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Oral history transcript, Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., interview 3 (III), 6/4/1973, by Joe B. Frantz
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- , 1973 INTERVIEWEE: CLIFFORD ALEXANDER INTERVI [VIER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: Mr. Alexander's office in Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 F: You're the new head of the EEOC. A: I found a number of things through various techniques that we use
- : http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh March 5, 1969 and March 18, 1969 M: This is an interview with Thomas W. Fletcher, who is the deputy mayor of the Washington, D.C. government. Building in Washington. the morning. And the interview
- ; initiative for ordinances or legislation in D.C. government; Cloud 9 concept; new D.C. government; urban problems; D.C.'s preparation for marches; April riots after MLK assassination; Brookings study; prevention of riots; gun legislation; Resurrection City
- morning. This was an announced speech, had been under preparation for some time, manners and ways of the bombing cessation. Now, that day it didn't occur to me that he would include the "I won't run" portion of the speech, and I hadn't heard too mu ch
- yourself in a position to have a job in the new Administration? S: Yes. As 1960 moved on and I was chairman of this wheat task force--and wheat was in a kind of crisis situation with nearly a billion-and-a-half bushels stored up--a real surplus crisis
- of the country. And then on the closing day of the campaign, on Monday night before the election on Tuesday, he asked me to join him and two of his sisters in New Hampshire and Massachusetts for his closing speech in which we were glad to take part. And then I
- that in and out a" it. By lying to the bedroom every morning as I did, I came in contact ~1 with the speech because by-and-large the various drafts were went to the President as his night reading. When I would arrive there in the morning the speech would
- , he would wait until the last moment before he would personally authorize the wheat shipments . As a result, the Indians found it very hard to maintain a rationing estimate, because they couldn't know what to count on . The American Embassy in New
- came in as chairman and many new people came in to the National Committee . These were not people that were par ticularly well-known on the Hill . In the days of Mr . Truman, even at one time when you'd had one of the members of the Senate--[J . Howard
- out and seeing what was actually happening in the countryside. And my report recommended a very radical overhaul of AID, with the creation of a new rural affairs division, but at the level of assistant to the director so that it took its authority
Oral history transcript, Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., interview 1 (I), 11/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
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- session about once every other week and I got to know him then. He called me one day in New York and suggested that I come down and talk to him. I did. F: It must be quite a wrench, in a way, for a young lawyer who's just getting set up
- these faucets on and off. But first of all, the extent to which you can do this is sharply limited. I ."ouldn I t want to pull a figure out of the air. But we've got now a new budget concept which is approaching 200 billion dollars. Only a very, very tiny
- well publicized? R: You mean, in this particular discussion. of other people in on that discussion. Well, there were a number In fact, the more significant discussion took place at the Trademoor Hotel where Walter Reuther called me one morning
Oral history transcript, Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., interview 2 (II), 2/17/1972, by Joe B. Frantz
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- was then at the [Democratic] National Committee. The two of us worked, always, very closely together. greater than mine, and through him we made others. His contacts were But there was an attempt to encourage the thought of creating new ideas for developing contact
- ty and we Ire goi ng to hang him and we mi ght as well get thi s trial over as quick as \'/e can. II So we got it over as qui ckly as vie could and we sentenced the man to death. The news got out. and people started calling Terrible nickname. me
- . I started out, I guess you'd have to say, in something called the Chieu Hoi program, which had to do with getting defectors over on the government side. I did a study on that as my first move in this new role that I was playing, and then from
- the . F: No, I mean after the assassination and the coming of a new President . B: It was a smooth transition . State . . . Yes, we had the same Secretary of There was really little change in terms of operating procedures, and in terms of what we
Oral history transcript, Robert E. Waldron, interview 2 (II), 2/1/1976, by Michael L. Gillette
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- the country, testing the water. I had never been with him in a campaign for office in Texas. I had never campaigned with him. so it was a new experience to see how much he enjoyed it. He just had to reach the people, you know. The Secret Service had one
- index : Page or estimated time on tape Subiect(s) covered 1 Biographical 2,3 Organized labor's view of Senator Johnson 4,5 Trying to put across a new labor view in Texas 6 Communication Workers of America 7 Local union 8 Union
- Biographical information; organized labor's view of Senator Johnson; initiatiing new labor view in Texas; CWA; local union; union at the nation level; 1968 Chicago telephon strike before convention; 1960 campaign/convention; LBJ's effectiveness
