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Oral history transcript, E. Ross Adair, interview 1 (I), 3/12/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

then. Your committee assignments are on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Veterans Affairs Committee. Before running for Congress, from 1933 to 1950, you were a practicing attorney and probate commissioner of Allen County, Indiana. your LLB from

Oral history transcript, Robert C. Wood, interview 1 (I), 10/19/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

this. Under Kennedy there had been concern over urban affairs and setting up a department of urban affairs. W: How does this fit in? Kennedy had proposed it and said he'd appoint the Secretary. shot down. whole thing. It had been There's a beautiful
Biographical information; meeting with LBJ in 1960; wrote speeches for JFK; Moyers’ operation; Task Force on Urban Affairs; urban crisis; concept of the Great Society; urban problems given greater dimension under LBJ; uniqueness of task forces

Oral history transcript, Alfred B. Fitt, interview 1 (I), 10/25/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

it," or, "It wasn't worth it." We have to depend in many ways on other agencies for help in developing our data. The Veterans Administration and the Department of Labor both are involved in this follow-up procedure for us. It's going to be awhile before we can say
Biographical information; duties in Manpower & Reserve Affairs; civil works program; overcrowding at Arlington National Cemetery; McNamara; Project 100,000; Adam Yarmolinsky; Steve Ailes; Senator Richard Russell; Mr. Vinson; Operation Transition

Oral history transcript, William B. Macomber, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/17/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

to assess, or to make a comparison perhaps, between the way Mr. Johnson has operated in the realm of foreign affairs vis-a-vis the State Department as compared to President Eisenhower and/or President Kennedy? Ma: Yes, I think so. It probably would have
; comparison of Congressional relation to foreign policy; Vietnam; LBJ’s speech regarding Dulles’ illness; Majority Leader’s interest in foreign policy; comparison of Eisenhower, LBJ and JFK administrations in foreign affairs; JFK-LBJ transition beautiful

Oral history transcript, William H. Stewart, interview 1 (I), 12/2/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

of that period of time, slightly under two years, at Ft. Sam Houston--Brooke General Hopsital in San Antonio, Texas. I left the Army about December 1947, and went to Minneapolis where I worked for the Veterans Administration for six months, and then I returned
Department and legislation; White House staff; meeting with LBJ regarding Medicare; infant mortality rate; National Health Insurance; future of PHS; international health; Vietnam; Honolulu Conference; World Health Assembly; U.S. role in international health.

Oral history transcript, Barry Zorthian, interview 4 (IV), 5/27/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, but I think I worked with seven different directors of information or ministers of information, depending on the title of the department in that particular government. A couple of those had been educated in the United States. Nguyen Ngoc Linh had been

Oral history transcript, A. Willis Robertson, interview 1 (I), 9/27/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

. That's broken down so that it has a Subcommittee on each one of the twelve departments, and then one on foreign aid. believe they have one on Supplemental Bills. And then, I also But 14 different subcom- mittees and they're the ones that hear

Oral history transcript, H. Ralph Taylor, interview 1 (I), 3/25/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

Giaimo, whom I know quite well, and I had an appointment with Bailey. A phone call came during that appointment and Wayne Phillips, who was a public affairs man for the department and was shepherding me, came into the Giaimo meeting and said
Department of Housing, Education, and Welfare

Oral history transcript, Peter B. Benchley, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

as a general assignment reporter for about six months till the end of 1963, then went to Newsweek in early 1964, spent three years there as an associate editor largely in charge of the radio and television departments, otherwise just "swing writing
; department's speech drafts; review of speeches; "Rose Garden rubbish;" LBJ's sensitivity to press reaction to speeches' LBJ's relationship with the press; joke specialist on staff; LBJ as am accomplished storyteller and raconteur; LBJ's speech referring to his

Oral history transcript, A.S. Mike Monroney, interview 3 (III), 3/20/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

millions of dollars to the Post Office Department for the below cost operations. It includes your villages, it includes your rural routes, and it includes delivery of your publications. They're subsidized, you see. These big magazines that yell

Oral history transcript, Arthur M. Okun, interview 1 (I), 3/20/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

been done before . There was a coordinated effort to deal with some of these same issues and same problems under the Eisenhower Administration, but it was sort of an ad hoc affair that when the budget had to be formulated, they met ; when

Oral history transcript, Maxwell D. Taylor, interview 2 (II), 6/1/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

you find the country team state of affairs? T: Well, I found it was doing very well indeed, just as I expected. spent, I think, only a day and a half, something like that. I I LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY
Biographical information; 1957 trip to Vietnam; General Sam Williams; Edward Lansdale; Taylor-Rostow report; intelligence; Lionel McGarr; coordination; Diem coup; Harkins and Lodge; KATUSAs; Westmoreland; State Department; bombing campaign; Taylor’s

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

been on Taiwan and who had been largely responsible for the success of the veterans' program in Taiwan. G: Was that part of AID? LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories
Vann; Wilfred Burchett; LBJ and advice on foreign affairs; 1966 elections in Vietnam; poor organization in American military in Vietnam; Francis 'Ted' Serong; the Tet offensive; 3/31/68 speech; El Salvador in 1982.

