When he was asking for a four-year extension LBJ Presidential

Oral history transcript, Paul C. Warnke, interview 1 (I), 1/8/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

programs that they regarded as being "give-away" programs. In other words, the relationship of our own national security is sufficiently clear so that even opponents of foreign aid would support a military assistance program. Now you've got elements

Oral history transcript, Willard J. Smith, interview 1 (I), 12/10/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

personnel, the establishment and operation of our aid to navigation program and search and rescue and so forth. I think that these are civil functions and traditionally and historically the United States has kept its civil functions divorced from
; maintaining aids to navigation system; license all Merchant Marines Personnel; four programs of marine safety area; private recreational craft; Maritime Administration; investigating accidents; National Transportation Safety Board; LBJ’s personal interest

Oral history transcript, Roman Pucinski, interview 1 (I), 12/29/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

it was--for two leading years Lyndon had his own Camelot, if you want to call it that. He had enough votes in Congress that he could tell the coalition to go to hell. Now, that's when we got through Medicare, aid to education, oh, a whole series of landmark bills

Oral history transcript, John S. Foster, Jr., interview 2 (II), 12/12/1968, by Dorothy Pierce McSweeny (Item)

of a hundred megatons. So from that point of view, because it's a very expensive weapons system, it's not likely to be built. Turning to the Fractional Orbit Bombardment System, I think one might think of that as a form of penetration aid. It's a penetration

Oral history transcript, Stuart Symington, interview 1 (I), 10/6/1976, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

one of the problems you h3.d consistently was the foreign military aid and of course the escalating expense of LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More

Oral history transcript, Emmette S. Redford, interview 2 (II), 3/31/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in the Federal Convention of 1787 somebody suggested in a moment of debate that they stop for prayer, Alexander Hamilton said that they didn't need any foreign aid. Well, the peopl e in Johnson City dtdn' t want any foreign aid. They couldn't think of anybody

Oral history transcript, Stephen J. Pollak, interview 4 (IV), 1/31/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

their reactions were. That was a customary practice which the legislative aides of the President asked each of us to do in any event--to report daily on whom we'd seen on the Hill. B: Incidentally, were you working within Mr. Califano's general operation

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 23 (XXIII), 3/15/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that. Johnson said he agreed with that; so did McNamara. G: Was there an understanding that our aid would be designed to encourage other countries to join in-- C: I think whether we started in late 1965 or later, the President was very strong on getting other

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 39 (XXXIX), 12/20/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

would not give him what he wanted. Abe was always tough to get. But basically as a general matter as with everything else he viewed foreign aid as a tool for which we should get LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 50 (L), 7/19/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

idea? G: No, it came out of your aides file [LBJ Library, Office Files of White House Aides: Joseph A. Califano]. C: What do you mean my aides file? There's a file of my aides, you mean? G: No, your-- (Interruption) G: September 10? C: I'm

Oral history transcript, Oveta Culp Hobby, interview 1 (I), 7/11/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

is--one of public service. And my husband was always glad and willing to counsel any young men who wished to come to see him, and I'm certain that he did give him advice. M: Did you ever participate in any of Johnson's campaigns? Did you ever aid in them

Oral history transcript, Jesse Kellam, interview 1 (I), April 1965, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)

a short while, the number one aide of Mr. Johnson's during the NYA period? K: That is reasonably correct, yes. G: Would you describe how the President approached you to take this LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY

Oral history transcript, David E. Lilienthal, interview 1 (I), 6/18/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

to be invited because I had had dealings with the Prime Minister. B: Did you have any occasion in those years to call upon Mr. Johnson as Majority Leader for aid? I ask because, again to refresh your memory, there's an item in your journals for the 1957
for a post-war development plan for South Vietnam; Lilienthal's skepticism on Vietnam quelled; effect of pacification programs; advising JFK on foreign aid; William Fulbright; Walt Rostow; James Rowe; HHH; RFK; Adlai Stevenson; Eleanor Roosevelt; Nguyen Cao

Oral history transcript, James C. Gaither, interview 2 (II), 1/15/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh top of, highlight the significant proposals, outline differences of opinion for some fifty task forces ranging all the way from foreign aid to early childhood development
White House Aides: Bohen / Nimitz, Zwick / Deusenberry / Schultz; Educational Opportunity Act of 1968; Child Development Task Force; Urban development bank; LBJ's strongest interests; 1968 Housing Act; 1967 Air Pollution Control Act; 1967

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

. Well, of course, in such unusual situations as Viet Nam, that's very much the case . Usually when that's true, it's where there is a large aid program, or where there are U . M: S . military bases . Well, then the non-State Department agencies

Oral history transcript, Harold H. Saunders, interview 1 (I), 9/15/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

had the fact that President Johnson was coping with the near-demise of congressional support for the foreign aid program generally in the 13 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral
for Tuesday lunches; LBJ’s and Nixon’s preferred use of the NSC; Eugene Rostow and systematic decision-making at the State Department; the oil crisis in the Middle East; McGeorge Bundy’s leadership role; NSC’s involvement in U.S. aid to India to prevent famine

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

Jenkins would stop by and pick me up. M: He'd arrange the night before for someone to come over and take us to church. He was absolutely hipped on the subject. So this Marie Fehmer, I believe is her name, I think she was the girl who was going

Oral history transcript, Robert Short, interview 1 (I), 8/22/1979, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

and paying for media time in advance; taking money from Jimmy Hoffa; Walter Jenkins; a rumor that Humphrey had an altercation with a prostitute.

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