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Oral history transcript, Arthur Krock, interview 1 (I), 11/21/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • Presidential years. K: Well, of course, some of that is tactics on Johnson's part. He was wise enough and clever enough to know, once he became President, that the more he could associate Eisenhower in his own actions, the better likelihood there would
  • Democratic Convention; JFK-LBJ rivalry; LBJ’s acceptance of the VP nomination; LBJ’s irritation over his Alfalfa Club Dinner speech and camel driver story; cross off; LBJ’s personal reaction to the JFK assassination; LBJ and the press; RFK; LBJ’s judgment
Oral history transcript, Richard Bolling and Jim Grant Bolling, interview 1 (I), 2/27/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • ://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Bolling -- I -- 5 M: Not the kind of personal leadership that he is associated
Oral history transcript, Brooks Hays, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • of that, and he said--actually he wasn't there but he had one of his assistants read his speech for hinr-"I am now in a position from certain statements I have made on national TV and to the press of looking as if I may lead the state into a secession again. All
Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 3 (III), 6/26/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • , Narch 30, the Presice.nt ?r::::ss conference out on the la,vn in the Rose; Carden. I ve:ry '.;1211 because I \"ont to my daughter's school and fIe" a kit e with her that morning, and he had called my office, apparently just t, ~)2 at th. press co
Oral history transcript, Luther Holcomb, interview 2 (II), 7/8/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • interesting experience because, as I men- tioned in the earlier interview, one of Mr. Johnson's closest and long time associates was Irving Goldberg, who now serves as a judge on the Fifth Circuit. Mr. Goldberg agreed to become vice chairman of the Texas
Oral history transcript, Edwin L. Weisl, Sr., interview 1 (I), 5/13/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • you have the idea you were W: Not at the time, I didn't give it much thought--in that area, an~~ay. F: How long did this association continue? W: It continued to the present time. F: So that any time he was in New York he was likely
Oral history transcript, Maurice M. Bernbaum, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • on the part of the Ecuadorians in getting the change made? B: I don't know. I never did know because we had agreed to do it. The Ecuadorians were actually pressing me to get our agreement to do it. F: So I never did find out why it didn't happen
Oral history transcript, Richard H. Nelson, interview 1 (I), 7/20/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • INTERVIEWEE: RICHARD H. NELSON INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE· PLACE: Mr. Nelson's office, New York City Tape 1 of 3 G: Let's start with your association with the Peace Corps. How did you get involved with that? N: I had met Bill Moyers and Sarge
Oral history transcript, John McCormack, interview 1 (I), 9/23/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • , their presence on the floor of the House, the speeches that they make, the effectiveness of their speech, logical, sound, their contributions, their associations with their fellow colleagues, their personality. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org
Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • associations with Governor Price Daniel and with President Johnson. In the spring of 1965 you joined the White House staff as Special Counsel to the President and served in that position until the spring of 1967. Could we begin by your telling me a little
  • Biographical information; working for Price Daniel; Jacobsen’s personal political philosophy; 1940’s and 1950’s political climate in Texas; LBJ’s reputation as a congressman; LBJ’s early advisers and associates; law suit involving the 1948 election
Oral history transcript, Carl Sanders, interview 1 (I), 5/13/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • accommodations section of it, I think it is called. B: Did he ever explain to you his reasoning for pressing it? S: No, he didn't. I believe that Lyndon Johnson had a sincere conviction that what he was doing was in the best interest of the country
Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 2 (II), 8/18/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • with me, placed great emphasis on the need for helping the people as well as for destroying the Viet Cong. He wanted rural electrification programs in Vietnam; he kept pressing for a whole series of developmental initiatives. Well, out of all
Oral history transcript, Lindley Beckworth, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • Association about ten days ago, and I had lost that card, so I went out to the back of my office where my father's trunk is . in his trunk . I felt I'd find another one of these cards What I wanted to emphasize to the Northeast Texas Bar Association
