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Oral history transcript, Joe Robertson, interview 1 (I), 7/10/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

it would be a catastrophe." Bright woman, Phi Beta Kappa from University of Minnesota, staid person, was in the room in Philadelphia when Hubert Humphrey made his big civil rights speech. But thirty minutes later I'm back in my office and here comes a press

Oral history transcript, Theodore Berry, interview 2 (II), 3/15/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

to broaden the base of representa tion on that Community Action board to afford the target areas an opportunity to be represented . I remember the press tried to needle Mr . Shriver about the fact that there were only two Negroes on the initial Community

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 35 (XXXV), 3/8/1991, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

little opposition. I myself began to show up occasionally in the newspapers. Isabel Shelton wrote a very nice article about me. I got better than I deserved, I think, from the press in general, and almost never ran head on into them. However

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 7 (VII), 6/17/1970, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

that. F: Were you aware personally of a dissatisfaction on John Gardner's part with the President? That is, did Gardner, as the press indicated, feel that he had not had sufficient support? LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL

Oral history transcript, Joseph J. Sisco, interview 1 (I), 11/6/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

communicated to U Thant. Of course, I can re ca ll th at pe riod. It was always very, very di ffi cu lt because it is very di ffi cu lt to catch up with the press in th is regard. Every one of al l so rts of ind ivi du als would presumably pick up th is kind

Oral history transcript, Edward R. Fried, interview 1 (I), 4/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

by the press stories and the kind of questions I'd get from people on working for Mr. Johnson, hard taskmaster, all kins of strange personal extremes. I never encountered that. I had a great deal of respect for the President both as a person and as President

Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 2 (II), 6/12/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, such as budget-which I didn't handle--and press relations which George Christian handled before he left--with those exceptions most of the ultimate responsibility on the other matters relative to the Governor's office rested with rne insofar as the Governor

Oral history transcript, Gerald N. McAllister, interview 1 (I), 10/18/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

memory is the first time, as a matter of fact, that he was there. You don't want all of these occasions, do you? As I remember the first time he came it was a communion service and in the [Episcopal] Church press some months before, there had been

Oral history transcript, Gale McGee, interview 1 (I), 2/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was obviously becoming closer and closer, I was the laughing stock to begin with of both the national press and the local sentiment in Wyoming, as a hopeless case-F: Yes, I remember your campaigning even penetrated into Texas. M: In fact, its penetration

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

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, James M. Quigley, interview 1 (I), 10/25/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

frankly John Kennedy and the administration were sensitive to the oft-repeated complaint, particularly I'd say in the Sons of Italy gatherings, and the minority language press, that he had put his Cabinet together without any Italians, or without any Poles

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

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

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

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, 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, 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 2 (II), 1/15/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

in the natural resources of Vietnam?" And there is one school of thought, which I think is represented by some of the left wing press, that says that really what we're doing in Vietnam is protecting American business interests--that we've got some kind

Oral history transcript, Carl Hayden, interview 1 (I), 10/28/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

on-- they put me on the Committee on Rules, and I had to get off, because you couldn't have two committees. F: Is the Rules Committee as powerful as the press plays it in its ability to control legislation? H: It's very different from the House, you see

Oral history transcript, William W. Heath, interview 1 (I), 5/20/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Histories [NAID 24617781] were perhaps the same people--too distant. More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Fortunately--this is disgressing a second--the unfriendly portions of the press in Sweden never did find

Oral history transcript, Fenner Roth, interview 2 (II), 10/11/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Rufus Phillips, interview 2 (II), 5/27/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Oral history transcript, James W. Wilson, interview 1 (I), 2/26/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. And that was always· very interesting, because Senator Johnson would usually have a little press conference, right ahead of time, in which they asked him things. to work early. So, I did not get I'd get to work about nine o'clock, I guess, and read the record

Oral history transcript, Willard Deason and Jeanne Deason, interview 6 (VI), 10/24/1985, by Lewis Gould (Item)

about how much influence that she might have with the navy or in the appointment process. WD: That's right. That's right, and also not to press too hard with any contacts she might have with the Navy Department. G: Do you have a sense of what

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 1 (I), 10/8/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Walt W. Rostow, interview 2 (II), 1/9/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

[Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles]. It was judged throughout the communist world as an occasion for historically pressing forward, and in November of 1957, directly in the wake of Sputnik, the leaders of all the communist parties who controlled governments came

Oral history transcript, Milton P. Semer, interview 1 (I), 10/22/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

program starting but you're not going to be in it." Told him what it was. We selected seven cities. The press release was prepared announcing that suchand-such a program using planning grant money was going to be launched with these seven cities

Oral history transcript, R. Sargent Shriver, interview 5 (V), 11/29/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

walking in front of me and three on each side to get into the place. It was a very hostile audience. I can't remember whether I was booed or not. G: The press accounts indicate that you were booed and that Dick Boone apologized subsequently to you

Oral history transcript, Gerald W. Siegel, interview 3 (III), 2/11/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Warren I. Cikins, interview 1 (I), 5/12/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, and it followed the issuance of this biennial report that was so controversial. Hannah at the time pressed Congress to go ahead and extend the life of the commission, saying that the Civil Rights Commission was going down the drain, staff people were leaving

Oral history transcript, Ray S. Cline, interview 2 (II), 5/31/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Oral history transcript, Hubert H. Humphrey, III, interview 1 (I), 8/13/1979, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Donnelly Bolton, interview 1 (I), 8/19/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

particularly? B: Well, not crossing the border, except in the latter days. I had a boss, [Lt. General] “Swede” Larson, [who] came home and said to the press--without any coaching or anything, not being rebellious at all--said, "You can look across--when you

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

in the future as not having too much opportunity, both for myself and for my family. About October or November I went to my mother, knowing that she was still pressing me to go off to college, and told her I had made up my mind that I'd like to go to school