- officials. Now, just to give you an illustration of what I'm talking about, at one point the U.S. Customs and Immigrations had constructed a new office building at the border--a new U.S. Customs and Immigrations building there-F: This is at the bridge? T
- and they were negotiating for new contracts. At least, I imagine that's it. I never went into the details of that because I wasn't called in on it, and consequently, l didnl·t become a, part of it. But we did have some word with reference to the fact
- impressions that a new member makes upon not only the leadership but his colleagues. B: Did Mr. Johnson move into any of the groupings in the House? Could you as s ociate him with the Southerner s ? M: Oh, I would say he had friends everywhere. Even
Cable, at 1805 GMT, 11/22/63
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- J MI-5 CALL REPORTED THAT AT 1805 GMT 22 NOV AN ANONYMOUS WAS MADE IN CAMBRIDGE, OF THE CAMBRIDGE NEWS RPT ENGLAND CAMBRIDGE SAID ONLY THAT THE REPORTER EMBASSY IN LONDON LAST NIGHT AFTER RECEIVED INFORMED CALL AND THE THING
- 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
- 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 # 11404, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 1/25/1967, 7:45PM
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- LBJ'S MEETING WITH HOUSE COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN; PRESS LEAKS FROM CRIME COMMISSION; KATZENBACH DEFENDS COMMISSION; J. EDGAR HOOVER'S VIEWS ON CONSULAR CONVENTION; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT DEMOCRATIC DISSENT IN CONGRESS; NEW HARRIS POLL; WILLIAM MANCHESTER
- LBJ SAYS BOBBY BAKER CASE WAS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED; LBJ READS NEW HARRIS POLL SHOWING DROP IN RFK'S POPULARITY FOLLOWING WILLIAM MANCHESTER BOOK CONTROVERSY; LBJ'S STANDINGS IN POLL; RFK'S UPCOMING TRIP TO EUROPE
- - I 4:30 T.sae Time -11-22-63 From the Preaideadal a.lrplaDe • The Prealdeat called Mn. Nellie Con nally: LBJ NeWe, do you 'Mar me ? We are prayt-. with you. darUaa. ad I know that everytlUDc l• 10lD& to be all ript. l•a't It? bl••• you
- LINCOLN PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH TO JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS FOLLOWING JFK ASSASSINATION; LBJ DISCUSSES REACTION OF ROBERT ANDERSON AND OTHER BUSINESSMEN TO SPEECH, REMINISCES ABOUT NEWS STORY LINCOLN WROTE IN 1932 ABOUT LBJ'S ELECTION TO LITTLE
- APPOINTMENT OF GUSTAVE ROSENBERG AS FEDERAL DISTRICT JUDGE; AGE FACTOR; NEED TO OBTAIN RFK'S APPROVAL; WILLIAM VANDEN HEUVEL AS NEW YORK POVERTY PROGRAM DIRECTOR; NEWSWEEK STORY ON KENNEDYS' REACTION TO STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; SARAH HUGHES
- "WASHINGTON"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; LBJ INTERRUPTS CONVERSATION TO LISTEN TO TV NEWS ABOUT POLITICS, POST OFFICE DELIVERIES; CONTINUES ON NEXT 2 RECORDINGS; PREVIOUSLY OPENED IN PART ON TAPE K66.01, PNO 7
- "WASHINGTON"; TV NEWS ABOUT VIETNAM, FEDERAL BUDGET AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND AT TIMES; CONTINUES FROM 2 PREVIOUS RECORDINGS; PREVIOUSLY OPENED IN PART ON TAPE K66.01, PNO 9
- .. -...;.:· . ·-· This is the President's telephone call from Governor Nelson Rockef. eller in New York at 9:35pn , June 1, 1968. B. • AU. he•ldeat. tlUa la Mela-. Saf• l cloa1 l lmow ..... ~er lt wnld be coa'NILl•a& witll ,_. tau I waa& te M '"''"' lnllll fl'oa mr poba& ol view •• I
- ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Nay 13, 1969 F: This is an interview with Mr. Edwin L. Weisl, Sr., in his office in New York on Hay 13, 1969. The interviewer is Joe B. Frantz. Mr. Weisl, you're out of Illinois, right? W: Yes, sir. F: Tell us a little
- upset. It seemed as though President Roosevelt had been campaigning in New York and the impetuous, southern born, Steve Early had kicked a Negro policeman in the groin. This had been played up quite a bit, and Jonathan suggested that I get the boys
- to LBJ Ranch regarding housing message; his impact on LBJ’s thinking; reason for resignation; prejudice; feeling that the new administration will attempt to make administrative reform
- , the Attorney General, Mike Manatos, Joe Califano, and myself. Senator Byrd asked about the Pueblo. The President discussed it briefly and said essentially that there was nothing new to report. The President also discussed the progress of the Paris Peace Talks
- Luther who preeched We have to strive We hqve to create change within for this. new and better King the We have to opportunities the Negro in America for our poor and for our minorities~ my judgment, last ~e have made more progress few years
- histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 9 H: Yes, the legislature adopted a new legislation code or a revision of the Texas election laws in 1951, I guess it was. And one of my duties as executive assistant attorney general was to handle
Oral history transcript, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, interview 1 (I), 1/11/1974, by Joe B. Frantz
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- : January 11, 1974 INTERVIEWEE : MRS . JACQUELINE KENNEDY ONASSIS INTERVIEWER : JOE B . FRANTZ PLACE : Her Manhattan apartment in New York City Tape 1 of 2 First part of tape missing (35 feet) F: Let's continue, then, our broken interview
- exactly vihat all the inner struggl es staff membfi' in the M: edj'llei~ fail~ly \.yC:I~e ff)l~ a years. You'r0 also perhaps in a position to answer a general question. In the sixties there was a great deal uf talk about the so-called new economics
- Biographical information; the Eisenhower, JFK and LBJ Administrations and the Council of Economic Advisers; new economics; Troika; tax cut; contact with Congress on economic matters; Appalachia program; SST; Agriculture Department budget
- of the Operations Coordinating Board of the National Security Council, which was a new board. The purpose of it was to try to coordinate overseas opera- tions of the federal government. B: Were you formally disassociated from the Bureau of the Budget in those