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Oral history transcript, George Ball, interview 2 (II), 7/9/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

of rejection by our own government of any neutralization talk. Neutralization was, in effect, giving them what they wanted. I went to see De Gaulle during the Kennedy days and had a long talk with him about it. I found myself in the position which is familiar

Oral history transcript, Richard M. Helms, interview 1 (I), 4/4/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

through the heads of agencies; that he did not do what President Kennedy used to do, of going behind these people to lower down individuals whom he either knew or had some regard for their technical competence or something of this kind. Interestingly

Oral history transcript, John M. Leddy, interview 1 (I), 3/12/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

to that, in the immediate past, you had served as Ambassador to OEeD and then prior to that in the Kennedy Administration, both as Director for the United States and the World Bank for a short time-L: Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs

Oral history transcript, Rutherford M. Poats, interview 1 (I), 11/18/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

of President Kennedy? P: Not as a presidential appointee, as a so-called administrative appointee of Fowler Hamilton, the new administrator of AID. M: Then you were in this agency then during the course of the Kennedy Presidency, and have remained

Oral history transcript, Robert F. Woodward, interview 1 (I), 11/4/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

for Progress 15 President Kennedy was satisfied with the handling of Latin American affairs 16 The use of glamorous appearing jobs as reward for people who have helped in domestic politics 17-23 Exceptionally good luck in mission to Spain 24 Insoluble

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

. The President felt that they were motivated more by Bobby Kennedy than by Gene McCarthy. G: Really? K: Yes. Particularly the Lowenstein one. He felt that was a Kennedy front. I had no evidence of that. Since it was New York, he used to talk to me a lot about
Failed tax increases; Wilbur Mills; 1968 primaries; Bobby Kennedy entering the 1968 presidential race; the Tet offensive and negotiating with the North Vietnamese; Clark Clifford; bombing halts; Monsignor Paul Marcinkus visiting LBJ at the Ranch

Oral history transcript, Dean Rusk, interview 4 (IV), 3/8/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

submarines as a part of that international force. Well, when President Kennedy came to power, he took a look at this situation. And we decided then that it would be up to the Europeans to tell us what from the European point of view would meet their needs.And

Oral history transcript, Harold Brown, interview 1 (I), 1/17/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

the day . I do believe that it was at a National Security Council meeting early in May of 1961 when I briefed President Kennedy and other senior people in the government, including the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the service secretaries, and other

Oral history transcript, Jonathan Daniels, interview 1 (I), 3/6/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

it if it had been offered to me; it wasn't. F: You were rumored. D: Yes,I was rumored, but I wasn't; he later appointed me on the Advisory Commi ttee. ma~ ~-Tashington. taking it? I found it Did you consider being USIA head under Kennedy? the mos t

Oral history transcript, Edgar L. Ball, interview 1 (I), 1/29/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Byron People like Cecil Burney and Vann Kennedy--was that his name?--in Corpus Christi. G: Vann Kennedy, yes. B: The guy whose name I tried to remember a while ago; he's from Hillsboro, by the way. And generally when they discussed it with him

Oral history transcript, William M. Blackburn, interview 1 (I), 5/21/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

and sometimes take immediate action . B: Yes, that's right . leadership . And also he had me circulate copies of it to the I would have a copy of my brief and a copy of the Record sent to Senators Mansfield and Russell Long ; subsequently, Ted Kennedy

Oral history transcript, Robert E. Jordan III, interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Robert E. Jordan III Subject(s) covered 18,19 Events in Dallas 19,20,21 Warren Commission Report 21,22 Autopsy on Senator Kennedy 23,24 23,24 James Rowley Rufus Youngblood 24

Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 3 (III), 12/14/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

wasn't aware of it at the time. G: As we move to the late 1950s, you had a good deal of labor legislation in the wake of the revelations about irregularities in organized labor. Do you remember the McClellan hearings and the Kennedy-Ives bill? C: I

