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Oral history transcript, Edwin L. Weisl, Sr., interview 1 (I), 5/13/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Nay 13, 1969 F: This is an interview with Mr. Edwin L. Weisl, Sr., in his office in New York on Hay 13, 1969. The interviewer is Joe B. Frantz. Mr. Weisl, you're out of Illinois, right? W: Yes, sir. F: Tell us a little

Oral history transcript, Stewart L. Udall, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Adlai Stevenson fan in both of his campaigns. Looking onto the 1960 election, of course, I felt this was a great opportunity for the party. As late as early 1958 I think I was still a Stevenson man. In fact I wrote an article for the New Republic which I

Oral history transcript, H. Ralph Taylor, interview 2 (II), 4/4/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

: I've got the recorder on. T: All right. But what I did, I wrote these myself, not speech writers. Because the speech writers assigned just weren't good enough in that sense, and I used these as policy speeches to float new ideas and to try

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 20 (XX), 4/23/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: LAWRENCE F. O'BRIEN INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. O'Brien's office, New York City Tape 1 of 1 O: We have a white paper dated late September, which was a detailed presentation of a campaign in the form of a campaign manual
-finding and support for LBJ in his travel throughout the country; growing concern among Democratic leaders about Vietnam; presidential campaign work and organization prior to 1968; problems in the New Hampshire and Massachusetts primaries; lack of support

Oral history transcript, Nelson Rockefeller, interview 1 (I), 2/21/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, 1974 I NTERV I HJEE: NELSON ROCKEFELLER INTERVI E~IER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: Oa 11 as, Texas Tape 1 of 1 F: This is an interview with former Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York in the Sheraton Dallas Hotel in Dallas, Texas, on February

Oral history transcript, Gerri Whittington, interview 2 (II), 7/18/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: No. I think it was in the Rose Garden. I think it was, but that's vague in my mind. Where is--yes, 6/19. It says "fundraiser," but I didn't go to the fundraiser with him. I stayed at the hotel. G: How about going to New York to open the World's Fair

Oral history transcript, Joseph Laitin, interview 4 (IV), 6/19/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

incident. Did I ever tell you the story about Cassie Mackin, who since has become quite well known as an NBC news commentator, very prominent in covering the conventions. She replaced Marianne Means on the Hearst headline service. Marianne Means had sort
and President Kennedy; Presidential scholar ceremony invitee list; Laitin losing his code name; LBJ not wanting people to know who he was taking to Camp David; how the press manipulate the people who release the news; LBJ’s relationship with the press; the focus

Oral history transcript, Tommie W. Glick and Sarah Taylor, interview 1 (I), 7/23/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

, I married in New York. How did you get to New York? the war had a great deal to do \,/ith that. path and my husband's path crossed. That's how my During the war I was in the Red Cross, and he was a surgeon in the Army. Mc: Oh. And so you went

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

given the commencement address and it was a very special occasion. The President had an opportunity to get off what I felt was a delightful quip that was reported in the New York Times the next day. In congratulating the class he told them he hoped
Biographical information; LBJ’s June 1964 Coast Guard Academy commencement address; DOT formation and transfer of Coast Guard to DOT; position of the Coast Guard; PPBS; obtaining new equipment; control of ice-breaking operation; Arctic exploration

Oral history transcript, Walter Washington and Bennetta Washington, interview 1 (I), 12/10/1971, by T.H. Baker (Item)

had a way of doing it that you had to learn to understand. S: When that discussion took place there in 1966, was there already for you a possibility of the New York housing job? W: In the housing field, I had had at that time a number of other

Oral history transcript, Stanley Ruttenberg, interview 1 (I), 2/25/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

of employment on the part of the employers and then a decision was made to set up a training program in that area, which meant, really, a new developing concept. The Secretary of Labor would determine what occupations there ought to be training programs

Oral history transcript, Mary Lasker, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, 1969 INTERVIEWEE: MARY LASKER (Mrs. Albert D. Lasker) INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: Mrs. Lasker's residence, New York City Tape 1 of 1 F: Mrs. Lasker, let's start by talking a little bit about how you first became interested in health

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 27 (XXVII), 9/23/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

23, 1987 INTERVIEWEE: LAWRENCE F. O'BRIEN INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. O'Brien's office, New York City Tape 1 of 2, Side 1 O: On the evening prior to inauguration, my wife and I were visited by Hubert Humphrey and his wife
to McDonnell and Company with O'Brien; the state of McDonnell and Company when O'Brien came to work for them; selling seats on the New York and American Exchanges to make McDonnell and Company money; the McDonnell family's wealth and influence; a merger

