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Oral history transcript, Leslie Carpenter, interview 1 (I), 2/6/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, didn't you? C: Yes, I now represent the Boston Herald-Traveler. F: So you've kept the Boston connections? C: Yes, I've kept Boston connections. I've represented the Springfield - Daily News continuously since early 1946, and, of course, Jack

Oral history transcript, Barbara Jordan, interview 1 (I), 3/28/1984, by Roland B. Hayes (Item)

Southern [University], not the Groovy Grill experiences but with Boston [University]? J: Oh, Texas Southern gave me a general, good basic--I almost said remedial education. Texas Southern gave me a fairly good hand on the basics, reading and writing. I
for Congress; visit to LBJ Ranch; accessibility of LBJ; Lady Bird; goals in Congress; contrasting the Texas Senate and U.S. Congress; Texas delegation; influence of grandfather; Texas Southern and Boston Universities; the Judicial Committee

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 67, 15 December 1997," LBJ Library (Item)

an evening of music and reminiscences of days in the Johnson White House and travels around the globe in Air Force One. 6 Historian Michael Beschloss, who listened to and transcribed all of President Johnson's taped tele phone conversations released thus

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 17 (XVII), 6/11/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the Austin-to-Boston statement that came out, that they were going to campaign from Austin to Boston, or campaign the whole country, try to get all votes. But again, that is the kind of meeting that you hold 2 LBJ Presidential Library http
between the convention and election due to a lack of political stability; the JFK/LBJ 1960 campaign kickoff parade in Boston; LBJ drinking too much in El Paso at the beginning of the campaign; the nature of LBJ's campaign speeches; the Richard Nixon-Henry

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 42, 15 February 1988," LBJ Library (Item)

, to help• wiith the bal ance-of-payments problem, Presi dent Johnson es,tablished a "See the U.S.A." program to encourage Americans to travel in their own country instead of abroad. Of the areas that Mrs. Johnson chose to focus on as first lady

President Johnson's foreign and domestic travel, "Trips (LBJ's)," Reference File (Item)

,, Traoe( AS OF: January 20, 1969 AD?,EXI.5T ttrtTIVELY GO:P.tFIDE'NTIAL PRESIDENTIAL TRAVEL (Excluding Foreign) -----------BY STATE ALASKA November 1, 1966 Arrival Elmendorf AFB from Asian-Pacific trip (remarks), Anchorage November 2, 1966
LBJ travel
President Johnson's foreign and domestic travel, "Trips (LBJ's)," Reference File

Oral history transcript, Warren I. Cikins, interview 1 (I), 5/12/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, but there was no question of where he was coming out on these issues. was a tower of strength. tant. I didn't see Hannah being doubtful or hesi- He had a strong commitment. childhood in a way. He Of course, it goes back to my own I remember in Boston there were some

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 27, 1 January 1983," LBJ Library (Item)

supporters wanted me to take the Vice Presidential pot. Bob Kerr was the wor L of all. He came in and said, "Mr. Leader, I don't know whether what I hear is true or not. But if it is. and if you' re going 10 run on the ticket with this boy from Boston, I'm

Oral history transcript, Edward M. Kennedy, interview 1 (I), 10/30/69, by by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

reception when he came up to Boston that time, too. F: Moving ahead, when you ran for the Senate for the first time in 1962, did the Vice President assist you in any way? K: No. I can remember one time, though, in 1962 when President Kennedy called

Oral history transcript, Buford Ellington, interview 1 (I), 10/2/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)

was with the Tennessee Farm Bureau Federations Insurance Services, and I traveled in that area quite extensively. family. In fact, we were very close. I got to know Mr. Rayburn's When Mr. Rayburn would come down, which he did quite often, to visit, at least once

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 18 (XVIII), 6/12/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that was traveling with us. You know the press has two deadlines. First of all, one has the afternoon press, which in those days--that's no longer true--in those days the afternoon press had to have something 1 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org

Oral history transcript, James E. Chudars, interview 1 (I), 10/2/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

with the postal departments. We set up the Los Angeles air mail and we set up the Chicago air mail in helicopters. After that, I got out of the service and I flew for Skyways in Boston, where we had the first scheduled passenger service from the top of a parking

