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- gone that far and may still not go that far if a similar case were presented, you see . Although I think the Supreme Court decision would be adequate to base a different decision on it this time . M: In the handling of this case, was your contact
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- Biographical information; Texas politics; LBJ's liberal tendencies; 1956 support of Shivers; Schwille case; JFK's assassination; A TEXAN LOOKS AT LYNDON; attorney for J. Evetts Haley, Jr.; statement on Johnson Presidency; Lady Bird Johnson; 3/31
- . INTERVIEWER: THOMAS HARRISON BAKER June 18, 1969 B: This is the interview with Whitney M. Young, Jr. of the Urban League. Mr. Young, do you recall when you first met or knew anything about Lyndon Johnson? Y: I first met Mr. Johnson when he was in the Senate
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- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- Young, Whitney Moore, Jr., 1921-1971
- Oral history transcript, Whitney M. Young, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/18/1969, by T.H. Baker
- Whitney M. Young, Jr.
- . the Peddy vote I mean, they moved fast and they got a large share of support too. B: Was it Johnson himself who was working so hard? M: He did work very hard. Now, I think he talked to Peddy on the phone and then somebody else went to see him, as I
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Oral history transcript, William M. (Fishbait) Miller, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1972, by Joe B. Frantz
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- of the Congress looking back at him and he gets thrown ." F: I see . M: So he ain't gonna get thrown for that yardage of loss . F: Right . M: No, sir, I came up here as a messenger to the postmaster . What did you do here, come up here as a secretary? I
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- Oral history transcript, William M. (Fishbait) Miller, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1972, by Joe B. Frantz
- William M. (Fishbait) Miller
- Committee. B: How do the older hands help a young Congressman in cases like that, once they've singled one out? M; Well, they see him in his devotion to his work in committee, which is vitally important, because for all practical purposes the committees
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- well be spoken about? S: Oh, yes, let's see. M: We talked about Appalachia. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories
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- impression that the White House tried to let the new D.C. government stand on its own feet without too much direct supervision from the White House? M: From what I could see of the operation of District government, certainly the mayor gave me a very free
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- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- In other words, he played the proper role of the Vice President. M: I feel so. I feel that, contrary to some of the history that's now coming out, I didn't see evidence of dissatisfaction on his part with his role or dissatisfaction on his part in his
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- are the programs. And the dollar sign is simply after the fact. M: Have you made progress toward a program budget? F: We've just started. This year is the first year we've done anything at all. We've just begun, and I don't think you'll see much effect
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- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- to grant to cities and states in order to allow them to professionalize their police; to cure their court problems; and to upgrade their correctional systems. B: Did you have an opportunity to see Mr. Johnson's private reaction to that bill
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- Vinson, Fred M., Jr.
- Oral history transcript, Fred M. Vinson, Jr., interview 2 b (II), 11/26/1968, by T.H. Baker
- Fred M. Vinson, Jr.
Oral history transcript, Kenneth P. O'Donnell, interview 1 (I), 7/23/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
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- to be That ' s when he went down to see J ohnson. M: When Bobby down . 0: Bobby di d , now with the fruits of all the bitterness that 1·1as alleged . He was sent do1
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- HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Beckworth - I - 3 garage half in two and made the office you see there . M: Were you raised
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- INTERVIEHEE: IVAN ALLm, JR. I NTERV IHIER: THO~1AS PLACE: His office, City Hall, Atlanta, Georgia HARRISON BAKER Tape 1 of 1 B: This is the interview with Mayor Ivan Allen of Atlanta. Sir, did you have any acquaintanceship with Mr. Johnson before
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- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- in their meetings with LBJ and Hubert Humphrey; tiger cubs at Atlanta zoo named for President Johnson and Lady Bird; relations with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and Mrs. King; MLK's assassination and resulting racial problems in Atlanta; concerns and involvement
Oral history transcript, Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., interview 2 (II), 2/17/1972, by Joe B. Frantz
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- had, he was really very nice-just a very gentle, decent man, a very modest man. 1'm an opposite of you because I used to be a Brooklyn Dodger fan; I had hateful respect for the great Stan when he'd come in there. F: I used to see him against
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- Oral history transcript, Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., interview 2 (II), 2/17/1972, by Joe B. Frantz
- Clifford L. Alexander, Jr.