Oral history transcript, David W. Angevine, interview 1 (I), 1/7/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of the Cooperative News Service; I was director of information. And in 1963 I moved to Washington, D.C., still with the Cooperative League as its public relations director. live been in Washington since that time. I went to work for the Department of Agriculture

Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 7 (VII), 3/4/1996, by Harry Middleton (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: NASH CASTRO INTERVIEWER: Harry Middleton PLACE: Mr. Castro's office, New York City Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 M: We are going to talk about some of the things that have not found their way into the oral histories in the Johnson Library

Oral history transcript, John Ben Shepperd, interview 1 (I), 12/30/1968, by Elizabeth Kaderli (Item)

of West Texas and of southeastern New Mexico. K: I understand, Mr. Shepperd, that you also had a good deal to do with the Chamber of Commerce and when you were younger with the Junior Chamber of Commerce. S: Is that correct? Yes, that's correct. I

Oral history transcript, Radcliffe Killam, interview 1 (I), 2/23/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, there was a so-called old party and new party in Webb County politics. The old party was primarily the party of the LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ

Oral history transcript, Stewart J.O. Alsop, interview 1 (I), 7/15/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

A: Of course, when he was the majority leader of the Senate, it was essential for anybody who was trying to keep on top of the news to see the leader fairly frequently. I don't mean every day or every week, but to be in touch with him and his people. M: He

Oral history transcript, Courtney A. Evans, interview 1 (I), 3/27/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

new major policy decisions made that affected the department. B: But this is only a natural development. During these years in which there were three Attorney Generals--from Robert Kennedy to Nicholas Katzenbach to Ramsey Clark--did there occur under

Oral history transcript, Roger Stevens, interview 1 (I), 2/15/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. Fortunately, many that were elected in that year are still with us. F: Could you use Johnson to go out and help you raise money? S: No, I never did that. I remember he did come to a fund-raising affair with Sam Rayburn in New York once, for the purpose

Oral history transcript, Robert C. Weaver, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

upset. It seemed as though President Roosevelt had been campaigning in New York and the impetuous, southern born, Steve Early had kicked a Negro policeman in the groin. This had been played up quite a bit, and Jonathan suggested that I get the boys
to LBJ Ranch regarding housing message; his impact on LBJ’s thinking; reason for resignation; prejudice; feeling that the new administration will attempt to make administrative reform

Oral history transcript, Luther Holcomb, interview 3 (III), 7/29/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

going through the Mansion. Mrs. Kennedy did not know anyone else was with him, and just called out: "Jack, guess what I've found! I've found a new piece of the Lincoln china." So the way Mr. Wilkins related it to me, she was in a very excited mood

Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 8 (VIII), 2/25/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. This is an interesting situation because it brings to bear almost every part, every major branch, of our federal government. Back in the late 1950s and early 1960s, the airlines were in considerable need of financial assistance to pay for the heavy new load of equipment
to permit supplemental carriers to charter planes to travel agents for domestic travel; the president's required approval of foreign charter permits; the airlines' appeal to the Second Circuit in New York of the District of Columbia court's decision

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 5 (V), 4/7/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

INTERVIEW V DATE: April 7, 1983 INTERVIEWEE: ARTHUR KRIM INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Krim's residence, New York City Tape 1 of 1 K: Now you can start with the tax thing or-- G: Let's do. Let me ask you about the effort to enact

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 13 (XIII), 9/10/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, 1986 INTERVIEWEE: LAWRENCE F. O'BRIEN INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. O'Brien's office, New York City Tape 1 of 2, Side 1 G: Well, let's start today with the Water Quality Act, an effort to establish quality standards for interstate
of new towns; the creation of the Department of Housing and Urban Development with Secretary Robert Weaver as the first African-American cabinet member; how the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) was affected by the creation of HUD; a constitutional

Oral history transcript, Stewart L. Udall, interview 3 (III), 7/29/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, and not very flexible, and not very quick to produce new policies. The problem is so complex, because there isn’t an Indian problem, there are eighty to ninety various Indian groups all over the West, in Alaska, all the villages in Alaska, and people

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 12 (XII), 10/29/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

know, we couldn't get passed until Dr. [Martin Luther] King was assassinated. And even if you look at that--I remember proposing it. It's the only time--and I think if you look at the New York Times or something--I was mentioned in the twenty-fourth