Oral history transcript, Charles A. Halleck, interview 1 (I), 9/19/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

INTERVIEWER: T. Harrison Baker September 19, 1968 B: If we could start with just the chronology, which goes back to the '30s. You were in Congress, a two-year veteran when Mr. Johnson arrived. H: He was here with Dick Kleberg, wasn't he, as secretary

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

was involved in. He was then on the House Naval Affairs Committee, studying at the knee of Uncle Carl Vinson, the chairman. At that point I believe he had been out in the Pacific and come back. But [thi s was] my fi rst experi ence of hi s persuas i ve abil

Oral history transcript, Spurgeon H. Neel, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/7/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

: That's interesting, but what about these cases you hear about: nothing, the veteran is normal in all respects until weeks or months after he gets back and then he has-- LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B

Oral history transcript, Frederick Nolting, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

valuable support in materiel and advice, it won't be a viable victory." combat forces. He did not want American That was one reason. The other reason I think was because it was a thin cover. After all, as you know as a veteran of Vietnam

Oral history transcript, Theodore Hesburgh, interview 1 (I), 2/1/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

by the President and once by the Attorney General, and we've got to go through or we're going to lose faith with all these people who have put their necks 'way out to testify in Mississippi against the state of affairs in voting, police brutality

Oral history transcript, Charles Roberts, interview 1 (I), 1/14/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

a moment on one thing. Veteran newsmen have seen it all and presumably don't stampede easily. Was there a feeling among the White House press corps, widely expressed, that this may be the beginning of some sort of coup d'état or an attempted nationwide
Katzenbach as attorney general; presidents’ interaction with the State Department; May 1966 trip to Chicago; LBJ’s opinions of the U.S. role in Vietnam; LBJ’s assessment of his own staff; Tonkin Gulf resolution; Lindley Rule and press access to LBJ

Oral history transcript, Leon Keyserling, interview 1 (I), 1/9/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

, which in turn became the Department of Urban Affairs, so that establishes my close connection with the Department of Urban Affairs. I didn't write the Social Security Act, but I worked for the Senator who sponsored it and had a great deal to do

Oral history transcript, Mary Lasker, interview 2 (II), 7/19/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in that. Yes. What was your role in that? Johnson. I am very fond of Lady Bird In the first place, I think she is a person of great charm, and [she has] an exquisite sense of words and the best judgment about human affairs that I can think of. judge. She

Oral history transcript, Curtis LeMay, interview 1 (I), 6/28/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

with General Curtis LeMay who made his home in Newport Beach, California. just to get started. The interviewer is Joe B. Frantz. with Mr. Johnson? General, Incidentally, I'm a World War II veteran so I have been following you for a long time. L: More

Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 3 (III), 6/26/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

details were requisite for him to callout the tha,c became a necess2.ry step, as it did. militar:;' area tvitil ,chich I ment of .Tus t~ familiar, but I 1,':'1S F: They morc the book' ::, \'laS not Depart- ::e

Oral history transcript, Walter W. Heller, interview 2 (II), 12/21/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

obviously came from the Soviet Troika, suggested by the Treasury Department, as I recall. So here was the Troi ka. It was these three agencies. You probabJy know the structure of it. In addition, it had three layers: staff layer; a council-member

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

that the President, as it were, got to know me and knew who Ed Re was. Then when the question arose as to who should go to the State department as Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, I received a calIon one occasion by Mr
Biographical information; early contact with LBJ; Foreign Claims Settlement Commission; Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs; East-West Center; Washington riots; Foreign policy implications of education and cultural exchange; Mutual Education

Oral history transcript, Zbigniew Brzezinski, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

: No, no. M: Were there--I know you were mainly involved with European affairs-any other European incidents t h a t got presidential in t h a t year that you were full-time with the S t a t e Department. Disarmament, perhaps? That was in the early days

Oral history transcript, Alan S. Boyd, interview 2 (II), 12/18/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh December 18, 1968 M: To identify this particular tape, this is the second session with Secretary Boyd of the Department of Transportation . The date is December 18, and the time is 11 :15 . To take up
of the Department of Transportation; Urban Mass Transit; Maritime Administration; National Transportation Safety Board; appointment as Secretary and confirmation; reflections on LBJ; domestic legislative achievements; international relations; effects of Vietnam War