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 36, 15 February 1986," LBJ Library (Item)

.) Caricatures of Candidate Grant and his Vice Presi dential running mate Schuyler Colfax, 1869. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.) Last photograph taken of Grant, four days before his death in 1885. (National Portrait GaJlery, mithsonian Institution.) Grant's

Oral history transcript, Sally O'Brien MacDonald and Sarah McClendon, interview 1 (I), 2/16/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

doesn't like you but he can't keep from mentioning you." We had a deeper relationship I think during 1959 and 1960 when he was beginning to campaign for office. I traveled with him a gretit deal then, and he seemed to like to have me around and seemed

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 15 (XV), 11/20/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

travel very much. I didn't know until toward the close that McCormack's wife was in the car in the parking lot. She didn't attend functions, but she had traveled with him from Boston over the road. We had any number of people, including the Republican

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 10 (X), 6/25/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

regional meetings that you held around the country in 1964. I think there were only half that many, perhaps, in 1960 when you traveled. You talked some about that assignment last time, but one thing I wanted you to elaborate on today. Was there a feeling

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

was honored that he asked me, in part at the suggestion of his son George, who had been the assistant secretary of labor and with whom I'd worked. Ambassador Lodge knew that I'd traveled in the Soviet Union with Bob Kennedy, who of course had defeated his
Going to work for Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge; Paul Kattenburg; Ambassador Frederick Nolting; Flott’s job duties; conditions at the American Embassy in Vietnam upon Lodge’s arrival; interaction with the press; traveling from Washington D.C

Oral history transcript, William J. Crockett, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

days, in the senatorial days, he didn't loom as a big influence in the State Department. Now, when he became vice president, his influence became a great deal more, mainly because of his trips abroad; he did a lot of traveling abroad. F: Did you get
humor; camel driver's visit to U.S. and LBJ ranch; travel with LBJ as President; LBJ's selection of presidential gifts; graciousness of LBJ and Lady Bird; ambassadors' visits with LBJ; state dinners; LBJ's concern for people needing help; foreign policy

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

plane fares were always paid by the sponsoring organization. My travel expenses were kept to the modest level covered by government per diem, but the host LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson

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

was a Cambridge/Boston town, and anyone from Texas, and I'm generalizing, represented old politics. I think he felt a lot of pressure to fit in with the image of "new politics" portrayed by the Kennedy Administration. Unquestionably, it was the unhappiest period

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 16, 15 May 1979," LBJ Library (Item)

of key issues." The objectives set forth, Conway insisted, will be South Florida), Civil Rights; Mark Gelfand (Boston College), "fully supported in a political context by the citizenry only The War on Poverty; Hugh Davis Graham (University of when

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 77, March 2002," LBJ Library (Item)

: getting as much of these collec tions on the net so that you don't have to be a presidential scholar. You don't have to have the money to travel to 4 Austin or to Abilene or to Boston to get a sense of what these presidential libraries hold. "The final

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 80, January 2003," LBJ Library (Item)

their teen-aged son 10 put down some Texas roots. Ms. Hughes still advises the President on domestic issues, and travels regularly 10 Washington. Ms. Hughes recalled how impressed she was with the organiza tion and the processes that are in place

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 74, January 2001," LBJ Library (Item)

. In October she traveled 1,682 miles in four Jays on a train dubbed the ·'Lady Bird Special." The train went from Alexandria .. Virginia, to New Orleans, Louisiana, making 28 scheduled stops along the way. Johnson's civil rights legislative agenda wa

Oral history transcript, Robert H. Finch, interview 1 (I), 2/23/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

us to gird up the resources and to try to help and to get involved in it. And it paid off. But again, those problems were relatively more straightforward and easier to address in the Deep South than they were in Boston or Denver or Los Angeles

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 33, 15 March 1985," LBJ Library (Item)

It was younger was quicker than other cities to accept someone new. Socially 1t has been said that in Boston the important com modity is brains, in Philadelphia it is family, in New York it is money-and in Washington it's power. But power ·hifts and ach election

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 45, 30 April 1989," LBJ Library (Item)

