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

told me to call every governor in the Northeast and offer anything we could do. And I did talk to all of them and to Mayor Wagner several times, my last conversation I guess being with Swidler at quarter to twelve that night. But I think

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 26 (XXVI), 4/18/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of those conversations were about labor issues, repealing 14-B-G: Minimum wage, I guess. C: Minimum wage issues, unemployment insurance comp issues, whether to invoke Taft-Hartley, whether to set up mediation boards, what to do about the railroad strike

Oral history transcript, J.Willis Hurst, interview 5 (V), 10/30/1995, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

it. (Interruption) H: He started off something like this: "Bird and I and some friends here just been sitting around and our conversation wandered to you." And I had to think, "Now, why would the President of the United States, who has a lot of things on his mind

Oral history transcript, Joseph W. Barr, interview 4 (IV), 6/10/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was chairman of the FDIC at this time, and I called Jimmy to inform him of this conversation, Saxon. And he wasn't there but his deputy, Bill [Camp]--I could get these names-G: I'll get them later. B: Bill whoever-it-was was there; he's a very good

Oral history transcript, Phyllis Bonanno, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

some questions about the March 31 speech. Did you have any indication ahead of time that he was going to withdraw? B: Again, in retrospect, yes, a lot of them. A lot of his conversations at the family dinner table would be about how old he

Oral history transcript, Marjorie A. Delafield, interview 1 (I), 11/9/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

you ever have an opportunity to meet him? MD: No sir, I never did. I felt like I knew him from all of our many conversations about him, but I never did meet him. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B

Oral history transcript, John W. Hechinger, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

at the White House. So he was living right at the White House during this period.. I must say I can't recount any conversation--I had no conversation with him during this period, but there was a constant flow and interchange of information between the White

Oral history transcript, Terry Sanford, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

campaign manager. I particularly remember my conversation with him because I was pretty tired and I \'JaS swimming pool. staying at a Holiday Inn in Raleigh because they had a I was lying out by the swimming pool. We had a downtown hotel office

Oral history transcript, Sidney A. Saperstein, interview 2 (II), 6/28/1986, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)

was told, "Go ahead and change it." So we changed it and sent it up to the Hill then. But that's the kind of thing when we have a meeting with the Budget Bureau and some other people and if you're not conversant with all the details, there's a problem

Oral history transcript, Frank McCulloch, interview 1 (I), 5/13/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

- nent or semi-permanent in Saigon was twelve or fifteen. Now, with a group that small, there was not so much peer pressure as there was simply a gathering of versation~ reporters~ shared experiences. lunch conversation, beer con- I don't think

Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 8 (VIII), 4/15/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, 1988 INTERVIEWEE: WILLARD DEASON INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Deason's residence, Austin, Texas Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 D: Since talking last I have had two or three other thoughts about our conversations and our connections

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 18 (XVIII), 12/18/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

critical comments. He did not want to lessen his on-the-record support and yet as early as January of 1966 you see indications of my conversation with him, my report to the President by this memo, that he was beginning to express concern

Oral history transcript, Lonnelle Aikman, interview 1 (I), 4/28/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in getting home for dinner that night so I talked with her, which is very happy making for a reporter. I talked with her from about, I guess it was a little before 8:00 until after 10:00, maybe I left at 10:00 or so. F: No difficulty in making conversation

Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 5 (V), 2/24/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. He abruptly terminated the conversation, told me that he trusted I would understand that he had to go see somebody else right away, and never talked to me again anymore than he could help during the entire conference until this quite official

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 5 (V), 4/1/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

think it's really just a matter of concentration, of wanting to do it, and perhaps calling the person's name two or three times in the conversation after you've just met him helps to fix it in your mind. G: How good at it was he? Was he pretty

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 57 (LVII), 12/12/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that every year she got more welfare money. And Johnson in a very spirited way disagreed with Mills on this, which was--normally he would just sort of nod and listen, let the conversation go on, whatever he thought. But he came in hard and disagreed with him

Oral history transcript, Ralph Dungan, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Ken~~dy's last trip. D: That's right. M: Was that clearly understood as an errand for Lyndon Johnson? D: Oh> absolutely, absolutely. . I was in on the conversations in-the t-7eeks prior to the decision to make that· trip. . And Kennedy r

Oral history transcript, Owen Donley, interview 1 (I), 6/8/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that although I don't think I sat in on those conversations. G: Was it seen as a regional problem, as largely a southern, rural [problem]? D: I think it was perceived that way, yes. G: Let me ask you to just analyze the feeding programs that existed

Oral history transcript, C.E. "Curley" Doyle, interview 1 (I), 11/14/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. D: No, I can't say that because my association with him, I didn't have any classes under him but only through conversations. I recall talking with him in the presence of Lyndon on one occasion. It might have been more, but on one occasion I recall

Oral history transcript, Paul H. Douglas and Emily Taft Douglas, interview 1 (I), 11/1/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, and he believed now that the fault was mostly his. 0: Yes, he sa id that-- G: Can you recall that conversation? D~ Yes, that's true. I never gave it publicity, because I never believed in using it, a private conversation of the President, to uphold