Oral history transcript, Thomas W. Fletcher, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • to the White House." I said, "Why?" He said, "I can't tell you." So I was able to find a place for my wife and kids to stay at a motel, and the FBI got my suit pressed for me, got on the airplane, landed at Andrews Air Force Base, arrived at the White House
Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 1 (I), 6/11/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • /oh 2 T: I graduated in January of '59 from law school and went to Washington in June of '59; served up there for just the one year, which is the tenure of the clerkship; returned to Austin in July of '60; and became an associate with a law firm
Oral history transcript, Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., interview 1 (I), 11/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • in this society as they ought to to read the black press when the Kerner Commission Report came out. It was said that the President ignored the Kerner Commission, didn't like it, didn't like what it was dOing. What he didn't like was certain ways
Oral history transcript, Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., interview 3 (III), 6/4/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • with a But they're human beings too so those frictions sometimes came up. F: Did you press for cease-and-desist power? A: Oh, yes. years. And so did Johnson. And we didn't get it. It just didn't come through. A couple of Then as I left-- F: Was this a kind
Oral history transcript, Raymond L. Telles, Jr., interview 1 (I), 3/1/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • of the Department of Justice. I And that's all I wanted to do--go back to my job--and in fact I did. F: You didn't know who they were going to move your life around, did you? T: No, I didn't, but they certainly did. to press me on the matter. My father
Oral history transcript, Rufus W. Youngblood, interview 1 (I), 12/17/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
Telephone conversation # 11209, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 12/26/1966, 11:46AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MOYERS RELAYS ABE FORTAS' VIEWS ON WH PRESS STATEMENT ABOUT NEWSWEEK ARTICLE ON LBJ AND WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK ON JFK ASSASSINATION; LBJ EXPRESSES IRRITATION ABOUT PRESS LEAKS AND MANIPULATION OF SOURCES BY THE PRESS
Telephone conversation # 11204, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 12/26/1966, 10:17AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS STORIES ON ADVERSE PORTRAYAL OF LBJ IN WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK; LBJ DISCUSSES RESIGNATIONS OF WH STAFF; POSSIBLE RESPONSE TO PRESS ABOUT NEWSWEEK ARTICLE; ROWLAND EVANS' STORY ON GEORGE MEANY'S MEETING WITH LBJ; MARVIN WATSON; PRESS SOURCES
Telephone conversation # 4314, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 7/23/1964, 10:50AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISCUSSES LACK OF PRESS COVERAGE OF YESTERDAY'S CABINET MEETING, WAYS TO IMPROVE COVERAGE, COVERAGE OF PEACE CORPS EVENT TODAY; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT INACCURATE PRESS STORIES ON WARREN COMMISSION REPORT, NORTH VIETNAM, PENTAGON PROJECTS, CUBA, NYC
Telephone conversation # 5611, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 9/19/1964, 1:45PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS QUESTIONS ABOUT LBJ ATTENDING FUNERAL OF J. FRANK DOBIE; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT LABELING HIS APPEARANCES AS POLITICAL OR OFFICIAL; DISCUSSION OF TIMING OF DELIVERY OF WARREN COMMISSION REPORT ON JFK ASSASSINATION TO PRESS, TO LBJ
Telephone conversation # 11241, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 12/31/1966, 8:23AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS FROM PRESS ON WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK ON JFK ASSASSINATION AT LBJ'S UPCOMING PRESS CONFERENCE
Telephone conversation # 11203, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 12/26/1966, 10:17AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • NEWSWEEK ARTICLE ON LBJ'S RECOLLECTIONS OF EVENTS FOLLOWING JFK ASSASSINATION, HARRY TRUMAN'S SWEARING IN AFTER FDR'S DEATH; WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK; LBJ SAYS HE HAS NOT SPOKEN TO ANYONE ABOUT EVENTS, DISCUSSES PRESS SOURCES, POSSIBLE RESPONSE
Telephone conversation # 13409, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 9/7/1968, 10:14AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • INVESTIGATION OF CHICAGO RIOTS DURING DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION; BIASED PRESS COVERAGE; BUGGING BY PRESS; COMMUNIST ROLE IN VIETNAM PROTESTS; RAMSEY CLARK'S VIEWS OF RIOTS; ALLEGATIONS OF POLICE BRUTALITY; POSSIBLE USE OF OEO FUNDS
Telephone conversation # 25, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 11/23/1963, 5:52PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • BUNDY DISCUSSES SCHEDULING LBJ'S PRIVATE MEETINGS WITH FOREIGN LEADERS WHO ARE ATTENDING FUNERAL SERVICES FOR JFK; NOTIFYING PRESS OF THE MEETINGS