½. The State of New York/Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., State Office Building Collection. 2 Bal Jeunesse by Palmer Hayden Collection of Dr. Meredith Sirmans Meta Warrick Fuller. Talking skull. 1937. Bronze, 28x40X15. The Museum of Afro-American History, Boston

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 50, 1 August 1991," LBJ Library (Item)

," executed by 82-year old Frances Lyle. In preparation by the LBJ museum staff is an exhibition of World War 11, which will open December 7 in San Antonio and then travel to aU the Presidential Libraries. The Medal of Honor shown here is one of some 200

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 25 (XXV), 8/7/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Tammany was a dead tiger by then. Carmine DeSapio, I don't think he could carry a bottle of milk across the street. The Boston machine, there were still some remnants of it, but not like the great days. In San Francisco the Irish machines had disappeared
Duties of the press secretary; LBJ’s misunderstanding of the press; LBJ’s secrecy as president; press pool; travelling with LBJ; LBJ’s friendliness toward the press; Eric Goldman; resignation of Walter Jenkins.

Oral history transcript, Dan H. Fenn, Jr., interview 1 (I), 7/18/1972, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

for his staff. So that I'd get into those thi ngs for Walter Heller, but I don't remember Johnson's people, or Johnson or Walter Jenkins, ever asking me for help trying to find somebody for them. M: Anything on his various travels for President Kennedy

Oral history transcript, Stanley Marcus, interview 1 (I), 11/3/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. I presume you had someone here and in New York and in Washington more or less supervising. M: Yes, we called in a designer from Boston who's a specialist in wedding dresses. Her name is Priscilla. She designed a dress that Luci liked

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 31, 15 July 1984," LBJ Library (Item)

processes are different in the world of opinion over against the world of decision and that if these two worlds understood each other better, they might be able to communicate with each other more effectively. Dave Powers: " ... The old Boston Irish believe

Oral history transcript, Bayard Rustin, interview 1 (I), 6/17/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

not permit anybody to carry any sign at all--only the signs we provided, and placards. We also used great numbers of Negro policemen from the major cities along the eastern coast all the way from Richmond to Boston, and had thousands of them there who knew

Oral history transcript, John A. Gronouski, interview 1 (I), 2/5/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

for the President I think to go into one of these tantrums you read about, but I never found it. I've always been very careful talking in public about this ever since Jack Valenti's famous speech in Boston where he "sleeps a little better at night," but I've always

Oral history transcript, Claiborne Pell, interview 1 (I), 2/27/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

a quarter of the electoral votes were traversed by the Boston-Washington high speed railroad line. He gave it an excellent hear- ing and them a push so that it finally was enacted into law. He mentioned at the time he signed the bill the jiggling effect

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 21 (XXI), 6/18/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

he deeply appreciated the fact that I had volunteered to stand in for him, but he didn't feel that he wanted to have me do that. It meant leaving the administration, but he appreciated the offer. So at that point you have Maurice sitting in Boston

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

Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Johnson -- XXII -- 6 turn over to, or get assistance from, the men who traveled with him. (Interruption
A women's rally to organize LBJ's 1948 Senate campaign while LBJ was still at the Mayo Clinic; arranging for LBJ to campaign while traveling by helicopter; what it was like to campaign by helicopter; LBJ's efforts to plan for the future; LBJ's

Oral history transcript, Robert H. Finch, interview 2 (II), 6/19/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of situations where in major metropolitan areas--Boston, here in Pasadena, Des Moines, and so on--where you had "white flight" taking place. And you had court orders coming down, but obviously they couldn't be effected overnight, and you were up against

Oral history transcript, Edward M. Kennedy, interview 3 (III), 1/21/70, by by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Kennedy and Johnson was an easy and cordial, and no relationship.... I know there was some discussion about whether President Johnson would travel to Europe. I guess it was 1962. The date again would have to be looked at. I know President Johnson

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 3 (III), 5/15/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

there license plates from x-number of states. families are enjoying it." Look how many So we were doing it without the program having a name. F: Had Mrs. Johnson been such an indefatisable traveler in her pre-first lady days? C: No. Most of it was back

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