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Oral history transcript, Roswell L. Gilpatric, interview 1 (I), 11/2/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

[McGeorge] Bundy and it reflected his lack of confidence at that point in the group in the State Department, having been through a rather unsatisfactory experience in regard to Laos. But that's all I know about why I was picked rather than having somebody

Oral history transcript, Clyde O. Martz, interview 1 (I), 1/13/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

INTERVIEWER: T. H. Baker DATE January 13, 1969, his office, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. B: This is the interview with Clyde O. Martz, who is the Assistant Attorney General in the Land and Natural Resources Division [of the] Department

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

affairs. Was that what you have reference to? S: That's the one that I think he felt was chaotic. As a matter of fact, the people in the State Department referred to it as the "floating crap game." It was wherever Gene Rostow happened
for Tuesday lunches; LBJ’s and Nixon’s preferred use of the NSC; Eugene Rostow and systematic decision-making at the State Department; the oil crisis in the Middle East; McGeorge Bundy’s leadership role; NSC’s involvement in U.S. aid to India to prevent famine

Oral history transcript, Richard M. Helms, interview 2 (II), 9/16/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

of this whole affair in Vietnam. G: If I interpret you correctly, you're saying we gained eve\~ything we would ,have lost if we didn't fight? H: That's just about right. G: Did CIA help prepare the State Department White Paper on the North's role

Oral history transcript, William Gorham, interview 1 (I), 3/24/1986, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)

had become more commonplace in Defense. That's why I was brought in there. K: It was started over in the Defense Department? G: It was actually started at Rand, way back during my years at Rand, and then McNamara bought into a lot
Biographical information and his work at the Department of Defense with the military pay system, the draft, and the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW); problems in HEW management; Gorham's and his staff's duties; evaluation of HEW

Oral history transcript, Gerard C. Smith, interview 1 (I), 4/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: GERARD C. SMITH INTERVIEHER: PAIGE E. MULHOLLAN PLACE: Mr. Smith's office in State Department Tape 1 of 1 r1: Let's begin simply by identifying you for the purpose of the transcriber here. You're Gerard C. Smith and your current job

Oral history transcript, David G. Nes, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

on from there. Would you describe what kind of preparation, briefing, the State Department provided for you before you left? N: Perhaps I should preface this by saying that I was in London as the American diplomatic representative at the Imperial

Oral history transcript, Dorothy H. Jacobson, interview 2 (II), 4/23/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. DOROTHY JACOBSON INTERVIEWER: T. H. BAKER April 23 ~ 1969 Tape 1 of 1 B: This is a continuation of the interview with Mrs. Jacobson. MaIm, you mentioned very briefly in the previous tape that early in your career at the Agriculture department
Food distribution; food stamp program; commodity support program; Billie Sol Estes; Charles Murphy; JFK assassination; LBJ and Freeman; appointment as Assistant Secretary for International Affairs

Oral history transcript, Stephen J. Pollak, interview 3 (III), 1/30/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Rights Act was sent to the Congress before I came over to the department from OEO. I did not play a part in the initial drafting of the bill, which I believe occurred in the Civil Rights Division and probably reflected major input of Harold Greene, who

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

work did you do at the Department of Interior? W: Well, I started out as Adviser in Negro Affairs and also became a consultant to the Housing Division of PWA, which was the first part of government to get into low-rent public housing. In 1937 when
Biographical information; Adviser to Secretary Ickes on Negro affairs; National Committee on Industrial Recovery; Harvard thesis research; integration of cafeteria services at Department of the Interior; “The Black Cabinet;” duties at Department

Oral history transcript, Lincoln Gordon, interview 1 (I), 7/10/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

secretary of state for economic affairs, C. Tyler Wood, to help the State Department in the working up of the Marshall Plan into a specific program. I got deeply involved in that on a part-time basis from the summer of 1947 until June of 1949; then full-time
Ambassador to Brazil under JFK and LBJ; Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs; U.S. Coordinator for Alliance for Progress, 1967; 1940s and 1950s Mutual Security Agency; Atomic Energy Commission, 1946; Bernard Baruch; Marshall Plan

Oral history transcript, Rodney Borum, interview 1 (I), 10/16/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh October 16, 1968 P: Mr . Borum, you are the Administrator of the Business and Defense Services Administration of the Department of Commerce, right? B: That is correct . P: Would you summarize for me your

Oral history transcript, Carroll Keach, interview 1 (I), April 1963, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)

the Congressman’s attention to? K: Oh, yes, there were a number of them, especially in agriculture. In those days, Mr. Kleberg was on the House Agricultural Committee, headed by Marvin Jones. G: How about veterans legislation? K: That’s one of the bills that I

