Discover Our Collections


  • Series > Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories (remove)
  • Type > Text (remove)
  • Specific Item Type > Oral history (remove)

551 results

  • to call our They were still holdovers from the 1948 campaign that had gone with us like Lloyd Croslin up in Lubbock, Chilton O'Brien down in Beaumont, and these people, Bob Clark here in Dallas, and so forth. our leaders and say, 11 We would call Now
  • and a Democratic Congress. Senator McNamara and many of his colleagues, such as Senator Douglas and Senator Lehman and Senator Humphrey--I remember later when the large class of 1958 came in, Senator Clark and Senator Hart and others were very eager to use
  • of us. We said, "What's that going on over there?" She said, "Oh, Clark Gable is stationed out here at Mitchell Field, and they see him driving up out there." Then she looked at John and said, "But you never mind for you to go. You're just as good
  • this development in the Johnson election? O: I don't think there was a formalized development. If you're going to have Abe Fortas, Clark Clifford, Jim Rowe or whoever, that's all well and good but what are they going to be doing? The tone of the meeting I
  • to get rid of all these Tex ans who had been ruining every­ thing in Washington all this time. of all. And, of course, he was ~e l ea d Texan And then it sor t of we nt down the lis t of the Tex a n s like Ramsey Clark a nd the o t h ers , and Lyndon
  • of the different people. He described He said that he'd had Justice Fortas and Clark Clifford there as two men who were completely independent and detached from the whole thing and had no particular involvement, who could just sit in the corner and watch
  • to bring that about in Philadelphia, and Senator Bennett Clark from Missouri handled it, and John O'Connor, who was Congressman from New York, he handled it, too. And we abrogated the rule then. But I don't think he wanted to see those votes recorded
  • (she later became his wife and was a delightful person whose days were all too short lived), sometimes Ed and !mne Clark or Everett and Mary Looney. None of us had a lot of money but we were young and ambitious. The track ahead of us was clear and we
  • of the Johnson family while you were there? T: I believe that the Clark Cliffords carne to call some time during the holiday; and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Porter. out, because the staff ~vas Then also a number of the staff members came always family
  • in it in color, et cetera. How to do it? Clark Clifford was there. They decided to form this Society, the White House Historical Society. a non-profit organization which would publish the White House guide. i.t~-the editing. not a cent. We said that we
  • wanted to ask you about that because, as I recall, there was a Washington Post and New York Times article about the role of Clark Clifford when he became secretary of defense. Was it Bobby's
  • ; Detroit riots; Robert McNamara; Clark Clifford; cost effectiveness; role of service secretaries
  • : More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh He didn't ever really trust Joe Clark very He was skeptical about Paul Douglas. Did it seem to you sometimes he was more suspicious of fellow Democrats than he
  • that the dinner was more important than my appointment itself. So, following the hearing that the President was on his way to Australia, I think for the Prime Minister's funeral, he recommended to Ramsey Clark that my appointment be held up until after
  • ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh WICKER -- I -- 17 you put a \'/hole bunch of people like Joe Clark in there, it wouldn't have any weight. F: But Arthur Watkins was almost as unassailable as church. W. Exactly my point. And I believe that the political
  • to Clark area, the Philippines, and apparently they took real good care of her there. But there was some hinting around that people back in Hawaii, the army people as well as the joint people, were not really looking after them. G: So, is it fair to say