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Oral history transcript, Anna Rosenberg Hoffman, interview 1 (I), 11/2/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. This was a fact. So did Mary Lasker. And so Mrs. Roosevelt said, "Dorothy Schiff should never have attacked him on civil rights." Because she understood also -- she knew enough about it -- that he was doing his level best. F: But the liberal press

Oral history transcript, James J. Reynolds, interview 1 (I), 6/18/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 1 (I), 9/9/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

up here on Connecticut. I've forgotten what it was--right above Dupont Circle-- Johnson, as a young congressman, was pressing Rayburn to put another young Texas congressman on a particular committee in which there was a vacancy. He brought it right

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

that he was extremely busy and hard-pressed with the many difficult problems, and I remember particularly well his arrival there. He flew up from Washington and came over from the airport by helicopter and landed at our field and we had an automobile

Oral history transcript, Adrian A. Spears, interview 1 (I), 6/11/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

important that he carry it. So he spent almost all, if not the entire day on election day here in this county, riding the precincts, going from one precinct to another, cheering the supporters, meeting people,"pressing the flesh~' as he LBJ

Oral history transcript, Robert G. Lewis, interview 2 (II), 5/9/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Stuart Morrison Long, interview 1 (I), 8/13/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

a press conference down at the Driskill Hotel and became a candidate for the Senate. And, of course, all of us were working full time but we found several hours a day ..... some of the boys went into the campaign full time. I didn't, but that reminds me

Oral history transcript, John E. Lyle, Jr., interview 1 (I), 4/13/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

there. Occasionally Mr. Ray- burn would invite one or two members of the press, but not often. cord. And everything in there was completely off the reAs I recall we were there when they notified the Speaker of Mr. Roosevelt's death. I remember being there LBJ

Oral history transcript, Robert H. Montgomery, interview 1 (I), 8/19/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

. Then, he began the endless rounds -- looking for.a job. L'ltimnt!"ly he fOllnd a snaIl utility company. 'rhc on~ d~press;on -- part time -- with a local deE'pen(>d -- l:lonth by l!'onth. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org

Oral history transcript, David G. Nes, interview 2 (II), 3/25/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

fairly obvious, when crowds sack the USIS library that doesn't get you very good press with the Foreign Relations Committee. N: Absolutely. G: Was it possible to explain this to the Egyptians in any way that would make any difference? N: I think

Oral history transcript, W. DeVier Pierson, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

--this was the biggest thing in his life--and he was very, very involved in it. The day before the Saturday meeting I was sent a copy of the press release from the Department of Interior, announcing the action for the following day. I called Stew up and I said, "We

Oral history transcript, Stephen J. Pollak, interview 2 (II), 1/29/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

in the right wing press upon him based upon whatever kind of scurrilous information they had. I've seen some of those attacks. They never prevented him from serving in very sensitive and demanding positions such as that with Mr. McNamara over in the Defense

Oral history transcript, Albert H. Quie, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

Oral history transcript, John Wildenthal, interview 1 (I), 3/14/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

don't remember him giving Pearson information? W: Not through any way that I found out. I had no indication. I was very much interested to learn the press release methods that were in use in Washington at the time, and I suppose still where copies

Oral history transcript, Glen P. Wilson, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

and drowned them, there was a great deal of material in the press about bad treatment of the recruits by the services and so forth. To make a long story short, we had a letter from a man in San Antonio whose grandson had been inducted, and he claimed

Oral history transcript, Marie Wilson, interview 1 (I), 12/7/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Glen P. Wilson and Marie Wilson, interview 2 (II), 2/13/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Robert C. Wood, interview 1 (I), 10/19/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

McGill represented the press; and one of the Menninger brothers. [Karl] One of the elderly Menningers represented something, but he didn't believe in cities (I'm not sure whether they got the right Menninger). Anyway, he kept coming in appropriately

Oral history transcript, James C. Wright, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/30/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. Bruce did not He would attend the meeting; then rush out and find the press, and tell them something that had been said in the delegation meeting. So it wasn't because he was a Republican. It was because he had no real regard for the gentlemen's

Oral history transcript, Clement J. Zablocki, interview 1 (I), 1/16/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

they were going to speculate that. Z: Of course. I denied it, but once it's made in the press, the denial is never read. M: How did he proceed to get the vast amount of legislation passed in 1964 and 1965? Z: I think over the years, as Senate leader

Oral history transcript, Charles J. Zwick, interview 2 (II), 8/1/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

very many of them go on national press and say, "This man and agency is out of control, and therefore by the rules of Harvard Business School he ought to be fired." You just make a political assessment. M: Could the Budget Bureau go into the FBI