Oral history transcript, Orville Freeman, interview 3 (III), 7/21/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. And this was felt So the potential of these programs in terms of development tool was not given very much attention. It began to change very early in the--almost irrrrnediately I would say, with the advent of President Kennedy. I took a trip around the world

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

on the national level? W: No. I was covered by the Hatch Act. F: How did you happen to come to the attention of John F. Kennedy? W: I haven't the slightest idea. I have been told by no less than twenty people that they had seen President-elect Kennedy

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

: Well, I guess you might say so. I was strong for Stevenson, and strong for Kennedy. Mc: Did you do any campaigning for Stevenson in Texas during--? M: I don't recall that I did, no, sir. Mc: I remember Allan Shivers was opposed to Stevenson. M

Oral history transcript, Carl D. Perkins and Donald Baker, interview 1 (I), 5/12/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Same way about several other I'd get them as far as the Rules Committee and they would die, like the bill I had patterned after the Civilian Conservation Corps to put the youth at work. When Lyndon came in as vice president with Kennedy in 1960, I

Oral history transcript, Mary Rather, interview 9 (IX), 7/14/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Rather -- IX -- 6 R: He said to me, and I don't know whether to other people or not, "I've been in public life a long, long time. I've been vice president too." And he said that he had finished out Kennedy's term when Kennedy died so unexpectedly

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview S-XIII, 1/23/1987, by Nancy Smith (Item)

be except to ease Mrs. Kennedy's burdens if I could. S: Whenyou did become aware of things that you wanted to do--probably after the 1964 election--and started deciding what your role was going to be, did President Johnson help you in picking your three

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

could call some of those old southern senators and talk turkey to them. They were good friends, and he had worked with them for years. So I always thought that Lyndon was able to put over the Kennedy program where there was a question 4 LBJ

Oral history transcript, Lindy Boggs, interview 1 (I), 2/15/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

by the local officials, and so on. Lyndon came back with that knowledge, and then he started thinking about the route we were going to take. There were several officials that were not exactly happy about his running with Jack Kennedy or about being
LBJ was convinced to be John F. Kennedy's running mate; LBJ's and Hale Boggs' dedication to the War on Poverty and civil rights, especially in the South; Lynda Johnson dating George Hamilton; Hale Boggs' involvement in Adlai Stevenson's 1956

Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 6 (VI), 11/17/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

said Duckworth liked him generally? B: Yes. I don't remember how it trailed off. Back when we went to Hyannis Port after the convention, Duckworth did not like the Kennedys. I forget what period he was in at that time but he didn't like them. So we

Oral history transcript, Carl Vinson, interview 1 (I), 5/24/1970, by Frank Deaver (Item)

will record that he was the greatest Majority Leader in the history of the Senate. He was elected Vice-President on November 8, 1960, and became President of the United States upon the death of President Kennedy on November 22, 1963. He was elected President

Oral history transcript, Jerry Voorhis, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

. We used to meet once a year, and in this particular year we met in Washington. It was just shortly after President Kennedy's assassination and Johnson's succession to the presidency. M: This would be early 1964 or late 1963? V: Well, I'm

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

; the Manpower Development and Training Act, as such, was proposed by the then Kennedy Administration. It was a piece of legislation designed to provide training opportunities for the unemployed and under-employed people to retrain them for occupations for which

Oral history transcript, Polk Shelton and Nell Shelton, interview 1 (I), 3/2/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

, and also personal friends of mine. Henry Brooks, who had been the former district attorney of Travis County supported me and did all he could for me. PB: I understand that a man of our age who is now in Corpus Christi, named Vann Kennedy, was also one

Oral history transcript, W. DeVier Pierson, interview 3 (III), 3/27/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

and wife relationship. I am sure she was a constant counselor; she was present at times of great stress. I know for example the early morning hours when Senator Kennedy was shot and the following day when the announcement had been made of his death