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 16 (XVI), 12/16/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of aluminum that somebody brought me the wire on the power failure in the Northeast, which, if we're right here about times, occurred about five o'clock. I immediately went. It was a total power failure. New York City was knocked out. The LBJ Presidential

Oral history transcript, Louis Martin, interview 2 (II), 6/12/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Martin – II – 5 economist up in New York. I had his name down here somewhere. He's still alive. He's writing a lot
Shepherd. Also mentions Hobart Taylor, the President’s Club, Adam Clayton Powell. DNC activities in Detroit, Chicago, New York, Atlanta

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 16 (XVI), 11/21/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, 1986 INTERVIEWEE: LAWRENCE F. O'BRIEN INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. O'Brien's office, New York City G: I want to start with a few miscellaneous questions. First, do you have any insights as to why [John A.] Gronouski was made
for new employees; seasonal temporary post office jobs; the Post Office equal employment opportunity task force; Ronnie Lee and the White House Fellows Program; curb versus door mail delivery and new mail pickup ideas; the problem of developing new mail

Oral history transcript, Jane Engelhard, interview 2 (II), 1/6/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Is that right? E: To discuss, I don't recall if it was a party or some new decoration or some new furniture that we were supposed to purchase for the White House. We had a quiet lunch, both of us upstairs in her small room off their bedroom, which

Oral history transcript, Harfield Weedin, interview 1 (I), 2/24/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

/exhibits/show/loh/oh Weedin -- I were so bad and so few. ~~ 13 I told you there were only three in Houston. And we didn't have a news department. there, there was no news director. At KTRH in 1936, when I went We got what news we got from CBS in New

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 29 (XXIX), 5/16/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

doing something on New Year's Eve, Friday, December 31--I think it was a Friday--that they thought they could get away with. And it was like surreptitious action, number one. Number two, there was a strong feeling that they were, in fact, taking

Oral history transcript, Stanley Karnow, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

news organizations, to my recollection, had staff correspondents based in Saigon, I think except for the news agencies. correspondent. The New York Times had a visiting Usually it was a person from Hong Kong who came down just the way I did. LBJ
into the South; Abe Fortas; reporters and public opinion on the war; the effect of the news media; evaluation of other reporters in Vietnam; American generals in Vietnam; locations and dates of his field reporting; covering the Communist side of the war; books

Oral history transcript, Virginia Foster Durr, interview 1 (I), 10/17/1967, by Mary Walton Livingston (Item)

of Montganery, Alabama. Mrs. Durr has came to the National Archives today, October 17, 1967, to record her impressions of the JOhnsons as newcomers to Washington in the early days of the New Deal. Mrs. Durr, would you like to tell us how you first met
Impressions of the Johnsons as newcomers to Washington in the early days of the New Deal

Oral history transcript, Ernest May, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

you have any great difficulty persuading people to your point of view? M: Oh, yes. In this county it was impossible. Mc~ What was the difficulty here? M: This county had turned against Roosevelt--turned against the New Deal
Biographical information; Judge Frank Culver; Sam Rayburn; LBJ; George Petty; Coke Stevenson; Dan Moody; Carter vs. Tomlinson; FDR and the New Deal

Oral history transcript, Thomas O. Paine, interview 2 (II), 4/10/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

in space, utilizing the facilities that we built over the last decade but not plunging into new facilities. What would be the LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID
Act; transition to the new administration; Bob Seamans.

Oral history transcript, Charles M. Haar, interview 1 (I), 6/14/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh with Edward Kennedy, as a matter of fact, on one of his campaign rounds through the state of Massachusetts, and spent a whole day and an evening until we landed in New Bedford about five o'clock

Oral history transcript, Dan Rather, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

hustled newS on their own, a few but not many. F: They took it off the ticker. R: Took it off the ticker. They were really more announcers than they were reporters, and I never was a very good announcer. I aspired to be a reporter. At any rate

Oral history transcript, Robert Vincent Roosa, interview 1 (I), 4/21/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

, 1969 HlTERV I E\'JEE: ROBERT ROOSA INTERV I HJER: DAV 10 McCOMB PLACE: 59 Wall Street, New York City Tape 1 of 2 M: First of all, I'd like to know something about your background. Where were you born, when, where did you get your education? R
Biographical information; Federal Reserve Bank; new economics; Treasury Department; Organization for Economic Cooperation; Organization for European Cooperation and Development; working parties; Group of Ten; ring of swaps; London Gold Pool; Robert

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