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

was furious with Johnson when in his book he said I was bored. I called him on the telephone when I saw that. And I was very--I was impolite I must say. I've always been polite to presidents and ex-presidents, but I was infuriated because I had told him

Oral history transcript, Daniel K. Inouye, interview 2 (II), 5/2/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

/exhibits/show/loh/oh 6 place or time. However, I don't recall the exact date, but I think it was somewhere in February or so in 1968, I received a rather strange telephone call from John Bailey. I used to call him quite often for other matters

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 4 (IV), 2/4/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was coming to Washington. She wrote down his name and address on a slip of paper, and I think perhaps his telephone number, too, and put it in my purse and said, "Now you take that out and you call him when you get there. He's going to be expecting you." I

Oral history transcript, Richard J. Hughes and Betty (Elizabeth) Hughes, interview 1 (I), 8/6/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

would have made the same choice or not. F: That closed that conversation, didn't it? BH: Dick, in retrospect, thinking about that convention, you know we had gotten very bad press. There are simply not the facilities, unfor- tunately, in Atlantic

Oral history transcript, Frank Ikard, interview 1 (I), 6/15/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

from the 13th District resigned to go with the telephone company, then there was the special election. There were about 8 or 9 of us that ran, and Walter was in that race. It was a rather heated campaign, and while there was never any personal feeling

Oral history transcript, Nancy Dickerson, interview 1 (I), 8/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oh, no! So Buddy got on the phone, and I've often thought of whoever in the world IIBuddy" might be. There was some young man in Texas and all of a sudden he was thrust into a telephone conversation with a strange man whom he had never met who

Oral history transcript, John William Theis, interview 1 (I), 12/1/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

opportunity. There was a man with a camel, so you go over and handshake the camel driver and the picture was taken. Through the interpreter, there was a conversation. The invitation was graciously extended by Johnson, IICome to Washington. By one means

Oral history transcript, William H. Chartener, interview 1 (I), 1/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

it was a telephone call from a gentleman named Sidney Weinberg, who is a good friend of Johnson's and also of Trowbridge. Sidney Weinberg had just come from a meeting of the Business Council down in Hot Springs, Virginia; and he said that he had been approached

Oral history transcript, Eugene M. Zuckert, interview 1 (I), 3/18/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

. M: Do you recall any direct conversations in these meetings that you have already mentioned, beginning back with the San Marcos one, coming forward? Z: Oh, I can recall. . . Yes, from time to time we would talk to him, and if we weren't able to do

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

, actually refreshed my recollection exactly what he said. Well, actually, I think the notes were written by somebody who was at the meeting, and it took that general form. During this period, and actually in the conversations that my wife and I had had

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 2 (II), 10/29/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

proceeded to pick up the phone and gave the White House telephone operator the names of the twenty-two and chased them all over town. I don't recall he had caught all twentytwo by the time I went home, but he stayed with it. He'd have some conversations

Oral history transcript, William G. Bowdler, interview 1 (I), 5/30/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, which was a big asset in his conversations with the other side. But the other side had not yet reached the point where they thought that it was necessary for them to reach a compromise. They still thought that international public opinion could

Oral history transcript, Henry Hall Wilson, interview 1 (I), 4/11/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

on that fateful November day? W: That morning I had had an extremely pleasant and fruitful conversation with Wilbur Mills regarding the Medicare bill, which we had failed to get out of the vJays and Mi 11 s and I that morni ng agreed to the essen- t~eans

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 56 (LVI), 11/21/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to the President of June 24, 1966, the memorandum of a telephone conversation with Drew Pearson of June 29, 1966. And as you can see, we by and large took a very tough line, including the inclusion of criminal penalties for the auto industry. I went over

Oral history transcript, Mike Manatos, interview 1 (I), 8/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh as he did you. ~1: He knew us all. He communicated with us Walter Jenkins. He asked us all to stay. either directly or through that was in a personal conversation

Oral history transcript, Olga Bredt Gideon, interview 1 (I), 3/2/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)

ever around when he--when Wirtz was giving Johnson political advice? G: Well, not really. Not in the room really, no, because these--their sessions were one-on-one, except for phone conversations, when I would hear one end--would be in the senator's

Oral history transcript, Daniel K. Inouye, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

. That is very important to us. smack in the middle of the Pacific. We're It also has jurisdiction over the airways, flight,radio, etc., and telephonic corrnnunications to Hawaii is extremely important and airline contacts are most important, fisheries

Oral history transcript, Sanford L. Fox, interview 1 (I), 11/27/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

to get this done at the office with the telephone and other things, I took it home and worked on it nights to get it completed. P: It was all by hand? F: All by hand, yes. It isn't completed yet but it is in the process anyhow, and I want

Oral history transcript, Edward Re, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

or a mission 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/oh 4 during this conversation? R

Oral history transcript, Edwin W. Pauley, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

doubt if it would be the decisive factor but I would think that probably Lady Bird, who wasn't in the room, could hear all the conversation and she, after hearing the different things, probably talked to him and-I'm sure that she had more influence than

