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Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 43 (XLIII), 3/28/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Tillinghast?] of TWA [Trans World Airlines] on not opposing the investment tax credit. That was classic Johnson, having the guy regulating the industry start calling the industry to see how they felt about the President's program and if they could support

Folder, "Volume I – Narrative History, The Administrative History of the Department of Transportation Act [2 of 2]," Department of Transportation Administrative History, Box 1 (Item)

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Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 34 (XXXIV), 9/19/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

19, 1988 INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR., with comments by Marcel Bryar INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Califano's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 G: Okay, let's start with the airline strike, [by the] machinists

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 16 (XVI), 12/16/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in the Northeast and we were in a world--we really, I guess, both felt responsible for everything that happened in the country, and felt we could do something about everything that happened. But it was just the President sort of blanketing it. Then we ordered

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 54 (LIV), 9/11/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

/exhibits/show/loh/oh Califano -- LIV -- 2 related to making trucking more competitive, making the airlines more competitive, what have you. Johnson loved it, as you can see. He wrote, "Hurray." I don't know how many memos he wrote, "hurray" on. I think

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 49 (XLIX), 7/18/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, 1989 INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR. INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Califano's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 C: Harding Lawrence was the head of Braniff Airlines. And Lawrence wanted an international route going

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 44 (XLIV), 3/29/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. We sold aluminum. We went to the steel people. He said we would not use the antitrust or tax laws against them but we would be aggressive in trying to get them to hold their prices and wages. And Fowler said that with Vietnam, unlike World War II

Folder title list, Personal Papers, Papers of Joseph A. Califano (Item)

- Book Excerpts Great Society - Civil Rights Great Society - Committee on Public Works & Trans. Great Society - Consumer Protection Great Society - Education Great Society - Employment and Training Great Society - Health Great Society - Housing & Urban

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 7 (VII), 6/17/1970, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

: And also, if you were the president and you're in a steel negotiation or you're in a big airline or railroad problem, you talk to the Wirtzes and Connors and maybe the Goldbergs and the Wayne Morses of the world. I think the only way a guy like Simkin

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 52 (LII), 8/15/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, apparently, for not succeeding. C: Well, I mean, you know, the hardest thing in the world is to look at yourself. I mean, it was just--the mood was not right. We tried for two years to get 14(b) [repealed]. And they had another bill they wanted which we

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 55 (LV), 9/13/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

on the record," and what have you. And we did the press briefing for the White House press corps. Then we talked to some transportation experts. In today's world they'd all be at the same briefing. They'd just add to the White House press corps

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 60 (LX), 1/17/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

these things that Morse would periodically say if we're really at war we ought to get with labor, get them to make an agreement, the way they did in World War II, to end these strikes. Then on the third, I guess, we met with Morse, Mansfield, [Nicholas

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 20 (XX), 1/28/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that decision. After all, look at what that decision meant. Nobody wants to send fifty thousand American troops halfway around the world to a war where lots of them are going to be killed. We were riding high on the Great Society. We were very much aware

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 6 (VI), 10/17/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

McNamara was testifying. They ultimately degenerated into Senator [Strom] Thurmond and one or two others, and a variety of Pentagon witnesses, pro and con, that they were calling from all over the world, and State Department witnesses, and one

Telephone conversation # 10455, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 7/29/1966, 9:15PM (Item)

CALIFANO REPORTS THAT AIRLINE STRIKE NEGOTIATORS ARE READY TO MEET WITH LBJ; STATUS OF LBJ'S STATEMENT ON SETTLEMENT; LBJ RELAYS REPORT THAT AIRLINE CARRIERS ARE UNHAPPY WITH SETTLEMENT; ARRANGEMENTS FOR LBJ'S TV APPEARANCE; STATEMENTS

Telephone conversation # 10525, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 8/2/1966, 11:23AM (Item)

UPDATE ON SENATE ACTION ON AIRLINE STRIKE BILL; POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES, POSSIBLE UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OF SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE BILL; RFK; WAYNE MORSE'S SUBSTITUTE BILL; NEED FOR AIRLINE CARRIERS' SUPPORT; SPEECHES FOR SENATORS; 1963 RAILROAD STRIKE

Telephone conversation # 10595, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 8/8/1966, 11:10PM (Item)

CALIFANO RETURNS LBJ'S CALL; LBJ SAYS HE WAS TRYING TO REACH CALIFANO TO LEARN OF PROGRESS IN AIRLINE STRIKE NEGOTIATIONS BUT HAS SINCE TALKED TO WILLARD WIRTZ; LBJ SAYS HE WILL TALK TO CALIFANO ABOUT IT IN THE MORNING

Telephone conversation # 10450, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 7/29/1966, 7:30PM (Item)

UPDATE ON AIRLINE STRIKE NEGOTIATIONS; RELUCTANCE OF CARRIERS TO SETTLE; GARDNER ACKLEY'S PROPOSED STATEMENT ON ECONOMIC EFFECT OF SETTLEMENT; WILLARD WIRTZ' CONCERNS ABOUT STATEMENT'S EFFECT ON UNION, P. L. SIEMILLER; TERMS OF OTHER RECENT

Telephone conversation # 10451, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 7/29/1966, 7:55PM (Item)