Oral history transcript, Antonio Carrillo-Flores, interview 1 (I), 7/24/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

defined at the meeting. F: Tell me if I am right. Now I know the problems that President Kennedy had with Mexico over Cuba; I have a feeling, though, that during the Johnson period that there was more press talk and individual talk about irritation

Oral history transcript, Kenneth P. O'Donnell, interview 1 (I), 7/23/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

about a matter he hcd . Their relationsh·ip, I thought, couldn 't be better. The press rea11y spent al 1 that t i me try ing to separate the two of them, and who >'as the second mos t powerful man in Hashington , and then they started to put Bobby

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

. In every country there is an interest of the press association--that is, exchanging information . In every country the movie industry--the United States movie industry--is a very significant activity and influences the thinking of people a great deal

Oral history transcript, Lawrence E. (Larry) Levinson, interview 6 (VI), 8/18/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

right around the time of the Super Bowl. I definitely remember it now, because we had a little television set upstairs in one of the press offices, and I think out of one corner of my eye I was watching either Oakland or Green Bay up on this little

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

or trying to avoid our responsibilities. It's a little like civil rights in the Kennedy period. You can get nice stories about your effort in the liberal press and that's lovely. In the midst of failure you're called a hero for trying, but the fact

Oral history transcript, J.J. Jake Pickle, interview 2 (II), 6/17/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, . . . . . because it's all the difference in the world ';n both what the press sees-..:no matter how they vote,. no matter whether they' re for . ' you strong or n~t--but ' ' what the coverage is and more particularly, · · what it does to a candidate. Because

Oral history transcript, Harold H. Saunders, interview 1 (I), 9/15/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

shot down the six Syrian MiGs not too long before. I can remember later on stories in the Cairo press, because of course they were attentive to Battle, who had just been ambassador in Cairo. But they somehow got onto the fact that both Hoopes, who

Oral history transcript, Merrell F. "Pop" Small, interview 1 (I), 8/20/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, came back in his uniform--first time I ever saw him, I was a reporter for the United Press at that time before I went with 4 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID

Oral history transcript, Albert W. Brisbin, interview 1 (I), 2/6/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

for the Associated Press . They got along well with Governor Neff . thing . He came to their parties and all that sort of know him pretty well . So I got to you He was an interesting old boy, and as Lyndon's mother, said, he knew Lyndon's father I'm sure

Oral history transcript, Ray S. Cline, interview 1 (I), 3/21/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

as a contribution to our common interests. All I know is that I said in my book that CIA had looked for it and had spent a lot of money trying to find it out, and Jim jumped on me and made a press statement, of all things, and said, "We didn't spend any money; we

Oral history transcript, Donald C. Cook, interview 1 (I), 6/30/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

--namely, the separation of powers. This was not pressed, and therefore, I think the committee was prevented from getting in a very short period of time, in a very easy and handy way, a good deal of information LBJ Presidential Library http

Oral history transcript, William B. Dale, interview 1 (I), 2/25/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

. Is this something that the Johnson Administration initiated and pressed fonvard or is this an initiative that came from the international financial community or what were the circumstances? LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY

Oral history transcript, Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., interview 2 (II), 2/17/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

cross section of that. I think we provided a vehicle for people to talk out their problems. We did not provide a vehicle for Pat JvIoynihan, and that's what most of the press criticism related t o , Pat having many, many press contacts. The point

Oral history transcript, John W. Black, interview 1 (I), 10/18/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

autographed, of course, and they appeared in the offices of all of our people around the world . Many of them were reproduced in the local travel press and sometimes in the public press of the countries in which they operated . This kind of a thing adds

Oral history transcript, Joseph C. Swidler, interview 1 (I), 3/11/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

facility on the U.S. side collapsed and then another, until finally, as you know, thirty million people were out of power. Incidentally, we did no speculation for the press. This was one time when the press was really on our backs and we had lots of TV

Oral history transcript, Dorothy Territo, interview 1 (I), 11/1/1983, by Claudia Anderson (Item)

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

-1959. I thought that Senator Johnson and Senator Jackson and others were pressing too much on the missile gap thing and I said something that was more frank than you would say, thinking it wouldn't be published about these people. F: To a reporter? U

Oral history transcript, Melvin C. Winters, interview 4 (IV), 3/12/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

was thinking of giving up the Senate leadership. Did he ever mention that to you? W: No, not particularly. I don't know why he would want to give it up. If he ever talked to me about giving it up, I don't remember. G: This was just press speculation so

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 5 (V), 9/12/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

. But he got over that hump. Then Weaver held a press conference in which somebody asked him, "Do you want to be secretary of housing and urban development?" and Weaver said, "Yes," which created a whole raft of stories sometime in December. F: Did he? C