Oral history transcript, Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., interview 1 (I), 11/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
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- was a long, tough, and hard fight, where Ambassador [Adlai] Stevenson was, who was an alleged 1iberal and did not see what, to me, was the profound i m p o r t a n c e o f having a black in a ranking ambassadorial level there. Mainly working with President
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- Oral history transcript, Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., interview 1 (I), 11/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
- Clifford L. Alexander, Jr.
Oral history transcript, George L.P. Weaver, interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
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- serving in this position since 1961. Is that correct? "\1: Since July 1961. M: You were an appointee, then, of President Kennedy and served through the entire Johnson Administration. W: Yes. ~II: For many years you were associated IVi th various
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Oral history transcript, Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., interview 3 (III), 6/4/1973, by Joe B. Frantz
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- and Ed Weisl, Jr., must have gone with Lyndon Johnson on a trip to New York just before his March 31, 1968 address. A: I guess we went to the Presidentls Club, if 1'm not mistaken, which was the fund-raiser there. took us up there. I think both [of us
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- Oral history transcript, Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., interview 3 (III), 6/4/1973, by Joe B. Frantz
- Clifford L. Alexander, Jr.
- Then a young fellow named John Rielly, R-I-E-L-L-Y, came on board I believe at the time Humphrey--let's see, it might have been 1964; I believe it was 1964, before Humphrey went into the vice presidency. He was an academic person in the foreign policy field
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- of Wisconsin seeing everybody he could see . Because [Robert M .] LaFollette [Jr .], who was his opponent, had not come home--had sort of moved to Washington and forgotten he was a Senator from Wisconsin--the people voted for the person they saw
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- [For interviews 1 and 2] First meeting with LBJ in 1948; Thomas C. Henning, Jr.; Joseph R. McCarthy; Senator Earle Clements; Senate Campaign Committee; Walter Jenkins; George Reedy; John Connally; Eisenhower inauguration; LBJ's organization
- Oral history transcript, Kenneth M. Birkhead, interview 1 (I), 1/10/1970, by T.H. Baker
- Kenneth M. Birkhead
- : December 2, 1968 INTERVIEWEE : WARREN M . CHRISTOPHER INTERVIEWER : THOMAS H . BAKER PLACE : Department of Justice, Washington, D .C . Tape 1 of 1 B: Sir, you said you had something you wanted to put on the record . C: In reflecting on our
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- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- foreign economic assistance These countries don't want Communism or any other totalitarian ideology . They're much more likely to be with us than the Russians on these things . want a better break . They just They want to see their resources used
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- , 1968 INTERVIEHEE: WARREN M. CHRISTOPHER INTERVIEWER: THO~IAS PLACE: Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. H. BAKER Tape 1 of 1 B: Sir, there is one whole area here involving urban disorders, the major city riots, which I believe you've been
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- � � LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTERVIEWEE : Kenneth M . Birkhead (Tape #2) INTERVIEWER : T . H . Baker DATE January 13, 1970 Ba
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- [For interviews 1 and 2] First meeting with LBJ in 1948; Thomas C. Henning, Jr.; Joseph R. McCarthy; Senator Earle Clements; Senate Campaign Committee; Walter Jenkins; George Reedy; John Connally; Eisenhower inauguration; LBJ's organization
- Oral history transcript, Kenneth M. Birkhead, interview 2 (II), 1/13/1970, by T.H. Baker
- Kenneth M. Birkhead
- entir~ly with the different candidates: McGovern, and Humphrey. Seems to me like there was 'one can't particularly recall right now. McCarthy, m~re that I I thought there were four. F: I can't remember, now, who it was. S: But what I did
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- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 15 I rcn:cr.,ocr buck t iJC m;}int:.:incd consto.nt conto.ct through the radio on the airplane the :"li te HO,lSC to see Here the:: ivin~s coming
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- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- . B: Did you see or [lear any signs of presidential ambition, say, in 1956? S: I didn't. I was not that close to him. I was not in Chicago in 1956 \vhen Jack Kennedy almost got the nomination for vice president, so I really \vas not that close
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- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- that name? G: M-E-L-A-S-K-Y. Harris A. Melasky. He'll be mentioned later. I then came to Dallas and became house counselor for the Murray Company, which company was engaged in the manufacture of cotton gins and sold in all the cotton-producing states