CALIFANO TELLS LBJ AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED ON TWO OF THREE ITEMS IN AIRLINE STRIKE NEGOTIATIONS AND THAT AGREEMENT SHOULD BE REACHED ON FINAL ITEM SOON; DISCUSSION OF TIMING OF LBJ'S MEETING WITH NEGOTIATORS; LBJ'S PLANS TO ATTEND CARL ALBERT'S

Telephone conversation # 10453, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 7/29/1966, 9:00PM (Item)

LBJ'S PROPOSED STATEMENT ON AIRLINE STRIKE SETTLEMENT; GARDNER ACKLEY'S VIEWS ON STATEMENT; LBJ QUESTIONS ECONOMIC FIGURES IN SETTLEMENT; WIRTZ' CONCERNS ABOUT STATEMENTS BY P. L. SIEMILLER, WILLIAM CURTIN ON SETTLEMENT; CONCERNS ABOUT UNION

Telephone conversation # 10524, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 8/2/1966, 11:20AM (Item)

LBJ REPORTS ON HIS TALKS WITH RUSSELL LONG, GEORGE SMATHERS ABOUT SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE RESOLUTION ON AIRLINE STRIKE, INSTRUCTS CALIFANO TO MEET WITH THEM; CALIFANO SAYS HE IS IN MAJORITY LEADER'S OFFICE, CANNOT TALK RIGHT NOW, AND WILL CALL LBJ

Telephone conversation # 10530, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 8/2/1966, 4:01PM (Item)

CALIFANO SAYS SENATE WON'T VOTE ON AIRLINE STRIKE BILL TODAY; MERITS OF 30, 60 OR 90-DAY BACK-TO-WORK ORDER AND EFFECT ON CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS; REPUBLICAN VIEWS OF BILL; POSSIBLE UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OF SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE BILL BACKED BY JOSEPH

Telephone conversation # 10543, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 8/3/1966, 11:20AM (Item)

NICHOLAS KATZENBACH'S MEETING WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN, JACOB JAVITS ON CHANGES TO AIRLINE STRIKE BILL, THEIR REQUEST THAT KATZENBACH DRAFT BILL; CONTACTING STEEL COMPANIES ON PRICE INCREASE; NEGATIVE PRESS; FAVORABLE ACCOUNT BY WALTER CRONKITE

Telephone conversation # 10544, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 8/3/1966, 11:20AM (Item)

NEED TO GENERATE BETTER PRESS STORIES ON ADMINISTRATION'S POSITION ON AIRLINE STRIKE; NON-EMERGENCY NATURE OF STRIKE

Telephone conversation # 10556, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 8/4/1966, 10:43AM (Item)

DISCUSSION OF MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN AIRLINE STRIKE, REPORTS THAT TWA AND EASTERN WILL SETTLE WITH UNION; CALIFANO TELLS LBJ THAT US STEEL WILL ALSO INCREASE STEEL PRICES

Telephone conversation # 10562, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 8/4/1966, 7:37PM (Item)

DISCUSSION OF PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURES IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON UNNAMED BILL (AIRLINE STRIKE BILL?)

Telephone conversation # 10572, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 8/5/1966, 1:00PM (Item)

NEED TO COUNTERACT RFK'S INFLUENCE WITH PRESS, EMPHASIZE SENATE INACTION ON VARIOUS ADMINISTRATION BILLS FOR CITIES; MCNAMARA'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR UNNAMED POST: DOUGLAS DILLON, JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH, ARJAY MILLER; LBJ'S ACTIONS ON AIRLINE STRIKE

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 35 (XXXV), 9/20/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, 1988 INTERVIEWEE: JOE A. CALIFANO, JR., with comments by Marcel Bryar INTERVIEWER: Michael Gillette PLACE: Mr. Califano's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 C: After the report was issued, the management [of the airlines] accepted

Telephone conversation # 10442, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 7/28/1966, 3:30PM? (Item)

CALIFANO RELAYS LATEST NEWS ON NEGOTIATIONS TO END AIRLINE STRIKE BY INTERNATIONAL ASSN OF MACHINISTS; WILLARD WIRTZ' CONCERNS ABOUT CARRIERS' UNHAPPINESS WITH LATEST OFFER; STATUS OF BILL TO END STRIKE IN SENATE COMMITTEE; RFK'S VIEWS; ECONOMIC

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 36 (XXXVI), 9/21/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

[1966], [George] Meany told [Willard] Wirtz that he would oppose any legislation to deal with the airline strike and he would support any agreement that the parties reached, that any legislation would be considered an anti-labor vote and move

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 59 (LIX), 1/16/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

--Roy Siemiller, who was also our adversary on the airlines--and the electrical workers with Gordon Freeman, would not agree with the sort of 5 per cent figure. And that was the pattern of the prior settlements. At the same time there was no way

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 9 (IX), 9/22/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

had that senatorial, "Let the secretary do this or let him do that," because we used Morse again on the airline strike or the aerospace workers. We brought in Morse on another occasion and put him on a board, a three-man board I think, with Dick

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 45 (XLV), 5/23/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

commercial airliners, and we have a lot of investment news, and I suggest to the President to counter this heavy investment news coming o[ut]--we should put out responses of the companies to his request that they cut back on capital expenditures. Okay

Folder title list, Office Files of Joseph A. Califano (Item)

Outline for 1966 Emergency Board Report on Airline Strike 1966 Asian Development Bank, SE Asia Regional Development TF on Pollution Abatement --l SCANNED TF on Pollution Abatement --2 SCANNED TF on Agriculture & Rural Life open open open open open open