Oral history transcript, Alan S. Boyd, interview 4 (IV), 5/15/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

with Mr . Alan Boyd, former Secretary of the Department of Transportation . I am in his new offices at the Illinois Central The date is May 15, 1969 . Railroad in Chicago, Illinois, and my name is David McComb . There's one question I might throw
of the Department of Transportation; Urban Mass Transit; Maritime Administration; National Transportation Safety Board; appointment as Secretary and confirmation; reflections on LBJ; domestic legislative achievements; international relations; effects of Vietnam War

Oral history transcript, Charles E. Bohlen, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

foreign policy by the Defense Department and others. Do you think that's an accurate appraisal? B: I have seen no evidence of it since I have been back here. Now, of course, you've got to remember that the Viet Nam affair has always been handled

Oral history transcript, Frank F. Mankiewicz, interview 2 (II), 5/1/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

of State for Latin America, and he had the cognizant Latin American officials there--AID, Peace Corps--well, person there. I guess I was the only Peace Corps But the USIA and the State Department people from Latin America weJ'!'e there, and Senator

Oral history transcript, Alexander Buel Trowbridge, Jr., interview 1 (I) A, 2/19/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

and consolidation in this new Department, and the name was to be the Department of Economic Affairs--at least this was the recommendation. I think the death knoll was when George Meany discovered that he had set out in one direction and his troops weren't
into the Department of Economic Affairs; Labor was 95% against the new Department; Labor-Management Advisory Committee studies merger and proposed that it not be done; personal contact with the President; White House staff; Cabinet meetings were basically

Oral history transcript, Lester R. Brown, interview 1 (I), 11/4/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

with Congress . My own direct involvement has been limited to briefings and replying to information, for the most part . Others in the Department, including principally our Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, were heavily involved in helping
Biographical information; not active in partisan politics; Indian food crisis; PL 480; self-help concept; differences with AID on emphasis of priority; operating under State Department's budget; improvement of Vietnamese agriculture; defoliants

Oral history transcript, Henry H. Fowler, interview 3 (III), 7/31/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

to the extent that I asked for. I didn't feel that the economic and financial affairs that were the business of the Treasury Department were being short-cut or passed over by reason of a preoccupation with anything else. M: Did Lyndon Johnson ever talk

Oral history transcript, Eugenie Moore Anderson, interview 2 (II), 11/13/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

a career minister that I wouldn't have had the same freedom and the sane independence, you might say, to do what I thought was right, lacking clear-cut instructions from the Department. I wasn't afraid, or I wasn't worried, about my future. I can always go

Oral history transcript, C. Douglas Dillon, interview 1 (I), 6/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

of the foreign aid program, in overall charge of it, as Undersecretary of State and Undersecretary for Economic Affairs. I was sort of the ultimate re sponsibility in the State Department for its legislative progress of that bill every year, so I had to talk
Appointment as Secretary; relationship with LBJ during Eisenhower administration; State Department Appropriation Bill and Foreign Aid Bill in 1959 and 1960; LBJ's role as VP; Cuban Missile Crisis; differences between LBJ and JFK; budget; balance

Oral history transcript, George L. Mehren, interview 1 (I), 2/18/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

agricultural economics at the University of California Is that from California? from '46 on, and were head of the department there from '57 on. You have an impressive list of advisory and consultant posts. M: I was also Director of the Giannini Foundation
advised; poverty programs regarding food; political exploitation of hunger; food stamp program; Wilbur Mills; Department of Agriculture’s over-emphasis on urban problems; Commission on Consumer Interests; Dept. of Agriculture’s international activities

Oral history transcript, George C. McGhee, interview 1 (I), 7/1/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

in the State Department hierarchy, being in 1961 as, first, Policy Planning Council chief, and then later as Undersecretary for Political Affairs under Mr. Kennedy. Did Mr. Johnson take, that you could see, a very large role in foreign affairs as Vice
Biographical information; Lady Bird’s Congressional role while LBJ was overseas; first acquaintance with LBJ was social; LBJ’s interest in foreign affairs as VP; changes in Germany; JFK’s visit to Germany; LBJ should have visited Germany while

Oral history transcript, Frederick Flott, interview 3 (III), 9/27/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was that this was done in the context of the Department of State supplying a spokesman in those situations where a sponsoring group had requested a State Department spokesman. G: I see. F: Now, just about anyone could request it. it, and I went to many universities

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, 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

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