Oral history transcript, William Healy Sullivan, interview 1 (I), 7/21/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

to be the department's representative on a trip that r~cNamara and Taylor and others took to Vietnam to have a look into the situation. affair. The drafting of our report was a composite We were each given certain sections to draft, and my par- ticular section had
Informing Vice-President LBJ of international affairs; announcing that the U.S. would be out of Vietnam by 1965; Sullivan’s appointment and work as chairman of Interagency Task Force on Vietnam; contingency planning to get North Vietnamese

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

of Cl")mmerce, and my dating f"lf title gl")e s partly tl") the fact that Nl")vember 8, '62 was the date that I was sworn in as an FSRO. Before that, I had been for several months a consultant tl") the Department of Commerce in an acting capacity

Oral history transcript, Eugene V. Rostow, interview 1 (I), 12/2/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh December 2, 1968 M: Just as a matter of identification to start with here, you're Eugene V. Rostow, presently Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs--since what date, sir? R: Since the beginning of October 1966. M
Biographical information; working relations with White House staff; morale problems within State Department; justification of LBJ’s foreign policy; encourages dissent in State Department councils; Satellite telecommunications problem; COMSAT Corp

Oral history transcript, Samuel Gammon, interview 2 (II), 8/15/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Gammon -- II -- 7 G: A familiarization visit, really. He had a talking paper supplied by the European Bureau, Regional Economic Affairs. No big

Oral history transcript, Burke Marshall, interview 1 (I), 10/28/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of of a fairly recent controversy, or revived controversy, in connection with the Oxford affair; precisely, what went on in the telephone conversations between Robert Kennedy and Governor Barnett of Mississippi. It was, I believe, the Justice Department's point
Amendment; James Meredith; May 1963 to Birmingham; Oxford affair; RFK; Mississippi Governor Barnett; Governor Wallace’s stand at University of Alabama; Tom Watkins; Governor J.P. Colman; FBI cooperation; JFK assassination; Justice Department under LBJ; 1964

Oral history transcript, Sterling Tucker, interview 1 (I), 4/21/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

in most of that activity. I was a I was heavily Close to Dr. Martin Luther King --closely associated with all the national civil rights leaders. B: What was your opinion of the Justice Department's, and the Kennedy Administration generally, handling

Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 1 (I), 10/21/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

detail. We started off full-blown on Christmas Eve morning. We met with Undersecretary [for Monetary Affairs, Treasury Frederick L.] Deming, with representatives of the Federal Reserve Board, of the Department of Commerce, Office of Foreign Direct
and acted upon in Washington, DC; the effectiveness of Joe Califano and his staff; the Department of Justice's opposition to the 1968 highway bill; the legal power of the wording in a signing statement; the attorney general's and OLC's official

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

: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh January 7, 1969 M: First of all, to identify the tape: This is an interview with Mr. Frederick L. Deming, who is the undersecretary of the Treasury for monetary affairs. The interview is in his office

Oral history transcript, Henry H. Fowler, interview 1 (I), 1/10/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

an appointment as Economic Adviser to the U. S. Mission for Economic Affairs in London and applied from that point for commission in the United States Navy, thinking I might with a 2-20 vision, very bad eye sight, become a Navy man overseas, and not have
O’Brian; U.S. Mission for Economic Affairs; Lend-Lease; D-Day invasion; Morgenthau; Krupp industrial empire; German occupation; Potsdam Meeting; Cold War; private law practice; Harry Truman; Joseph McCarthy; Tax Reduction Bill; 1964 Revenue Act; JFK-LBJ

Oral history transcript, Dixon Donnelley, interview 1 (I), 1/14/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh January 14, 1969 M: You are Dixon Donne11ey, and you are currently Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, a position that you have held since 1966. Is that correct? D: That's correct. M: And prior

Oral history transcript, Cyrus Vance, interview 1 (I), 11/3/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

to remember what was fact and what wasn't fact. M: Let's begin by identifying you, sir. You're Cyrus R. Vance, and your official positions in the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations were entirely in the Department of Defense, as Counsel and as Secretary

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 2 (II), 5/27/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Ross. Ross ultimately left to become general counsel of the Transportation Department when Robson became undersecretary, but that was all fortuitous. I might say I used Nimetz on one other thing, I think. It was D.C. affairs. When we got

Oral history transcript, Ruth Prokop, interview 1 (I), 12/4/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

regulatory agency? Was it as a department? I believe the major bill pending on Capitol Hill was to establish a Department of Consumer Affairs. I remember working on this question during my entire tenure in the Consumer office. The other issues such as Truth
involvement in the Commission; opening the Office of Consumer Affairs and its the early work; Esther Peterson as head of Consumer Affairs; White House assistants interfering in program directors' access to the president; the relationship between the Department

Oral history transcript, Don Hummel, interview 2 (II), 1/13/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

the first presentation to President-Elect Kennedy for the establishment of a new department which we referred to as the Department of Urban Affairs. I represented the American Municipal Association and Dick Dilworth, the mayor of Philadelphia, represented

