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Oral history transcript, Thomas H. (Admiral) Moorer, interview 1 (I), 8/8/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

. At that time I had an opportunity to talk to him for about forty-five minutes. We exchanged the usual pleasantries, and then he discussed his experiences in World War II in the Navy, and we discussed several mutual friends, such as Governor Connally of Texas

Oral history transcript, Ralph Moreland, interview 1 (I), 4/14/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

. remember him usi ng any fi lthy 1anguage. "hell," or something like that, but. I mean . . . No, I don't rvlaybe a IIGod damn, II or a . No, I don't remember anything unusual about the words that he used. Mc: Did you have any impressions, incidentally

Oral history transcript, James M. Nabrit, interview 1 (I), 3/28/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

. Don't tell me, I know you can't keep coming here with all these people wanting you, but I just want you to know." So he surprised me. He called me up and said, "1'11 be out there. II So he came, and he made a speech--each one of these speeches just

Oral history transcript, Thomas O. Paine, interview 1 (I), 3/25/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

, served in World War II in submarines in the Pacific, in 1949 got a doctorate in Physical Metallurgy from Stanford, and from 1949 to 1968 worked for General Electric-the last five years as manager of their Tempo--GE's Center for Advanced Studies--in Santa

Oral history transcript, Wright Patman, interview 1 (I), 8/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. But the first opportunity, Mr. Roosevelt made it apply to all people who had a worthy project that was in the public interest and couldn't get financing locally at reasonable rates. He said go to the RFC and get it. You know when World War II started

Oral history transcript, James Cato Pattillo and Nettie Pattillo Woodyard, interview 1 (I), 6/27/1968, by A.K. Johnson (Item)

?" Pattillo. II He said, IIWell, that's Mr. And he said, "No, it's not r4r. Pattillo. the next meanest man?" The Then who's He said, "Oh, yes, that's Mr. Gulledge." So that's the way the Negroes and tenant farmers thought of them, thought that they were

Oral history transcript, William S. White and June White, interview 3 (III), 7/21/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Relations Committee. So Johnson said to him, IIGeorge, I'm sure you would 1ike to have Lehman on the committee. II came down and lit on Mansfield. completely ran Knowland. thing. George, of course, hi t the ceil i ng, Johnson did that all the time. I

Oral history transcript, Thomas G. Wicker, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

stamp, in a sense? W: Exactly. F: III'm for the administration. II W: I never heard him, not one single time, ever put a bad word on President Kennedy. Never. That's not to say he didn't do it, but he certainly never did it to me. By then, you

Oral history transcript, Wilton Woods and Virginia Woods, interview 5 (V), 4/14/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

subcontractors "Look, we've got to have some money here," and they'd tell them why and they'd usually fork over enough. If it wasn't enough, they'd say, "We 11, we 11 come back to see you next payday I II or someth i ng. VW: Wilton stayed up there for three

Oral history transcript, H.A. (Tony) Ziegler and Charles K. Boatner, interview 1 (I), 6/2/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, yes. then? Z: Yes. G: Really? Z: Yes, there wasn't any question about that. Yes, yes. .. ..Ii:" G: Can you recall anything in particular that he might have said? Z: No. Once in a while he would refer to him as the Chief and how he wanted

Oral history transcript, Walter Judd, interview 1 (I), 1/17/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

War II and the Chinese were determined to hang on to them. I've been there on the island. You can look out and as far as when you get up to the ground and look from there over to where you join the--when you come out of the Lotsford Road and look over

Oral history transcript, Wroe Owens, interview 1 (I), 12/15/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

had an office in the Littlefield Building at that time. I had been back practicing law for three years at that time. G: You had been in World War II? O: I was in the FBI from 1942 to 1945. I practiced law before that time here. G: Well, did

Oral history transcript, Guy S. Meloy III, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

[Noncommissioned Officer]. So we just wandered around most of the time in what they called the Bon Song area of II Corps. We did a lot of work up to the west of Hue and had one big operation in conjunction with the First Infantry Division down in War Zone C. G

Oral history transcript, William B. Cannon, interview 1 (I), 5/21/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

- ity. So that part I know "Residents of the Area," you see. But Hal did the drafting on Title II, or at least somebody for him in his office or something. G: Was there. within this drafting group, a difference of opinion with regard to what local

Oral history transcript, James P. Coleman, interview 1 (I), 4/29/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Coleman -- I -- 12 Ameri can ~ Jack Kennedy. II They had swi tched over to Kennedy, not knowing that they were going to be running mates four years hence, you see. To me

Oral history transcript, Everett D. Collier, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, LeRoy Collins, interview 1 (I), 11/15/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

it was wise either, because I knew that this woulQ probably alienate the support of much of the press that would have been important to have had working ~ith us tn that campaign. He called these peopl e "pork-choppers. II I don't know whether you've heard

Oral history transcript, Ernest Cuneo, interview 1 (I), 9/11/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that the Roosevelt forces had said they would recommend him for the chairmanship, and Bob Jackson arose and said, "No, I agreed to commend you to the convention, which I now do, but I recommend Wa 1sh. II The Roosevelt steamroll er broke through after

Oral history transcript, Jesse Curry, interview 1 (I), 8/18/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

commotion in the President's car. About that time a motorcycle also pulled over, and I asked him what had happened, if s9meone had been hurt,and he said yes. I tol d him, "Take us to Pa rkl and Hospital. II M: So you were in the lead car then to Parkland

