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Oral history transcript, C. Robert Perrin, interview 2 (II), 3/17/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

Oral history transcript, William A. Reynolds, interview 1 (I), 7/26/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Reynolds -- I -- 21 upset about that." Then on "Meet the Press" one time they jumped on him about a conflict of interests. He said, "Let me tell you boys, my opponent has accused me of being a big

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 4 (IV), 11/9/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

with my desires. I didn't want to stay there. G: But the press account quoted it as saying "to accept certain assignments for the President in the days immediately ahead." K: Well, the President didn't want to mention what that was, because it had

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 14 (XIV), 6/22/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, James Roosevelt, interview 1 (I), 8/16/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, and I think that she felt that he was Father's boy and not particularly hers. G: Did she press him on social issues, do you recall, such as civil rights or things like that? R: No, I don't think she thought she had to press him. Because I think she

Oral history transcript, Dean Rusk, interview 3 (III), 1/2/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

simply drive Hanoi into the arms of Peking.I think this may be one of those points where the Russo-Chinese rivalry led to a frustration of the Geneva accords on Laos, and led to the inability or unwillingness of the Russians to try to press Hanoi

Oral history transcript, R. Sargent Shriver, interview 4 (IV), 2/7/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

remember it all. But her sponsorship gave us a big kickoff, so we announced it right there--I think it was in what they used to call the Gold Room, it was a big press conference thing--at the White House. That got us off to a flying start. To revert just

Oral history transcript, Jack Brooks, interview 1 (I), 2/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. There were some people who came on occasion that could not resist a tendency to go out and talk to the press, mouth off about what It did not necessarily help them. they thought was going to happen . Sometimes people knew who those folks were, sometimes

Oral history transcript, Edgar Cahn and Jean Camper Cahn, interview 1 (I), 12/10/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, William B. Cannon, interview 1 (I), 5/21/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Cannon -- I -- 12 G: I think it was January 31 or February 1; the press conference was the first. C: It was a Saturday

Oral history transcript, Oscar L. Chapman, interview 1 (I), 8/15/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. Then later he had gone to Des t10ines and made a lot of money in contracting work. The war had come along and interfered with everybody's life pretty much, but he made a lot of money. He looked Lindsey's address up in the press where he sa\'1 an ad

Oral history transcript, Oscar L. Chapman, interview 2 (II), 10/2/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

unethical. People didn't know that because this press group, particularly the television crowd, would keep playing that up by just a word or two here and there, and just kept dropping coconuts on the heads they stopped, you see. ever~vhere And actually

Oral history transcript, Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., interview 1 (I), 11/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in this society as they ought to to read the black press when the Kerner Commission Report came out. It was said that the President ignored the Kerner Commission, didn't like it, didn't like what it was dOing. What he didn't like was certain ways

Oral history transcript, Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., interview 3 (III), 6/4/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

with a But they're human beings too so those frictions sometimes came up. F: Did you press for cease-and-desist power? A: Oh, yes. years. And so did Johnson. And we didn't get it. It just didn't come through. A couple of Then as I left-- F: Was this a kind

Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 3 (III), 12/9/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of these unani mous reports, with some very solid recommendations, [like] get a dollar's value for a dollar spent, and calling attention to our basic weakness in the military field . The national press and the world press paid attention to him because he

Oral history transcript, Arthur J. Goldberg, interview 1 (I), 3/23/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 4 (IV), 3/28/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 17 (XVII), 9/20/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Earle C. Clements, interview 1 (I), 10/24/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

or he was in Utah, I don't know. I came back from Utah, and I wasn't listening to the speeches, but I came back from Utah knowing that he was going to meet Howard Cannon on Sunday morning in Las Vegas. He had that press conference, and of course, he

Oral history transcript, Wilbur J. Cohen, interview 2 (II), 3/2/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

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

Oral history transcript, John B. Connally, interview 1 (I), 10/1/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

; LBJ's congressional work style; LBJ trying to get on the Appropriations Committee; LBJ's use of charm; LBJ forcing staff members to stretch their abilities; FDR's third term campaign; Connally's wedding; LBJ's 1940's senatorial campaign; press relations

