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Oral history transcript, William C. Westmoreland, interview 1 (I), 2/8/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

assignment to Vietnam? WW: This was in December of 1963 when I received a telephone call one evening from General Wheeler, who at that time occupied this office and the position that I now hold as Chief of Staff of the Army. might fly up to Washington

Oral history transcript, Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., interview 1 (I), 1/28/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

innovative system of sending people into the areas who did not know the area, but he would be in full command . state of Missouri . For example, I was sent to the I stayed out in Missouri probably for fifteen to twenty days . (Telephone interruption) O

Oral history transcript, Chester R. Huntley, interview 1 (I), 5/12/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

! Did you have any political occasions to work with Mr. Johnson in this period? H: No. I recall having, oh I would say, two or three telephone conversa- tions with him. I'd just call up and want some information on legislation and what it was about

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

of gold, it was--he used to joke about it that he had a gold telephone that would ring on a dime- -not true, but he was very interested. Now Mr. Johnson had plenty of other things to do and he didn't have this sort of interest. He knew it was important

Oral history transcript, David Dubinsky, interview 1 (I), 5/7/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

finished the speech, Lady Bird called me on the telephone. And Lady Bird says to me, "Mr. Dubinsky, Lyndon told me what you did for him today. He was happy, and so I am happy, and I want to congratulate you and express our appreciation for the way you

Oral history transcript, Chester L. Cooper, interview 3 (III), 8/7/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

," he kept screaming. It was a great event in his life but not in mine. And there was this damned telephone right in the middle of the backstage area with all these kids running back and forth from one wing to the other, the orchestra banging away

Oral history transcript, Fredrick L. Deming, interview 3 (III), 2/17/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

remember the figures precisely, but the excise tax reduction was voted to take effect partly at the time, and partly later on. For example, the tax on automobiles, the tax on transportation, the tax on telephones, was scheduled to go off in steps

Oral history transcript, Warren L. (Bill) Gulley, interview 1 (I), 11/29/1968, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

be replaced, Go: Have you had much contact with the President since then in 1966? Gu: No, not a lot. Telephone conversations occasionally regarding flights when he wanted someone picked up at a point and delivered to a point. He has always been very nice

Oral history transcript, Dan Rather, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to be a news conference. Anyway, the time was moving on and I had promised to have something for the noon newscast, so I decided I'd better call. Well, there was only one telephone at the Ranch, and it was in the Senator's den. wasan old-style telephone

Oral history transcript, Everett D. Collier, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

early in the morning, to bed late at night. G: I've heard that he would often use the phone, too, late at night. C: Yes, he used the phone. He was addicted to the telephone. when he was unhappy with someone. Particularly I can remember when he

Oral history transcript, Maxwell D. Taylor, interview 3 (III), 9/14/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, I discussed it thoroughly with him and he agreed to support my request for retaliation. We got on the telephone and called Viashington, got Cy Vance on the telephone, told him what had happened and that we both joined in recommending retaliation

Oral history transcript, Thomas H. (Admiral) Moorer, interview 1 (I), 8/8/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

to me how that worked, and also tell me about any of your participation in Cabinet meetings or National Security Council meetings? M: Well, that of course worked several ways. Beginning at one end of the spectrum, I had frequent telephone calls

Oral history transcript, Richard M. Helms, interview 1 (I), 4/4/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

, whether by telephone or personally or through his assistants, and that the world around him was the world of action and of motion. Attempting to stop that action and motion to get him to listen with great precision to a long disquisition on some subtlety

Oral history transcript, Richard H. Nelson, interview 1 (I), 7/20/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

there; she was at the Ranch. Was it her birthday? Was it an anniversary? G: No. N: Maybe he was just homesick, but he got the violinist in the phone booth with him and called Mrs. Johnson and he had the violinist serenade Lady Bird over the telephone. G

Oral history transcript, Frederick G. Dutton, interview 1 (I), 8/4/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

the governmental structure. B: There's been a lot of talk about-(Interruption--telephone rings) B: I was getting ready to ask you [is,] there's been a lot of ~hat talk about the attitude of the Kennedy staff toward Johnson while he was Vice President. D

Oral history transcript, George Wallace, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

conversation was a little intense, and of course they were intense in their conversation with him, and they had a bri ef argument over the telephone . They said, "You fil ed a lawsuit against the Governor," so I never discussed anything with Senator Kennedy

Oral history transcript, William C. Westmoreland, interview 2 (II), 7/25/1985, by Charles B. MacDonald (Item)

the two northern provinces. I thought that at the time, for his dispositions reflected that. On Tet, general intelligence: Weyand called me on the telephone, and we got together later to talk. I shifted troops so we would have greater flexibility

Oral history transcript, John J. Corson, interview 1 (I), 7/17/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, but I never had any knowledge of that. During the next two or three months, I had occasion to talk with him on the telephone once or twice; I would have said not many more times. I remember particularly one contact when, within a very short time after he