Oral history transcript, Ben Barnes, interview 1 (I), 6/28/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

has given over thirty years of his life to it would be so easy on inaugural to not be there. and I thought~ Texas~" and And I said, "Everybody's all dressed. II And there was a conflict out at the Coliseum because we were having a cocktail party

Oral history transcript, Frank G. Wisner, interview 1 (I), 3/21/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

of responsibility. I remember Mr. Richardson of AID ran the effort in Binh Thuan Province in II Corps, and so on; III Corps and I Corps had different leadership. But the Delta was designed to have a military top officer, and that officer was to coordinate

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 34 (XXXIV), 9/19/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, and would clearly be very supportive of the wage-price guidelines and holding to them, and he'd very much be LBJ's man and Ginsburg knew Morse from those World War II days. I just can't remember. I mean, the only reason I would have called Ginsburg

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 48 (XLVIII), 6/14/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that; there'd been an issue with Eisenhower. If I'm right, you have to remember something else. I believe that liberals had periodically, on numerous occasions in the fifties, after World War II, proposed legislation to ban [discrimination in] housing

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 54 (LIV), 9/11/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

had in his bill. The Times ran the story indicating we were now looking at mandatory standards, and that set off the President. It also set off Henry Ford [II], who wanted to come in and talk to him about highway safety on February 17. I must have seen

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 63 (LXIII), 4/17/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

would periodically call some senator on the Hill, but my greater involvement was in lining up the businessmen to call on behalf of Fortas. G: Who specifically? C: We went after the National Alliance for Businessmen. I called Henry Ford [II]. I think

Oral history transcript, William R. Desobry, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

to Vietnam in 1965? D: Yes, I came to the army in 1941, like a lot of young people, just before the start of World War II, a graduate of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., through the ROTC program. And [I] participated in World War II

Oral history transcript, Clifton C. Carter, interview 1 (I), 10/1/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Oral history transcript, David Ginsburg, interview 3 (III), 9/19/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

with Wayne and we talked through most of the night about these problems and related problems having to do with the economic stabilization program during World War II, when he and I had met and we had done some work together. Then as soon as I came in, I

Oral history transcript, Kenneth E. BeLieu, interview 1 (I), 10/11/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

/loh/oh Belieu -- I --20 B: Yes. Yes, indeed. I've seen bases kept open because of the potency of a senator or a chairman, although not as much as most people would think. You go back to World War II days, Roosevelt said, "Whichever state gives me

Oral history transcript, Ellsworth Bunker, interview 3 (III), 10/12/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, Castello Branco. He had fought with us in World War II, the Brazilian division, and he's a very fine person. I said to him, things had improved very much, and I really thought we could start to bring back some of our troops. I didn't think we needed a four

Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 4 (IV), 7/29/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the end of World War II and this campaign. 1 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Busby -- IV -- 2 Peddy was anti-isolation

Oral history transcript, Welly K. Hopkins, interview 1 (I), 5/11/1965, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)

he said to my mother several times, "f-tlrs. Hopkins, I am going to be President some day. II I didn't know it at the time but in later years when he was in the Senate and before I lost my mother in '56, she used to reminisce with me. She told me

Oral history transcript, Jack Howard, interview 1 (I), 10/20/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of that miscalculation. up as ambassador to New Zealand, and l~irtz He finally ended got the man he wanted, Jim Reynolds, a very fine person.-B,ut during all that time the direct contacts with White House peopl e, they didn' t bother with ~Ii rtz. G: I gather

Oral history transcript, Don Hummel, interview 2 (II), 1/13/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Don Hummel, interview 2 (II), 1/13/1969, by Joe B. Frantz

Oral history transcript, Everett Hutchinson, interview 1 (I), 10/28/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

from 1940 until 1942. While there, I ran for the House of Representatives of the Texas legislature, and served until 1944. Meanwhile World War II had come on and I entered the U.S. Navy in 1942 as an apprentice seaman and continued on active duty

Oral history transcript, Mary D. Keyserling, interview 1 (I), 10/22/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

to say, IITake sex discrimination- -that clause - -out, II and risk the ho stility of the women voter s? M: How did the sex clause get put back in? K: Well, it was amended quite early- -to have sex added. But the intent of the congres sman who

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

Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh DeBAKEY -- I -- 16 office with me and said, liThe President's on the phone right now. If you'll just wai t a moment he'll be ready to see you. II And about that time I got an urgent

Oral history transcript, Michael V. DiSalle, interview 1 (I), 2/4/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

time there. II was kidding, and he took it seriously. I About a month afterwards, he was President.' B: Some people say that he really doesn't have much of a sense of humor. D: I don't think he has when it comes to him, although he's one

Oral history transcript, L.T. (Tex) Easley, interview 1 (I), 5/4/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of labor. Now when Lyndon Johnson was first elected to the Congress, unions were a negligible factor in politics in Texas. much of a factor until after World War II. They weren't very But then, as Lyndon Johnson became a national figure running

Oral history transcript, Truman Fawcett and Wilma Green Fawcett, interview 1 (I), 4/21/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

--Clarence showed it to me--there was "Hi, Clarence, from Lyndon. II (Laughter) M: Lyndon must have been close to the power there. TF: He must have been. M: You first met Lyndon Johnson when you were about four or five years of age, then? TF: Yes