Oral history transcript, Erich Leinsdorf, interview 1 (I), 3/18/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, which by then was already known as the Kennedy Center. At the ground breaking ceremonies, which, if my memory serves me right, took place in early December 1967, I was sitting on that rostrum behind the President and chatted. He was always, invariably
of the Kennedy Center; the 1965 signing of the immigration bill on Liberty Island; appointed assistant director of Corporation for Public Broadcasting; LBJ and music

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 10 (X), 5/13/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

1 -- 3 G: Kennedy introduced essentially a Medicare program that year that would be financed by an increase in Social Security taxes. Do you remember that? M: Well, I remember Johnson and [Robert] Kerr cooperating on some kind of a Medicare

Oral history transcript, Roy Millenson, interview 2 (II), 6/5/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

one is retarded children with the Kennedys and with Hubert Humphrey who had a retarded grandchild. So you get--but I just do not recall any specifics about that. G: Anything on the health lobby? People like Mary Lasker? M: Well, Mary Lasker--what

Oral history transcript, Roy Millenson, interview 3 (III), 8/1/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

there that Protestants no longer--and of course the Kennedy election helped--feared that there would be a tunnel between the Vatican and the White House as they had talked about during the Al Smith campaign. Catholics on their part--and this is the most important part

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 12 (XII), 12/21/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Reedy -- XII -- 4 too bad~ These were the hearings, by the way, out of which grew Kennedy's missile gap charge during the 1960 campaign, which was not true. G: There was no missile gap. Did Eisenhower

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

and was campaigning in Texas. for the Kennedy-Johnson ticket in 1960. nomination to the Texas House. I campaigned I had just won the Democratic I did not have a Republican opponent, and I was an active campaigner for the Democratic ticket in 1960. M: Were you
Recollections of meeting LBJ in 1958 as a UT students and later in 1960 during Kennedy-Johnson campaign; contacts with LBJ when Speaker of House; LBJ's continued help and influence on Barnes' career; Johnson-Connally political base; support of LBJ's

Oral history transcript, Oveta Culp Hobby, interview 1 (I), 7/11/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Hobby -- I -- 3 President Kennedy. The Post did not support the Kennedy-Johnson ticket, but supported Mr. Nixon in that year. And in 1964 we supported Mr. Johnson. M: So

Oral history transcript, Carl B. Albert, interview 1 (I), 4/28/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

: Have you ever participated in any other similar type of oral history project? A: I've had a lot of colleges interview me on similar projects, and some of the Kennedy people interviewed me on John Kennedy's Presidency and my association with him. He

Oral history transcript, Walter C. Hornaday, interview 1 (I), 4/13/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

have. Because Udall, who later became a congressman, he and some of the others were quietly working and organizing at the convention with [John F.J Kennedy. And at that time I thought that was a kind of a turning point, and he was losing the West

Oral history transcript, Palmer Hoyt, interview 1 (I), 7/29/1970, by David G. McComb (Item)

took a vice presidential position in 1960? H: Well, r really wasn't surprised because I felt that Jack Kennedy was a pretty smart politician, and he wanted LBJ over the willing candidates for a very particular reason. That was because LBJ

Oral history transcript, Donald Gilpatric, interview 1 (I), 11/25/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

the President-in either case, whether President Kennedy or President Johnson, had occasion to deal directly with you in your official capacity? LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories

Oral history transcript, Ronald Goldfarb, interview 1 (I), 10/24/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

associated with the War on Poverty. I understand that you are originally from New York or New Jersey. Do you want to explain how you got involved in the administration? RG: Yes. I was working in the Department of Justice during the Kennedy

Oral history transcript, Phil G. Goulding, interview 1 (I), 1/3/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

with the candidate as we had in past campaigns. In 1960, I don't believe I saw anything of President Johnson when he was running with Jack Kennedy, as the Vice Presidential candidate. PresiC'.ential candidates at all. him as a reporter, at the We paid no attention

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