Telephone conversation # 36, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 11/24/1963, 5:10PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • BUNDY DISCUSSES JACQUELINE KENNEDY'S PLANS TO RECEIVE HEADS OF STATE AFTER JFK'S BURIAL AND PLANS FOR LBJ TO MEET WITH THEM AT THE STATE DEPT; PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT OF BOTH MEETINGS; CONFLICT WITH STATE DEPT OVER LBJ'S SCHEDULE FOR 11/26/1963
Telephone conversation # 83, sound recording, LBJ and DAVID SARNOFF, 11/27/1963, 2:13PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ THANKS SARNOFF FOR HIS SUPPORT AND FOR THE ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY SARNOFF'S COLLEAGUES; LADY BIRD JOHNSON THANKS SARNOFF, PRAISES PRESS COVERAGE OF JFK ASSASSINATION AND FUNERAL
Telephone conversation # 159, sound recording, LBJ and LESLIE ARENDS, 11/29/1963, 6:15PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE JFK ASSASSINATION; LBJ SAYS HE HAS TRIED TO CONTACT SOMEONE (CHARLES HALLECK?) BEFORE MAKING ANNOUNCEMENT, ASKS ARENDS TO TRY TO CONTACT THAT PERSON, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT PRESS
Telephone conversation # 255, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 12/3/1963, 10:02AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • RUSK APOLOGIZES FOR UNFAVORABLE STORY IN US NEWS & WORLD REPORT ABOUT LBJ RECEIVING FOREIGN DIGNITARIES FOLLOWING JFK'S FUNERAL, SAYS HE WILL REFUTE IT AT TODAY'S PRESS BRIEFING; LBJ SAYS THERE WILL BE MORE SUCH STORIES BECAUSE THE HONEYMOON IS OVER
Telephone conversation # 528, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN CONNALLY, 12/18/1963, 11:45AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT CONNALLY'S HEALTH, TEASES HIM ABOUT CHRISTMAS PRESENT; CONNALLY COMPLAINS TO LBJ ABOUT MEAT IMPORTS, THEN DISCUSSES TEXAS POLITICS WITH JENKINS, COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS STORIES OF LBJ'S MEETINGS WITH RALPH YARBOROUGH; UPCOMING TEXAS
Telephone conversation # 1907, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK STANTON, 2/6/1964, 12:31PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • REMODELING LBJ'S OFFICE; FBI REPORT ON ALINE SAARINEN; NEW YORK TRIP; NYT'S EDITORIAL BOARD; ARTHUR SULZBERGER; TFX, BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATIONS; PRESS STORIES ON LBJ'S RETURN FROM DALLAS, 11/22/63; POLLS, REPUBLICAN SUPPORT FOR LBJ, BUSINESS
Telephone conversation # 1909, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK STANTON, 2/6/1964, 12:30PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • FBI REPORT ON ALINE SAARINEN; NEW YORK TRIP; NYT'S EDITORIAL BOARD; ARTHUR SULZBERGER; TFX, BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATIONS; PRESS STORIES ON LBJ'S RETURN FROM DALLAS, 1/22/63; POLLS, REPUBLICAN SUPPORT FOR LBJ, BUSINESS CONFIDENCE
Telephone conversation # 2244, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 2/29/1964, 9:00PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS LEAK ABOUT ALLEGED ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON LBJ BY CUBAN PLANE DURING HIS TRIP TO MIAMI; SMATHERS AND MIAMI HERALD; FBI; STORIES ABOUT ALLEGED HOUSING SCANDAL; HHH; SYDNEY HERLONG; FARM BILL; BEEF EXPORT BILL; SPESSARD HOLLAND, AGRICULTURE
Telephone conversation # 2595, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS MANN, 3/21/1964, 3:35PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ READS TRANSCRIPT OF QUESTIONS AND HIS ANSWERS CONCERNING PANAMA, RESIGNATION OF PIERRE SALINGER, WARREN COMMISSION, CUBA FROM HIS PRESS CONFERENCE EARLIER TODAY
Telephone conversation # 5820, sound recording, LBJ and MYER FELDMAN, 10/2/1964, 5:25PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS FELDMAN TO CHECK ON PRESS LEAK OF J. EDGAR HOOVER'S TESTIMONY TO WARREN COMMISSION AND ON GOVT'S MOTION TO DISMISS ESPIONAGE INDICTMENT OF ALEKSANDR SOKOLOV; FELDMAN REPORTS ON POSSIBLE NEW ETHICS CHARGES AGAINST WILLIAM MILLER
Telephone conversation # 5821, sound recording, LBJ and MYER FELDMAN, 10/2/1964, 5:38PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • FELDMAN GIVES LBJ REPORT ON GOVT'S MOTION TO DISMISS ESPIONAGE INDICTMENT OF ALEKSANDR SOKOLOV, LEAK OF J. EDGAR HOOVER'S TESTIMONY TO WARREN COMMISSION; LBJ ASKS FOR STATEMENTS FOR POSSIBLE USE IN PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW
Telephone conversation # 6359, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 11/16/1964, 11:20AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • REEDY TELLS LBJ HE RETURNED TO WASHINGTON EARLY BECAUSE OF UPCOMING RELEASE OF WARREN COMMISSION TESTIMONY; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS SCHEDULE, PLANS TO RETURN TO RANCH, PROBLEMS WITH INFORMING PRESS OF TRAVEL PLANS; DOUG KIKER'S STORY ON ST. LOUIS CAMPAIGN
Telephone conversation # 5486, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 9/4/1964, 12:32PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • REEDY REPORTS THAT UPI AUSTIN QUOTES FRANK ERWIN SAYING THAT THERE WAS A PLOT TO ASSASSINATE LBJ ON FINAL DAY OF CONVENTION IN ATLANTIC CITY; LBJ TELLS REEDY HE KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT IT; PRESS INQUIRY ABOUT LBJ'S LABOR DAY SPEECH MARKING OPENING