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  • to it. B= All right sir. Have you had at any time during your career any direct contact with Mr. Johnson, either as a Congressman or Vice President or President? W: Yes, I have had some, they've been rather infrequent. While Lyndon Johnson
  • to go back and see what's happening in the way of population growth to my home State. I came to Washington on my third tour of duty in 1961, as Assistant Superintendent of National Capital Parks. At that time we had a quite different organizational
  • you had dinner?" I said, "No, sir." "Le t 's go ea t . " And as we walked down the hall into the mansion and up the elevator, he said, ''How would you like to be the deputy mayor of Washington, D. C.?" As a matter of fact, he said, ''How would you
  • and 20, 1977 INTERVIEWEE: Mrs. Jane Englehard INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mrs. Engelhard's home, Cragwood, Far Hills, New Jersey Tape 1 of 3 G: Let's start with your parents, first of all. Your father was a Brazil- ian diplomat. E
  • to know something about your background . B : Where were you born, and when? I was born in Florida, July 20, 1922 . I was actually born in Jacksonville, Florida, because that was the nearest hospital . My home was a small town of 600 people, turpentine
  • in any facility to bring about something he wanted to get done. interests. And at that time, he had several One was getting home rule for Washington. One was making Washington a better place to live in in every way. And he was very concerned
  • First acquaintance with the Johnsons; Clean Elections Bill; Philip Graham’s background; Joe Rauh; Graham’s support of LBJ in 1960 election; selection of home for Johnson family; 1958 dinner at Alsop’s with JFK; Washington Post editorial policy
  • to run that third time. H~ thought he might make a good choice himself. These boys really had been working for Bill Douglas, Justice Douglas. Then later when Douglas wouldn't consider it at all, then these fellows all pretty much turned to Ickes
  • INTER VIEWEE: ELIZABETH ROWE (Mrs. James Rowe) INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: Mrs. Rowe's home in Washington, D. C. G: Okay, we're on. R: What was that, 1955? G: Yes. R: Yes. (Tape 1 of 1) That D. C. Auditorium Committee
  • of that . Don was the ringleader I guess I should say, personally all I did was to call a couple of aircraft companies . Lockheed, and I called Donald Douglas and I called Grumman I called I think, and LTV, and got their commitments to provide aircraft
  • : ELIZABETH ROWE (Mrs. James Rowe) INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: Mrs. Rowe's home in Washington, D. C. (Tapelofl) June 6, 1975 MG: Mrs. Rowe, let's start briefly with your background and where you were born. R: You say you
  • one time at the time of the CypriotGreek argument. I got in there about seven o'clock at night, and he was just absolutely exhausted. All I should have said was, "Well, listen, I'm going home," or "You should go home and get a drink," or something
  • , was in '67, and the Hudson trip was in '68. stayed at our home in three of these four trips. She Of course, the trips were so heavily scheduled, there was very little time for just relaxation and sociability. But we did stay and travel together, and I
  • . At the Democratic Convention in Los Angeles in 1960, my principal assignment was to cover certain delegations because that's the Scripps-Howard method of operating . assigned certain delegations . The manpower is split up and I had Ohio, because that's my home
  • with ourselves. But it was very dreary and she felt--and I think everyone felt--not at all at home, and very sad. Then we met from time to time, and of course, I supported them in the campaign in 1964. late her. Then after the campaign was over I called
  • histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh March 25, 1970 F: This is an interview with Mr . Nathaniel A . Owings at his home in Big Sur, California, on March 25, 1970 . The interviewer is Joe B . Frantz- . Let's start off, Nat, and talk
  • go over six blocks from home. This is hard to believe, but we were trying to get into the cities, particularly in the poor areas where the people are. One of the things we did was to finance I don't know how many swimming pools in the cities, all