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Oral history transcript, James J. Reynolds, interview 2 (II), 10/1/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

would come in, the great tomato growers would merely order X number of braceros or Mexican farm workers. Through the Department of Labor and the Department of Immigration those braceros in effect would be delivered. Those braceros wo~ld do the work
Civil service federal union third party mediation; the unique issues of a federal worker union; how Reynolds’ became Undersecretary of Labor, 1967; Reynolds’ work in a commission to examine certain U.S. foreign and domestic policies; involvement

Oral history transcript, John A. Schnittker, interview 1 (I), 11/21/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

, I grew up on a farm in Central Kansas, west of Wichita--a wheat and livestock farm--and lived there until I was a young man; went off to college at Kansas State University where I studied agricultural economics, and agricultural subjects generally
administrations; agricultural legislation; Freeman’s “report and review” sessions; 1965 Food and Agriculture Act; BOB; price support program; Farm Bureau; Food for Peace Program (PL480); India; self-help feature; aid to Latin America; AID mission; relationship

Oral history transcript, Sid Davis, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to the United States in 1959. D: Well, it was quite fascinating because I had been in Washington for only two days. I had been working in Ohio as a television reporter and news director at a television and radio station, and had applied for a job

Oral history transcript, Wright Patman, interview 1 (I), 8/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in the United States, and I predict that one of these days it will be the greatest bulwark of strength that the United States government will have in financial institutions. F: Of course it has gone beyond that. I've seen it in Latin America where in some
LBJ’s civil rights interest; Sam E. Johnson; Ku Klux Klan issue in Texas legislature; farm to market roads; LBJ as secretary to Dick Kleberg; rural electrification; Russell Chaney; NYA; discussion with Rayburn regarding LBJ running for Senate

Oral history transcript, Raymond L. Telles, Jr., interview 1 (I), 3/1/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in Latin America was enhanced because of the fact that here, a big power, had agreed to do something, while it wasn't very important to the United States, it was certainly very important to Mexico. So I think that it was definitely an important event

Oral history transcript, Lindley Beckworth, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

the United States Senate about 1912 or 1913--Morris Sheppard took his place, Senator Sheppard--that my father carried me to a speaking in Big Sandy where Daddy was teaching and where a man was speaking in behalf of Senator Bailey . To show you how interested
for Congress; Washington visits with LBJ in 1938; FDR-LBJ relationship; legislation for terminal leave for enlisted men; Truman campaign in Texas; member of US Customs Court; Sam Rayburn-LBJ relationship; JFK assassination; agriculture and farm problems; role

Oral history transcript, Samuel H. Shapiro, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

do hereby give, donate, and convey to the United States of America all my rights, title and interest in the tape recording and transcript of personal interview conducted on March 19, 1971 at Chicago, Illinois and prepared for deposit in the Lyndon
; Shapiro’s role as chairman of the Rules committee; the unit rule; black demonstrators at the 1968 Chicago convention; trying to convince Humphrey to visit Illinois in his campaign; LBJ’s relationship with Illinois politicians; Great Society legislation.

Oral history transcript, Chester Bowles, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, don't like those they owe something to . F: No one likes the banker . B: We also told the American people that it would buy votes for us in the U .N . On the contrary, as a sensitive state when you get aid from America, you're inclined to disagree

Oral history transcript, William J. Connell, interview 1 (I), 3/18/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

assisted in this by sending troops, sending their people into Africa and into Latin America. over the place. There were Chinese all So there was a basis, it wasn't just a . . . . But I think the mind set of even the liberals in the United States
of Americans for Democratic Action; the Democratic Farm-Labor Party; the Sino-Soviet bloc; Humphrey's good relationship with JFK; Ed Lansdale; Humphrey's relationship with LBJ; the Diem assassination; Humphrey's trips as VP to Vietnam, India and other places

Oral history transcript, Robert C. Weaver, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

the United States Housing Authority was established, I went with Nathan Strauss as special assistant, so I left the Department of Interior. Now, my concern was sort of a catholic one (with a small "c"). I was involved in working on programs like

Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

became more and more interested in politics. Daniel was obviously in politics and he ran for reelection as Attorney General. I helped a little bit in the campaigns. Senate. Then he ran for the United States Actually while he was running for the United

Oral history transcript, Thomas G. Wicker, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Times, assistant to James Reston. I stayed on in Winston-Salem for a number of years. F: Winston-Salem. Is the New York Times running a farm club down there? W: Well, in a way. But I stayed down there for a long time, and ulti- mately, early

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Beirne, interview 1 (I), 3/4/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

., 1943-47, pres . Communications Workers Am . (successor union), 1947 - ; v .p . CIO, 1949-55 ; v .p . AFL-CIO, 1955 -- . Vice pres ., dir . United Community Funds and Councils of Am., Inc ., 1956 -- . Interviewer Thomas H . Baker Position

Folder, "Kennedy, Robert F.," Aides Files of Mildred Stegall, Box 31A (Item)

organi zation whose leaders in 1967 were Communist Party, United States of America, members. It was indicated that the Communist Party, United States of America, intends to issue a press release denying Sirhan has had any connection with the Communist

Oral history transcript, Kenneth M. Birkhead, interview 2 (II), 1/13/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)

not aware of a dollar that Billie Sol Estes had gotten illegally, if that's the proper word, from the federal government . He had used farm programs to some degree, but he had not misused them in any of his alleged illegal activities . Ba : Of course

Oral history transcript, William F. Billings, interview 1 (I), 5/23/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

of that? B: I think that's a perfect example of a man wanting to hedge so he can retain power . I mean, if Kennedy fell flat on his face, well, he's got a job in the United States Senate where he has always been and where he has been able to enjoy prestige

Oral history transcript, Richard M. Helms, interview 2 (II), 9/16/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

that particularly; I try to keep things on an even keel. But I do think that over the years it was a remarkable job that the agency did, with support from Air America and the United States Army, the whole government worked together with CIA in the lead. And when

Folder, "Dr. King, Inves. of his Murder April 1968," Papers of Ramsey Clark, Box 66 (Item)

,· Inc., and he has covered Memphis, particularly racial matters, Mississippi lives (phone 335-3272)-, since before the Sanitution Workers strike,;-Ile· appears · _ to be known and trust.ed by those Negro leaders in Memphis · with whora I have talked

Oral history transcript, Luther Holcomb, interview 3 (III), 7/29/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

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Oral history transcript, Dorothy H. Jacobson, interview 2 (II), 4/23/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of the United States to do this. " Now, we did get this in in one or two places. The best we could do was to get the corrnnittees in the Congress to say, you might say, "All right, if you must do this we want you to be on to the President: record

Oral history transcript, Everett Hutchinson, interview 1 (I), 10/28/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

been aware of this-- Every legislator, it seems to me, in the early to middle 1930's ran on a farm-to-market road platform. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID

Oral history transcript, George L.P. Weaver, interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

President or President of the United States. Because as the Senator from Texas, the art of the possible was narrovled considerably. He also operated on the principle that one can only be a successful leader if one remains in office. LBJ Presidential

Oral history transcript, Robert S. Strauss, interview 1 (I), 5/22/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

set forth, I, Robert S. Strauss of Washington, D. C. do hereby give, donate, and convey to the United States of America all my rights, title, and interest in the tape recording and transcript of the personal interview conducted on May 22, 1969

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

of th ederal.p;Jperty and Adminis(44 U~~~97? ~nd regulations _. hereinafter referred to as the donor, hereby give, donate, and conve to the United States of America for eventual deposit i~ the proposed Lyndon Baines Johnson Library

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

the thing, but he didn't do it and it just went from bad to worse. In the meantime, we started out--for example, one of the kinds of programs we had was a program of distributing an improved breed of piglets to farm families in the center, many of whom had

