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Oral history transcript, Thomas W. Fletcher, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • bean on vacation too. F: Since we had to make the trip we decided to look at Mt. Rushmore and some of those things. And we were right by the post office where the car stopped at a signal, and a man stuck his head in the window of my car and said
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Bascom Timmons, interview 1 (I), 3/6/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • for the Fort Worth Record-T: Fort Worth Record in 1906, I was 16 years old. M: 1906, right. And in 1912-1913 you came to Washington and worked for the Washington Post. You have been an editor and owner of newspapers. In 1917 you became the Washington
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Louis F. Walter, interview 1 (I), 2/18/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, E. Ernest Goldstein, interview 1 (I), 12/9/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • terrible on dates--I went to one of these schools that never taught you to consider dates beyond 1492, and I'm having a little trouble. B: If you had that post in 1957 and '58, then Mr. Johnson was still Senator. G: So that fits it. So we met, but we
Oral history transcript, Estelle Harbin, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • it between Lyndon and me. Washington. So that's what we lived on in You just had to make your money stretch. But when you can ride for twenty cents in a taxi you know that everything else was in proportion. The post office was in the building
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, John W. Hechinger, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • with the Daily News editorial staff to tell them his aspirations for the City Council. And the News--nobody had this story about his being withdrawn but the Post, and until the Post said it, of course everybody I guess was trying to investigate it. So he told
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., interview 3 (III), 8/8/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • a big deal out of it. It's in the Washington Post the day after the funeral. it was overdone. I thought But anyway it was all part of Johnson's effort, coming in as a Southern conservative Vice President, to appeal to the liberal forces. I \'Jas
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Elliot Richardson, interview 1 (I), 1/31/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Juanita Roberts, interview 2 (II), 8/29/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • --Auxiliary it was to be then--started, and my father was quite interested in it. It was he who wanted me to go, and judging by the news reports I wasn't too keen on it. I never got excited about it. Finally Papa went to the post office and got the papers
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Eugene McCarthy, interview 1 (I), 12/12/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • all the power, including raising money, away from the national committee. Then the Eisenhower people took the post offices out of politics in that period, so whatever was left over for Democrats to collect there would have been gone, too. Under
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Bruce Palmer, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • quickly." When I got to Bragg, Johnny Bowen didn't know anything about this. He said, "Who the hell are you and what are you doing on my post?" I said, "Sir, I have orders to take anything I want." (Laughter) About that time the phone rang
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, William C. Westmoreland, interview 2 (II), 7/25/1985, by Charles B. MacDonald (Item)
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Logan Wilson, interview 1 (I), 11/8/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • in higher education. I remember talking with John Gardner, whom I have known a long time, just after he was named to the cabinet. I said, ItJohn, just be frank with me. Hhy would you leave a foundation post where you would be pretty much master of your
Oral history transcript, Glen P. Wilson, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Kitty Mae Wirtz, interview 1 (I), 2/22/1970, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 8 (VIII), 4/15/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Joseph Laitin, interview 4 (IV), 6/19/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • in the Washington Star or the Washington Post or the New York Times, or in those days the New York Herald Tribune, the story hadn't been published with LBJ. I should add one other paper, the Austin-Statesman, or, you know, the Dallas News or the Dallas Times-Herald
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Frank W. Lehan, interview 2 (II), 1/31/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Lehan -- II -- 29 something that's going down the pike pretty fast; a decision is going to have to be reached. We have a post-1980 air traffic
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Russell B. Long, interview 3 (III), 7/26/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 32 (XXXII), 12/11/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • to the effect that the Democratic National Committee had received the proceeds. That was done because I saw a brief paragraph in probably theWashington Post a couple days later. I received a letter not long after from Senator John Stennis, a distinguished
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Peter R. Rosenblatt, interview 1 (I), 7/26/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • . That was when I went off with Marvin Watson to the Post Office Department. 10 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
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Dean Rusk, interview 4 (IV), 3/8/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, William H. Chartener, interview 1 (I), 1/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • price policy; union democracy; stockpiling; Direct Investment Program; balance of payments; transition; cabinet committee work on post-planning for economic consequences of the end of Vietnam War
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Chester L. Cooper, interview 2 (II), 7/17/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • a grain. Late in the summer of 166-M: '65? C: '65--Jim Thompson and I had had some talks with Ambassador Louis Jones who had been Ambassador for many years to Djakarta. Jones was taking up the post as Chancellor or president of the East-West Center
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Roger Blough, interview 1 (I), 7/29/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • , Johnson made good appointments in these posts-­ B : I would say by-and-large Johnson's appointments were all right . difficult to get a good man to take a cabinet post . It's I mean, you can make so many errors, and I think by and large the men
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 7 (VII), 2/25/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • constructive thing to do. From the standpoint of Civil Service Commission personnel policy, however, it was a very bad thing to do. They had entered into a commitment to the Post Office and Civil Service Commissions that additional super grades would
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 29 (XXIX), 5/16/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 40 (XL), 12/21/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 57 (LVII), 12/12/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 59 (LIX), 1/16/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Eugene C. Patterson, interview 1 (I), 3/11/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • and executive editor and then from '60 to '68 as editor of the Constitution. And in those years you won the Pulitzer , for editorial writing and you are now with the Washington Post, is that correct? P: Now I'm the managing editor of the Washington Post
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Alfred B. Fitt, interview 1 (I), 10/25/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • as Deputy Under Secretary of the Army for Manpower. I served in that post for two years, so that it wasn't until 1963 that I moved to OSD and took up the civil rights job which had not hitherto existed. That was one of the by-products of the Gesell
Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 7 (VII), 1/18/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • in the campaign where you could go eat, and close to the post office. G: Who actually headed the campaign? J: Well, again, it was the same one we had in 1941, what's his name? G: Claude Wild? J: Claude Wild in name, John Connally headed it in actuality. G
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 3 (III), 12/14/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • a good eight-year period in history to have another study made; that may have been good for the country. It gave everybody an opportunity after the surge of the post-war era and so on to slow down and collect themselves. I think it was good. Whether
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 5 (V), 3/14/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • a party and so they had a party. They couldn't have Lincoln. As a matter of fact, in Montgomery, Alabama, when they came out with the three-cent stamp--this goes back some years; we were in the Federal Building, the Old Post Office Building in Montgomery
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Robert H. Finch, interview 2 (II), 6/19/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • it is today in the sense of being able to keep accurate records and to assess health care in any structured fashion. That's one of the major changes between that time and now. G: Anything else on the post-presidential association between Lyndon Johnson
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, David Ginsburg, interview 1 (I), 8/15/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • of differences, and stirring the country to bring pressure to bear on the unions--public pressure through the media. There were many meetings with individuals associated with the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post and others to explain
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, William G. Bowdler, interview 1 (I), 5/30/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • as the most adequate. F: Did you stay there or did you stay in town? B: Walt and I had our little command post in a motel that had been reserved for the U.S. delegation. F: In a case like that, do you send down U.S. technicians to set up the necessary
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Roger Stevens, interview 1 (I), 2/15/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • about it. President Kennedy was very firm about it being in that location. And I never heard any indication that Johnson had any other thoughts. The only group that seemed to be doubtful about it was the Washington Post. I always felt they were
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Sterling Tucker, interview 1 (I), 4/21/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • the press reports of my travels--not just the press reports but the post reports, were glowing reports of my travels. B: Of course, I ought to point out in this record that you're hardly an amateur at that. You had made a similar trip in '55, I think
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)