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, Keith Waller, interview 1 (I), 12/1/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. Now,there you're cut off from much of the normal business, though a president of the United States can never cut himself off entirely, the telephone rings and-F: People slip him notes. W: --the ticker machine keeps on ticking away, but it is a much

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

. The day that I was leaving the Treasury a big party was given in my honor and I was standing in the reception line shaking hands with all the people and one of my assistants came along and said, "Dix, Dix!" He said, "Telephone!lI the President!" I said

Oral history transcript, James C. Hagerty, interview 1 (I), 11/16/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in private meetings, either in bipartisan meetings or by telephone. F: One of the early burdens that both President Eisenhower and Senator Johnson had to face was the problem of Senator Joseph McCarthy. H: Yes. F: Both were criticized for not being

Oral history transcript, Jane Engelhard, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

is raging? maybe I should tell Mr. Raskob what happened. working in the building. I also thought that No telephones were We had the Bankers' Trust Company downstairs and the Longchamps restaurant, but they had no telephones working out of there. Panic

Oral history transcript, Frederick Flott, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, James U. Cross, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1970, by Arthur J. Mayer (Item)

--and would tie in to the regular Bell Telephone System--that it was actually clearer and better than your telephone as far as quality communications. put that all in. M: We I did, while I was there as the aide How would you all find riut about things like

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

recall it was one of the habits that Governor Harrlman always had to keep the Vice President abreast of foreign affairs. When we came back, he always telephoned him and gave him a report of what we had done. I remember that day he asked me to get hold

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

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 14 M: Did he call you as a commission member sort of as an informal adviser from time to time? H: He was supposed to have been a great telephone user. He may have called my predecessor as chairman, John Hannah, but I

Oral history transcript, Roger Hilsman, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

a full briefing on this whole new concept. just one of those damned things. And it was I arrived at his office, and there was some sort of political crisis going on in Texas. He was all tensed up; the telephone would ring every two minutes. He'd come

Oral history transcript, Thomas H. (Admiral) Moorer, interview 2 (II), 9/16/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

to talk to the destroyer on the telephone, and asked the captain what expression did the Russian captain of the merchant ship have when he made him turn around and go back to Russia. happy? He wanted to know how he looked; was he mad; was he So

Oral history transcript, Daniel J. Quill, interview 2 (II), 10/15/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

] F: You all just sat and talked about-- Q: Well, we sat and talked and telephoned people. F: And tried to find out things? More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Were you able to get any idea of what

Oral history transcript, Maurice M. Bernbaum, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

extent? B: (Laughter). [I had] that telephone call about 10:30 at night announcing, telling me, that we had already made the landings. F: What did you do toward getting Venezuela hooked into the OAS action? B: Well, I had a telephone call a few

Oral history transcript, Samuel T. Williams, interview 2 (II), 3/16/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

as well as you could intimidate some villages in Vietnam. They had no communication, there's few telephone lines, the roads were very poor. If anyone went from one place to another, they walked, or they rode a bicycle. Yes, those things could happen

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

Oral history transcript, George Meany, interview 1 (I), 8/4/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

, because we had helped in a very substantial way in electing them. was constant. So the contact with President Johnson from that time on I would say that every week there would be two or three telephone calls and visits. I was in the White House

Oral history transcript, Frank Church, interview 1 (I), 5/1/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

in the Senate. Do you recall under what circumstances that happened? C: The first time I heard Lyndon Johnson's voice was on the telephone following my election to the Senate in 1956. I was having breakfast in my home, the old family residence in Boise

Oral history transcript, Joseph W. Barr, interview 1 (I), 8/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

a fairly close association with the Majority Leader that lasted all the time I was in the Congress. F: You saw him or talked with him, either by telephone or in person, off and on during the remainder of his Senate career? B: Yes, that's correct. I

Oral history transcript, Charles Diggs, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

. I recall about ten or eleven o'clock at night after getting some additional reports on this matter, getting quite concerned about the hesitancy of the White House. this belief. I got a telephone call which reinforced I called the White House

Oral history transcript, Endicott Peabody, interview 1 (I), 3/4/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

20 I let out a release to the newspapers that I was going to stay on, comewhat-may. At that time Johnson's secretary, Marvin Watson, got me on the telephone and I told him what had transpired and he said, '~ile involved, I'm not sure you made

Oral history transcript, Paul Henry Nitze, interview 4 (IV), 1/10/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Nitze -- IV -- 6 more of his time either in telephonic communication with the President or at the White House than did Mr. McNamara. His style of operation also has been one of greater deliberateness. He has wished to consider

Oral history transcript, Whitney M. Young, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/18/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

used? Y: No, not--well, you know, President Johnson was a very unusual fellow in a conversation. You'd go in with a specific item for the agenda but, depending on his most recent encounter or telephone call or something, you'd find yourself sort