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Oral history transcript, Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., interview 1 (I), 1/28/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

handle the news press, they would talk to the local politicians, but they actually ran the campaign . Completely innovative ; some- thing like that had never happened in American politics before . It worked tremendously . Well, we got to the convention

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

in their official undertakings. B: Was it jus.t assumed by everyone at this stage that Sargent Shriver was going to be the head of the new office to be created by this bill? P: Sargent Shriver was a special assistant to the President in undertaking the War
Presidential Task Force on the War on Poverty; drafting War on Poverty bill; Shriver’s dual responsibilities; Community Action; Adam Yarmolinksy episode; problems of the new agency; Legal Service problems; return to the Justice Department

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

right. I'm from New York. the end of 1951. Wilson there. I left New York and went to Texas at I worked at Lackland Air Force Base and met Glen I married Glen Wilson in June of 1953. gets me to Austin. Okay, that I went to work for Max Brooks

Oral history transcript, Wayne Aspinall, interview 1 (I), 6/14/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in the northeastern part of the state, Larimer, Weld, Logan, Morgan, Sedgwick, and Phillips. F: You had to go out and develop a whole new constituency. A: I went from Julesburg, northeastern corner, down to Towaoc, the southwestern corner. F: That's bigger

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 25 (XXV), 1/2/1982-1/3/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

appointed, of course, is the correct phrase--as public news officer for some military-related job. The legislative events of that spring and summer: price supports for farmers ground on and on. It's amazing to remember that one of our problems were those
visit to Washington, D.C. and Mrs. Johnson's trip with them to New York City; F Street Club; Joseph Davies' home, Tregaron; visits to Senator Harry Byrd's home; "Byrd houses" along the Appalachian Trail; socializing with the Texas delegation; Tony Buford

Oral history transcript, James R. Ketchum, interview 1 (I), 7/26/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

school at the end of the Eisenhower Administration. As a means to an end I signed on with the Park Service to work I knew not where, but I was assigned to what was then called the Custis-Lee Mansion, Arlington House. As a native of western New York State

Oral history transcript, Lawson B. Knott, Jr., interview 1 (I), 4/21/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

for installations in the new Defense structure. Floete went to the Hill to testify from time to time on Defense Property matters. I was a back-up, supporting witness. So when he later--about 1954, I believe, or 1955--went to GSA as administrator, the Public

Oral history transcript, Elbridge Durbrow, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

and he came And Wolf did a very fine job basically in that field and other agricultural developments, helping with the rubber and new plants and that sort of thing. But there was no [disagreement there]. They fought over other things later, because he

Oral history transcript, Victor Ferrari, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1991, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in England. We were Our first leg was to Syracuse, New York, followed by stops at Goose Bay, Labrador, and then into Iceland. You notice how short those legs were. Because of our inexperience we were assigned very short legs. On our flight to Iceland

Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 10 (X), 2/26/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

with the creation of new laws. Too many people think that laws come only from Congress. It's true that statutes come only from Congress, and then with presidential signature, or at least approval. But there is a very substantial body of what can properly be called
assassination; the occasional need to make sure the president understands the situation about which he is making a decision; the president's authority in lawmaking; interagency action; the 1967 New Town in Town program at Fort Lincoln in Washington, D.C

Oral history transcript, William A. Knowlton, interview 1 (I), 3/21/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, the new chief of staff, Harold K. Johnson, was appointed. Harold Johnson was a man I had not known before. He came up from the position of DESOPS, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, who is the army's strategic planner, and he came up with a burr under
of Vietnam; problems with civilians and military personnel working together, especially in terminology; Senator Edward Kennedy's visit to Knowlton's operations; Knowlton's work to secretly employ over 800 new White House staff members during LBJ's

Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 2 (II), 4/14/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the race to Lyndon Johnson, the Dallas Morning News. Then as the votes LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 4 (IV), 12/4/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, 1985 INTERVIEWEE: LAWRENCE F. O'BRIEN INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. O'Brien's office, New York City Tape 1 of 3, Side 1 G: Let me start with one note that I have from last time that you were going to talk about
O'Brien's discussion with Joseph Kennedy about the New Frontier program; leadership in the House of Representatives before and after Sam Rayburn's death; the Trade Expansion Act of 1962; a private-sector public-relations operation led by Howard

Oral history transcript, Carl B. Albert, interview 3 (III), 7/9/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

, but we did change the one thing that could block legislation and had been blocking legislation since the New Deal days. M: Was this seen at that time as sort of a preparatory move to take on some of this legislation 3 LBJ Presidential Library http

Oral history transcript, Willy Brandt, interview 1 (I), undated, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of building up our new forces. Then one of these days a wonderful thing was arranged at Fredericksburg. As I said, it was Lyndon Johnson who had arranged it at, I think, the Hotel Nimitz? F: Right. B: In Fredericksburg? F: Right. B: Yes. So

Oral history transcript, Henriette Wyeth Hurd, interview 1 (I), 4/10/1969, by Elizabeth Kaderli (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: HENRIETTE WYETH HURD INTERVIEWER: ELIZABETH KADERLI PLACE: Sentinel Ranch, San Patricio, New Mexico Tape 1 of 1 K: I am at Sentinel Ranch with Mrs. Hurd, who is gOing to tell me some more about the incident itself as she was with Hr. Hurd

Oral history transcript, Emmette S. Redford, interview 2 (II), 3/31/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in 1910 was four hundred. I introduced Senator Johnson during the campaign of 1960 in a speech in New York City, and be said the town had over six hundred people, he wanted to correct me. It may have been that the town gre\'l between 1910 and 1920

Oral history transcript, William B. Macomber, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/17/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

. Johnson greeted me at the door. You can imagine how pleased she must have been to have an intruder come in at that time. gracious. But she couldn't have been more And I remember she called me "Mr. Secretary." Well, I was a brand new Assistant
Contacts with LBJ; success of Eisenhower relationship with Congress in foreign policy; personal contact between Secretary Dulles and LBJ; AID bill; estimation of LBJ; formidable experience of talking to LBJ; Macomber never brought good news

Oral history transcript, (Sir) Robert Gordon Menzies, interview 1 (I), 11/24/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to have a meal with him or to have a talk with him. F: You didn't know him particularly well though before he became President? M: No. F: Relate the circumstances surrounding your receipt of the news of the assassination of President Kennedy. Where

Oral history transcript, Robert L. Phinney, interview 2 (II), 2/15/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, 1979 INTERVIEWEE: ROBERT L. PHINNEY INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: Mr. Phinney's residence, Austin, Texas Tape 1 of 1 G: That's really germane. P: They were brand new. You say initially when the NYA moved in-They had nothing to start

Oral history transcript, Whitney M. Young, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/18/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

, and Lyndon Johnson heard about it, was in town, and personally came over to welcome me in my new job. Secondly, we had several meetings very early, just the two of us, and then with others around his responsibilities heading the President's Commission. I

Oral history transcript, Lawrence E. (Larry) Levinson, interview 4 (IV), 5/13/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: LAWRENCE E. LEVINSON INTERVIEWER: Paige E. Mulhollan PLACE: Mr. Levinson's office, New York City Tape 1 of 1 M: The two legislative stories left are the Revenue Act of 1968 and the Truth in Packaging bill. Take your choice as to which one

Oral history transcript, Harris Melasky, interview 1 (I), 8/3/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

the war I went to work in New York City. 1 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh

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

a conservative from Arizona, [Paul Jones] Fannin, to [Jacob] Javits of New York. It ran the gamut. The first paragraph of the "minority views" said we voted for this bill. The second section said this is a hell of a way to run a railroad, pushing through a bill

Oral history transcript, John A. Baker, interview 3 (III), 4/21/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