Oral history transcript, Warren Christopher, interview 1 (I), 10/31/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

with my appointment were with the Attorney Genera 1 \vho telephoned ne perhaps as much as a month before the fifteenth of June and there began a series of conversations between us. B: Sir, the Attorney General called--this was Ramsey Clark at this time

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 18 (XVIII), 1/6/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, majority leader, so I don't think it was realistic to think that he would have taken the job. But I don't have any recollection of conversations with the President considering any of them. I don't think he ever would have offered it to Gene McCarthy, but I

Oral history transcript, Boisfeuillet Jones, interview 1 (I), 6/17/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. He was still acting as governor and had problems there. He said before I came, in our telephone conversation, "I don't know whether I'll like you and I don't know whether you'll like me, but I'd like to discuss the job with you." I called my wife

Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 6 (VI), 8/13/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

and the conferences were repetitive and the positions taken were repetithre. This didn't just happen once, it happened three or four times, without repeating the same conversation that took place each time. The President said to Ramsey his position was not the same

Oral history transcript, Harold Barefoot Sanders, interview 2 (II), 3/24/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

with regularly without being subject to the arm-twisting--? S: Yes, they talked quite often. F: Are most of those conversations by telephone, or does the President tend to ask the men to come down to the White Rouse? S: You know, I think it's both ways

Oral history transcript, Ralph G. Newman, interview 1 (I), 9/2/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of the possible interest of Lyndon Johnson in my services came in a letter from Carol Agger, Mrs. Abe Fortas, who is, as you know, a partner in what is now Arnold and Porter. I am sure it was inspired by conversations with Sheldon Cohen, who had been a member

Oral history transcript, Warren G. Woodward, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

the fraternity house at the University after the war. There was a lot of Homer Rainey conversation and liberalism was beginning to rear its head. B: Homer Rainey was the president of the University? W: That's right. He was the president

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

. Alice Roosevelt Longworth, elderly and most charming, amusing, witty lady, in a studio in Georgetown that friends of mine had lent me. The telephone rang--we were painting on the studio floor which is four flights up, which, incidentally, octogenarian

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 22 (XXII), 8/23/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was the Tenth Congressional District chairman of the women's division. So they had a big meeting. I believe it took place in the Austin Hotel. Lyndon talked to them, by telephone, from Mayo's. Of course Marietta presided and Mrs. Sam Johnson

Oral history transcript, Carl B. Albert, interview 2 (II), 6/10/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

ushers or police or service or something, a small room with a telephone. So just as I looked into the Blue Room and saw I couldn't go in there, the President came up--President Kennedy. He said, "Let's go over in this room." He was down early, too. So we

Oral history transcript, William D. Carey, interview 1 (I), 12/11/1985, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)

as it could have been because science was riding high in the estimation of the population as a whole. The general sense was that it had made a difference, the conversion of fundamental knowledge into applications and into technology had made a difference

Oral history transcript, William J. Jorden, interview 3 (III), 8/13/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

to handle this flood of copy and improve the telephone service, because a lot of guys, if they had good telephone service they could call Tokyo and dictate, and their office in Tokyo could pick it up and transmit it to the United States. LBJ Presidential

Oral history transcript, Samuel H. Shapiro, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

knew he was being considered. F: Yes. S: And, I think, in conversations with him, no doubt, that was men- tioned, but as a matter of fact, the appointment came by phone. He was notified by phone; day. \'Je were at a meeting at Springfield

Oral history transcript, Claude C. Wild, interview 1 (I), 5/7/1965, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)

the campaign lasted about 5 weeks and about the third week we began to see daylight because all of these other people were pretty good men. G: Mr. Wild, one of the President's old friends has told us that in the first conversation with Hr. Johnson you said

Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 2 (II), 11/12/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

getting a little upset here and there, if you are going to still call the shots as you see them. I don't know if I mentioned last time my conversation with the President before my Senate confirmation? B: I don't recall specifically. You'd better repeat

Oral history transcript, A. Leon Higginbotham, interview 1 (I), 10/7/1976, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. He invited me and my wife down to the White House on various affairs. I went to some White House conferences where I had the opportunity to talk to him. I guess my earliest detailed conversations with him would be during the White House Conference

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

or help him in any way? H: Only through the paper, of course, and through telephone conversations many times when the candidate ran. Particularly the campaign that I remember was when he was running in a run-off against former Governor Coke Stevenson

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 13 (XIII), 9/2/1979-9/3/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

at the White House for the army and navy and met lots of admirals and generals and saw exotic Mrs. [James] Forrestal there. One of the interesting things that happened in those days was to go to dinner at the Bob Kintners, Bob and Jean. The conversation

Oral history transcript, Ramsey Clark, interview 4 (IV), 4/16/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

, and they just wanted to establish communications because they didn't know whether they might have to call troops. Then beginning about 2:15 that morning, we began a series of conversations that resulted in the dispatch of federal troops. Actually, my

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

know firsthand how my name came to the attention of Mr. Clark and Mr. Christopher. My first knowledge that I was under consideration came from a telephone call from Warren Christopher, the Deputy Attorney General, in early October 1967 to determine