Oral history transcript, Harold Howe II, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

him very well. One of these was John Gardner, who at that time had been his Secretary of HEW for five or six months. John I had gotten to know both because he was a resident of Scarsdale when I was there and active in the affairs of the Scarsdale
Department of Housing, Education, and Welfare
Profession Development Act; Fine Affair; Equal Education Opportunity Survey; HEW/Labor rivalry; U.S. Employment Service; Higher Education Amendments of 1968; Vocational Amendments of 1968; 1967 Title III proposals; National Education Association; major policy

Oral history transcript, Charles J. Zwick, interview 1 (I), 4/25/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

semester I taught as an instructor in the agricultural economics department. Then in the fall of 1951 I went up to Har- vard to do my PhD in economics under John D. Black, who was the famous agricultural economist, or one of the famous agricultural
Biographical information; developing the Mekong project; Shriver tries to get Zwick into OEO; named assistant budget director; surmise that Vietnam would not last long; the task force to create the Department of Transportation; role of J. Califano

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

, 1971 INTERVIEWEE JOSEPH SISCO INTERVIEWER: PAIGE E. MULHOLLAN PLACE: Mr. Sisco's office, Room 6242 State Department, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 M.: You were during the Johnson Administration first, deputy assistant secretary
LBJ interviews Sisco prior to his appointment; LBJ concerned with leaks; LBJ's grasp of foreign affairs; Arthur Goldberg and the Vietnam issue in the UN; the Camp David meeting on bringing the Vietnam issue before the UN Security Council

Oral history transcript, John W. Macy, interview 1 (I), 3/18/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

student at the I had elected to major in government and had a rising interest in public affairs--an interest which had started during the depression in Chicago where I was, in an immature sort of way, very much impressed by the human consequences

Oral history transcript, Lucius D. Battle, interview 1 (I), 11/14/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

sort of a leg man between the Department of State and the Vice President's office. I saw him during that period from time to time; I saw him in several periods when there were key issues on international affairs before us; he came to numerous meetings
Biographical information; contacts with Johnson; support of LBJ in 1960; Democratic Policy Commission; State Department informing Vice President's office; Potomac Marching Society; Kennedy Administration; working for Johnson; Advisory Committee

Oral history transcript, Luther H. Hodges, Sr., interview 1 (I), 10/10/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

great knowledge of political affairs and things generally in the country. And then I remember a situation developed after he and Lady Bird had gone on back. I watched her taking a few notes and listening most intently while he was talking freely
Early relationship with LBJ; 1960 campaign; appointment as Secretary of Commerce; JFK leadership; Department of Commerce problems; JFK’s staff; LBJ and civil rights; LBJ and the Vice Presidency; JFK-LBJ friction; Business Advisory Council; relation

Oral history transcript, William J. Jorden, interview 1 (I), 3/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

was on the national security staff of Mr. Rostow. Prior to that you had been deputy assistant secretary of state for public affairs from 1965 until 1966. Prior to that you had been special assistant to Mr. [Averell] Harriman. been on the Policy Planning Council

Oral history transcript, Mitchell Rogovin, interview 1 (I), 10/23/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

the President to see the anguish on Featherston's face as well as mine. Shortly after that, he made the appointment. B: Incidentally, is this unusual, this spotting you at a social gathering and remembering your position and to discuss this kind of affair
Biographical information; meeting with LBJ; IRS budget; contacts with LBJ; LBJ’s appointment to Tax Court; Justice Department personnel; differences in administrations; Vietnam policy effect on tax policies; prosecution of tax cases; Bobby Baker

Oral history transcript, Stewart L. Udall, interview 2 (II), 5/19/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Department was doing and what needed to be done--as well as to give him a chance, perhaps in a personal private way, to get his views across on various issues. Now we did that, of course, but it was sort of done ad hoc and you got your licks in where you

Oral history transcript, Dr. Samuel Halperin, interview 1 (I), 2/24/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

with which I worked in legislation except the so-called Monday morning meetings with the legislative representatives of the various departments--meetings held by Mr. Larry O'Brien and later by Barefoot Sanders. Mr. Johnson, as you probably know
Department of Housing, Education, and Welfare

Oral history transcript, Dorothy H. Jacobson, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 25 J: No, I don't think so . B: Actually, the Estes affair created some difficulties within the department, Not that I know of . too, didn't

Oral history transcript, Mary Rather, interview 4 (IV), 6/10/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

went on active duty in the navy but before he went to the South Pacific. You know, he went out on the West Coast and did some work there for the Manpower or Navy Department. I think he was looking at NYA [National Youth Administration] projects, as well

Oral history transcript, David E. Bell, interview 1 (I), 12/27/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

is the assistant for National Security Affairs. years. That was a rather less-clear assignment in the Truman Admiral Sydney S o u e r s , assisted by Jimmy Lay, had responsi- bility for many elements of that job in the Truman years, aide to the President, Robert

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