Oral history transcript, Frederick Flott, interview 3 (III), 9/27/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

apply any pressure myself in the same way that he could. on them. It's not even entirely fair to describe it as putting pressure It takes more than one conversation and one go-around to make a case on what's obviously a complicated and difficult

Oral history transcript, Gale McGee, interview 2 (II), 3/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh This is the second interview with Senator McGee in his office on March 10, 1969. Senator, without any preliminaries, did not you have some conversation with Mr. Johnson before you went on the Senate Foreign

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 25 (XXV), 8/7/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

is sitting there; it inhibits conversation. You aren't getting any news out of it. You can't get any news. The news is at the stops, not while they're on the plane. Eventually he abolished it altogether, and I could not talk him out of it. He got awfully mad

Oral history transcript, Vide G. (Mrs. E.L.) Bartlett, interview 1 (I), 5/14/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

, but it was early in their careers in the House. He spoke of and was impressed by this tall, lanky, energetic man from Texas. I remember that in his words. M: You1ve indicated to me in our conversation off the tape that you and your husband made a point

Oral history transcript, Irwin Wolkstein, interview 1 (I), 4/26/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Mills or the Ways and Means Committee or do you think you would have equal problem in the Senate at the time? R: The major obstacle was Wilbur Mills; at least that's what was thought. A lot of conversation was going on on how many votes there were

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 6 (VI), 5/16/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

measures, by the progress of time, by the striving of understanding, the conversion of receptive minds became the property of second-class intellects, Sir Robert Peel became possessed of them also. He was converted at the conversion of the average man. His

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 43 (XLIII), 3/28/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

for September 1 [1966]? Well, armed with that memo, which he had that afternoon and also spending that morning, you look at his calendar and [he had] several conversations with me, one with Fowler, one with [Russell] Long, about the investment tax credit. Met

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 60 (LX), 1/17/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: There are a lot of notes on this railroad strike. C: (Long pause) Prior to the ninth of April and prior to the tenth of April, we had asked--I see here in notes of April 7 of my conversations with Wirtz and Reynolds--we had asked labor if they would extend

Oral history transcript, John Henry Faulk, interview 1 (I), 12/15/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and very conversant with politics. And as I say, both of them were very fond of Lyndon Johnson. They held him in great respect. 4 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 9 (IX), 8/16/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

you're going to have with almost anyone that you interview on Johnson. He was not the kind of man that after that kind of an action would start speculating on why it happened. His conversation would be entirely "for the love of God, the ox

Oral history transcript, Wilbur J. Cohen, interview 1 (I), 12/8/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

of associations with her and later on in life, of course, my associations with her grew closer and closer. And we had many opportunities for conversation and discussion during the remainder of her lifetime. I also knew very well [Mary W.] Molly Dewson. Molly

Oral history transcript, Patricia Roberts Harris, interview 1 (I), 5/19/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

no notion to whom he had been introduced. So I would say it was at that level, the way people know public figures in Washington. S: By repute and by various brief contacts. H: And by very brief contacts and small, small conversations. I'm sure he

Oral history transcript, Harold Barefoot Sanders, interview 3 (III), 11/3/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, without the his tory of his relationship with Johnson; and as to what conversations and how many went on I just don't know. F: MOving ahead to '68 when you see this from a different vantage point, how did that develop in your own experience? S: Well

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 15 (XV), 11/20/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, but I never really reached a point where you would say, "What is he going to do in the next forty-eight hours?" G: Collins, I believe, did come down to Washington and met with you sometime. O: Yes, I do recall a conversation. I believe also
of the zip code; working with, and learning from, European mail systems; trips to Europe to learn about their postal systems; O'Brien's visit with Pope Paul VI and their conversation regarding Vietnam; efforts to improve mail service between the U.S

Oral history transcript, Roy Elson, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of a little disgusted at its length. But then he read it. He said, "Oh, yes, now I remember." After all that research, all I had done, and all we had done was remind him of a conversation that had taken place in the Republican cloakroom in the Senate in 1927

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 29 (XXIX), 3/19/1982-3/20/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, and he liked him very much, but he never could understand his South Carolina accent. They would just go through a whole conversation, which Lyndon didn't understand, or so he said. Maybank was a member of an aristocratic, old South Carolina family, as I

Oral history transcript, William E. Colby, interview 2 (II), 3/1/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

: Oh, I suspect they knew about it.I suspect they ran into enough evidence of it. We had talked to a bunch of officers there and I think scared a number of them.I think some of them reinsured and told the government about the conversations. I don't have

Oral history transcript, Sid Davis, interview 5 (V), 11/28/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

did. They were so good! And she was a little struck by this thing, but he ate her--I think he ate the bacon. I think he ate the bacon off her plate, all the while carrying on an animated conversation with all of us, the Prime Minister, Mrs. Holt, Mrs

Oral history transcript, William Friday, interview 1 (I), 7/10/1987, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)

the President that he ought to invite some people over. I was one of the six who went, six or eight, and the conversation was beneficial. Well, within a month after that meeting Kent State occurred, and he called us all back into a second session. Mr. Nixon

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 2 (II), 4/4/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in a Natural Beauty message to Congress, he found that the First Lady was a very attentive and knowledgeable participant in the conversation; that she had a mind that grasped ••• This is not to say the President didn't. But I think he was more startled--Udall

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