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  • the authority to make available various supplies such as housing, food, and medical supplies. I recall that my public involvement with the I matter began with a Sunday morning meeting which I chaired here in the Deputy Attorney General's office at which I
  • . by no means unique in that attitude . Oral history is really fairly new, and we are just sort of relying on the intelligence of the future scholars to be well aware that that kind of circumstance does develop . And indeed I think perhaps the purpose
  • by political philosophy or conviction? A: Yes, I would have looked on Mr. Johnson in those days as part of the New Deal, a young man that came up during the Roosevelt days that had been liberal and progressive in his thoughts. Of course he came from what
  • : 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • as secu red th ir ty -fiv e new additions to the N a tio n a l P a rk S y stem , one m illio n a c r e s - - t h e eq u ivalen t of Grand C anyon N a tio n a l P a rk and Grand T eton com bined. T h ere a r e now 163 ^ lin e a r m ile s of sh o r e lin
  • There are small number of wrong or missing words. At 04:44 it should say "But I was tied. Everybody was tied to the news."