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- : Was that the way it turned out? P: That was the way it turned out. That was a disappointment to me. I remember when I was called over to see the President and he asked me to take the job, there'sa couple of anterooms outside the Oval Office. I was waiting
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Oral history transcript, Richard H. Nelson, interview 1 (I), 7/20/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
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- with the Peace Corps. I was writing some speeches for him on the Peace Corps and doing some traveling with him. I did go to see the Vice President and asked if he could help me get a deferral from active duty, at least until I finished my graduate studies
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- LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTERVIEWEE: HODDING CAR TER, JR. INTERVIEWER: T. H. BAKER More on LBJ Library oral histories: http
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- Carter, Hodding, Jr.
- Oral history transcript, Hodding Carter, Jr., interview 1 (I), 11/8/1968, by T.H. Baker
- Hodding Carter, Jr.
- histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 2 President Kennedy answered, "I just do not think this is the time; I do not see anything in this coming session of Congress." It, needless to say, was an occasion of disappointment to Mr. Wilkins
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- ] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 7 K: He would, of course, naturally go see the executives, but he'd walk through the newsroom and try and meet the people. course at that stage he was trying pretty hard
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- Skelton; LBJ’s acceptance of VP; covered VP while in Austin; move of press from Austin to San Antonio; Eastern press; post-Presidential press conference; John Connally’s dissatisfaction for some of LBJ’s policy; off the record meetings; Sam Kinch, Jr
- , for some time during the whole Johnson Administration, had not been as efficient an organization as it should be. Did you see any signs of that? C; I think that the worst complaint I heard about the Democratic National Committee was that staff members
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- Biographical information; day of JFK's assassination; Jim Jones; Marvin Watson; 1968 campaign; Marty Hauan; Will Sparks; DNC; George Christian; Mike Monroney, Jr.; advance work and trips to Honolulu and Huntington, West Virginia; Whitney Shoemaker
- ://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 and seeing that their needs were taken care of. So, I was decorated, as I say
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- Raymond L. Telles, Jr.
- to that, I had some minor involvement in seeing to it and getting the assurance of the unions that they woul d not in any V,JaY interfere with the carri age of mi 1itary cargo, which they pledged and met that pledge. F: Now in July you had a railroad
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- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- there are some questions involved in there that are not answered, at least on the public record. Did you see anything then of Mr. Johnson during the years that he was Vice President? R: Yes, I saw him several times, I think a couple of times when delegations
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- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- the JFK assassination; Civil Rights Bill of 1964; campaigning for LBJ in 1964; organization of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; introducing Martin Luther King, Jr. to the concept of non-violence; a King-Powell episode regarding Rustin
- of it in his guest box up there, and still had it look like a guest list. F: He even had Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. He probably wondered what he was doing there, but he was there .. Did you see much of him during the vice presidential years? W: No. F: Was he
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- : Well, yes, to make sure that they were listening. was done at supper. But you see, that The Krims were in; the Krims were there. was there, and Busby had been with them through the years. stayed on as secretary for Busby. Busby And Marie Marie had
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- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- began see- ing him on a regular basis to talk about the reconstruction and the afterrna th. B: Before I interrupted you, you Here talking about the need for some sort of investigative commission. C: Yes, it soon became highly desirable, \.;e thought
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- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- in the Midwest than here in the South? H: Yes. You see, the South is always a whipping-boy on these things of prejudice. We had had the Al Smith situation in our own state--first time in a hundred years we went Republican was for Al Smith as a Democratic
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