Oral history transcript, Orville Freeman, interview 2 (II), 3/12/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

? What On the one hand, the President had said and the members of Congress had said--the President had said in a press conference just before the referendum that this is a farm program now; that if the farmers do not take this, why they won't get

Oral history transcript, Kenneth E. BeLieu, interview 1 (I), 10/11/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

/loh/oh Belieu -- I --17 ask Ike; I'd teach her questions to ask Eisenhower at the White House press conferences, which she started doing. He said, "Buy her a drink if you need to. Buy her a martini." Well, later on we're having a conference between

Oral history transcript, Welly K. Hopkins and Alice Hopkins, interview 4 (IV), 12/1/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Hopkins -- IV -- 7 "Mefo" [M. E. ] Foster, who at that time was quite a power in the sense of swaying public opinion through the Houston Press. G: How did he do this? W: No. Did he know Foster before

Oral history transcript, Harold W. Horowitz, interview 1 (I), 2/23/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Horowitz -- I H: I think there was. I think there was. was nibbling away at it all the time. -~ 7 Because I remember the press Even when the bill was finally sent up

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

was the press. b~ing Mr. White did defend me. President's in a mild way. $assy to him and it got into He's an old friend of the And Jimilu certainly did not agree LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B

Oral history transcript, Joseph Palmer II, interview 1 (I), 1/8/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

I was appointed to this position. He interviewed me, I'm sure along with other people whom he considered for this position. M: The press frequently comments on some of Mr. Johnson's unusual customs in regard to making and announcing appointments

Oral history transcript, Edward Joseph, interview 1 (I), 8/27/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

and was a daughter of my oldest brother. She had married a University professor of engineering, and they went back over to Lebanon and were living over there at that time. F: Was this in Beirut? J: In Beirut, yes. So the Associated Press and UP came out

Oral history transcript, Carroll Keach, interview 2 (II), 7/10/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

Oral history transcript, Otto Kerner, interview 1 (I), 6/12/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

people still trying to have accepted those things I've already recommended. II And he said, "You, as a governor, know how pre- carious it can be, that if you press too hard you may lose the ground you've already gained. We've got to do

Oral history transcript, Ross D. Davis, interview 1 (I), 12/9/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

and appointment as Economic Development Administrator? A lot has been made in the press about the sometimes peculiar ways in which Mr. Johnson made such appointments. Was there any such circumstance in connection with your own? D: It was rather

Oral history transcript, Alan L. Dean, interview 3 (III), 4/3/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

meetinghouse near Warrenton, Virginia, designed for just this kind of purpose. Staff meetings and the retreats were important in fostering collegial decision-making and teamwork in the new department. management. I kept pressing for more collegial We tried

Oral history transcript, Fredrick L. Deming, interview 1 (I), 1/7/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

had the services of these two people. But the decisions, subject of course to the Secretary's approval and the President's approval, are still made here; the press briefings come out of this office, and so on. Participation in the work of the troika

Oral history transcript, Fredrick L. Deming, interview 2 (II), 1/17/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

Oral history transcript, Floyd E. Dominy, interview 1 (I), 11/14/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Lawrence Fox, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

this. And I must say it was-- M: I think they didn't. F: To me, maybe it's a defect in our ability to deal with the press. I think the Congressmen who were most vocal in criticizing this, because we explained to them in letters. And I think it just

Oral history transcript, James C. Gaither, interview 2 (II), 1/15/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

, or maybe two or three, and it will be refined a little bit the next year, and ultimately something will come of it, but you don't always get the right answer the first time around but keep going back at it. Urban finance is a particularly pressing problem

Oral history transcript, James C. Gaither, interview 4 (IV), 3/24/1970, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

relationship with President; George Reedy; Charlie Murphy; press relations; Walt Rostow; cycle of politics; poverty program; Sargent Shriver; transition experiences

Oral history transcript, Paul C. Warnke, interview 1 (I), 1/8/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)