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Oral history transcript, Robert C. Weaver, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • there were problems getting Negroes into trade unions and the like. F: Why did you leave the government? W: I left in 1943 because by that time it seemed to be that we weren't moving forward. Waves of reaction had come in particularly in the areas
Oral history transcript, James C. Gaither, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • are then expressed in the State of the Union and other messages. The basic problem with that approach is that after awhile, there is very little new thinking and basically every idea is bureaucratized; it's compromised and cleansed, and by the time it gets
Oral history transcript, Lawrence E. (Larry) Levinson, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • time talking to the then-Director of the Bureau of the Budget, Charlie Schultze, to find out a little bit about what I would be required to do. 1 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library
  • of the Budget; the privilege of working hard for a president; keeping ideas fresh and balanced over time; LBJ's strengths, especially in communication and helping people.