Oral history transcript, Graham Purcell, interview 1 (I), 7/29/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

and agriculture, but majoring in animal husbandry. M: You planned to farm, ranch? P: If I had any ambition at that time it was probably to be the manager of a ranch. I learned not long before I was sent to college--and I was sent, I didn't go--that managers

Oral history transcript, Hugh Gardner Ackley, interview 1 (I), 4/13/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

committees, and both Presidents supported our refusal to testify on, you know, farm legislation or almost any economic legislation that some committee member would say, "Well , we ought to get the advice of the Council of Economic Advisers." There were so

Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 3 (III), 4/11/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

rapidly what all you did up to the time that you came to Washington and the Interstate Commerce Commission. D: I was born in Stockdale, Texas, in Wilson County just east of San Antonio; lived on a farm until I was eighteen or twenty years old. I became

Oral history transcript, Edwin L. Weisl, Sr., interview 1 (I), 5/13/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: You practiced in Chicago? W: Yes. I first became an Assistant United States Attorney in Chicago and served there for four years, and then became a Special Assistant Attorney General to prosecute a large mail robbery case in which a post office

Oral history transcript, George Mahon, interview 1 (I), 8/16/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

and subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, Is George Mahon of Washington, D.C. do hereby give, donate, and convey to the United States of America all my rights s title, and interest in the tape recording and transcript of the personal

Folder, "JFK Assassination - Preserving Documents," Papers of Ramsey Clark, Box 97 (Item)

. Attachment• Form DJ.::1'° ( F.d. 4-26-65) ~\CE.OF UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum TO f" FROM SUBJECT: /of,(~ _ DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 1'Jt£"' RECEIVED J »* \* SEP2 3 1967 1 tembel' 22, 1 Mr. Ramsey Clark ~ TE: p The Attorney General

Oral history transcript, W. Marvin Watson, interview 1 (I), 11/22/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

of the state of Texas and prior to that speaker ofthe [Texas] House of Representatives, and then had run for United States Senate in 1952 and was elected to that position. Then in 1956 he came back to run for governor in the state of Texas. The run-off election

Oral history transcript, Robert E. Waldron, interview 2 (II), 2/1/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Ha 1dron -- II -- 11 And certainly in a farming area, where he had a background of knowledge of farming problems, he would appeal, just almost in a pleading way to these people

Oral history transcript, Kenneth M. Birkhead, interview 1 (I), 1/10/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)

it was a great mess of things not very well identified as to what it was, difficult to follow, sometimes just clippings from the Congressional Record with great lengthy speeches that somebody maybe had made on the farm program which could have been useful

Oral history transcript, Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., interview 3 (III), 6/4/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

and judgments that will change the society. Now the private sector, particularly corporate' America, has not taken that step yet, despite that example. The government has backed off of that as an important issue, certainly, but the main thing

Oral history transcript, Stephen J. Pollak, interview 4 (IV), 1/31/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

the President of the United States. P; Sure, it is. Then you'll recall that the President invited sugges- tions from the city public for persons to go on the council. carried through for a period of time, That Many came in and I worked sorting through all

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

. Lyndon has always been a hard worker and a driver and he knew what it took to make the things tick . He did his ticking as far as the people were concerned and they kept sending him back and back and back . F: Then the first time he ran

Oral history transcript, Willie Day Taylor, interview 1 (I), 11/29/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

was there by at least nine every morning, and he was there until things were wound up that night. He has always been a very hard worker; he thrives on hard work. P: Does this lead to long and late hours? T: It always did. But again we didn't mind it; we were

Oral history transcript, Byron G. Skelton, interview 1 (I), 10/15/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

: Well, I first became acquainted with Lyndon Johnson in the late 1940' s. I don't remember exactly when- -the exact date. But I had been in the foreign service in South America from 1942 until 1945. After I got back to Temple, Texas, where I

Oral history transcript, Samuel T. Williams, interview 1 (I), 3/2/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

chief of staff of the Korean army and I think later became an ambassador to the United States, though I'm not too LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781

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