-- III -- 2 G: Would the representatives vary, or was it generally the same people every day? B: Both, and by that I mean the people would be absent and sometimes there would be somebody taking their place temporarily, or Sarge would bring in new

Oral history transcript, Frank G. Wisner, interview 1 (I), 3/21/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

commodities, new schoolrooms, dispensaries, the sorts of hard commodities that government delivers to improve the life of the people, and thereby generate some political support. That was the basic idea, and our role, while the budget was spent through

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 23 (XXIII), 3/15/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

] McNamara for having no new weapons system--I told you the story about the Polaris [mentioned in Interview XX] and how we got the new name? [Bill] Moyers called me and said the President wanted to announce new weapons systems the next day. They were going

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 28 (XXVIII), 4/20/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. G: The New York Times piece by Bob Semple, why don't you give the background of that, because we never discussed that on tape. C: At some point in 1966, Semple, I think with prompting from Max Frankel, came to me and said, "We'd like to follow

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 53 (LIII), 8/16/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was periodically covering the White House for the [New York] Times--obviously we gave him a backgrounder story the next day, saying that we were going to make a major push in this area. G: Had the [William Randolph] Hearst [Jr.] series already come out? C: Well

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 54 (LIV), 9/11/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of that sending out this memo which set tasks and dates for Boyd. (Interruption) You can see how weak the Commerce Department was thinking when you look at Boyd's memo of November 2, 1965, to establish the highway safety program. It's [saying], "Have a new

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 55 (LV), 9/13/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

--on the first of March. And it's interesting, we had a--I guess it's worth spending just a minute. This was the best way to unfold a new program. It's not related just to highway safety, but the whole transportation program. The night before the message goes up

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

government asked him to do. M: That's what the Governor told you? H: Yes. M: Yes, I remember seeing a picture in an old newspaper of you in uniform taking over your new job. So you then spent the war years in Washington. H: In Washington

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 12 (XII), 4/25/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to kind of stay in the middle and keep both sides together. G: Russell gave an interview I think to U.S. News and declined to say whether he would support the Democratic ticket or would refuse to head a 5 LBJ Presidential Library http

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 41 (XLI), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

for appointments, positions, being heard. And here he was, and he just drew a little circle around it and just worked away, beautiful work. I do want to talk about the new building at KTBC. Does that come along later? M: Yes it does. Here on the twenty-fourth

Oral history transcript, James O. Eastland, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Histories [NAID 24617781] 'http://www.lbjlibrary.org February 19, 1971 F: This is an interview with Senator James Eastland in his office in the New Senate Office Building in Washington, D. C. The interviewer is Joe B. Frantz, and the date is February

Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 2 (II), 3/4/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the editors of the conservative publications that were not sympathetic to Johnson anyway were not present at this thing--the Dallas [Morning] News was not there; maybe one editor was, but not the top people. They were dissatisfied by and large. They did

Oral history transcript, A. Ross Eckler, interview 1 (I), 10/25/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. The news came while I was over there, and he was very happy and congratulated me on the fact that it had come through. B: Sir, you brought up an area that I think is of interest. If I may LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY

Oral history transcript, Frederick Flott, interview 2 (II), 7/24/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, then I got there about the tenth of December. I got there about two weeks after the assassination. G: Okay. F: When I got back to Saigon I obviously had a lot of catching up to do because I was out of touch, you might say, with the members of the new

Oral history transcript, John C. Stennis, interview 1 (I), 6/17/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to it and others contributed, of course, but he is entitled to a lot of credit. F: When you were holding those hearings, was there a great deal of controversy or were you mainly just trying to figure out--you're into something new here. S: That's right, a new

Oral history transcript, Robert S. Strauss, interview 1 (I), 5/22/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

went to Florida, I was responsible for the state of Florida. I went to New York and saw people in New Jersey and was in Washington some. M: So I worked around all [inaudible]. That must have been difficult for you. As I recall, Johnson wanted

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