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Oral history transcript, Ivan Allen, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • INTERVIEHEE: IVAN ALLm, JR. I NTERV IHIER: THO~1AS PLACE: His office, City Hall, Atlanta, Georgia HARRISON BAKER Tape 1 of 1 B: This is the interview with Mayor Ivan Allen of Atlanta. Sir, did you have any acquaintanceship with Mr. Johnson before
Oral history transcript, Warren Christopher, interview 1 (I), 10/31/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • INTERVIEHEE; HARREN J:-L CHRISTOPHER INTERVIE\.JER: THOMAS H. BAKER PLACE: Department o~ Justice, Washington, D,C. Tape 1 of 1 B: Sir, if we may start out with your background, I have a question that may be purely a personal interest. C: What's
Oral history transcript, Warren Christopher, interview 2 (II), 11/18/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • , 1968 INTERVIEHEE: WARREN M. CHRISTOPHER INTERVIEWER: THO~IAS PLACE: Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. H. BAKER Tape 1 of 1 B: Sir, there is one whole area here involving urban disorders, the major city riots, which I believe you've been
Oral history transcript, Otto Kerner, interview 1 (I), 6/12/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • INTERVIEWEE: OTTO KERNER INTERVIEWER: Paige E. Mulhollan PLACE: Judge Kerner's chambers, Chicago, Illinois Tape 1 of 1 M: Let's begin by identifying you, sir. You're Otto Kerner, currently United States judge of the circuit court, and during most
Oral history transcript, Alfred B. Fitt, interview 1 (I), 10/25/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • hour a day separation mill. The boys are wild to get home, and they are not interested in serious thoughtful counseling on vocational and educational matters at that juncture. We haven't quite figured out how to solve that problem. P: In other words
Oral history transcript, Charles Diggs, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh March 13, 1969 M: Let's begin, sir, by identifying you. You're Charles Diggs, a member of the House of Representatives from the State of Michigan, where you've served consecutively since 1955, I believe. D: Elected
Oral history transcript, Thomas W. Fletcher, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • 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
Oral history transcript, Edward Re, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • /exhibits/show/loh/oh February 19, 1969 M: Let's begin by identifying you, sir. You're Edward Re, and you're currently since January of 1969 a United States Judge in the Customs Court. Prior to that time you served for most of the year 1968
Oral history transcript, Donald M. Baker, interview 1 (I), 2/24/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
Telephone conversation # 7102, sound recording, LBJ and PAUL DOUGLAS, 3/18/1965, 5:36PM (Item)
  • HENRY "JOE" FOWLER IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; DOUGLAS ON HOLD 0:39
  • DOUGLAS CONGRATULATES LBJ ON VOTING RIGHTS SPEECH, EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR BILL; LBJ SAYS HE HAS NOMINATED HENRY "JOE" FOWLER AS TREASURY SECRETARY; PROBLEMS WITH NOMINATING DAVID ROCKEFELLER; LBJ PRAISES DOUGLAS' SON'S WORK WITH JUSTICE DEPT IN SELMA
  • Douglas, Paul H. (Paul Howard), 1892-1976
  • Telephone conversation # 7102, sound recording, LBJ and PAUL DOUGLAS, 3/18/1965, 5:36PM
  • PAUL DOUGLAS
Telephone conversation # 10614, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 8/16/1966, 10:20AM (Item)
  • DALEY'S CONCERNS ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS DEMONSTRATIONS CONCERNING HOUSING IN CHICAGO, SUBURBAN ILLINOIS AREAS; POSSIBILITY OF RACE RIOTS, VIOLENCE; EFFECT ON CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS; PAUL DOUGLAS' POSSIBLE DEFEAT; MLK AND UPCOMING MEETING OF RELIGIOUS
Telephone conversation # 10572, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 8/5/1966, 1:00PM (Item)
  • NEED TO COUNTERACT RFK'S INFLUENCE WITH PRESS, EMPHASIZE SENATE INACTION ON VARIOUS ADMINISTRATION BILLS FOR CITIES; MCNAMARA'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR UNNAMED POST: DOUGLAS DILLON, JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH, ARJAY MILLER; LBJ'S ACTIONS ON AIRLINE STRIKE
Folder, "Civil Rights – Watts, Los Angeles Riots," Office Files of Lee White, Box 6 (Item)
  • Service involvement in concerted support to Ca.J.ifornia :f"or the· Watts area of' Los Angeles County: l. Developing Home Health Aides in Watts, Los Angeles County, California We propose to extend health services delivered to the Watts area by providing
Telephone conversation # 8647, sound recording, LBJ and CLIFF CARTER, 8/26/1965, 5:38PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS CARTER'S HELP ON OBTAINING SIGNATURES ON DISCHARGE PETITION FOR WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE BILL; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT POSSIBLE RIOTS IN WASHINGTON, DC IF SITUATION DOES NOT IMPROVE; POSSIBLE SIGNATURES OF MEMBERS OF TEXAS DELEGATION
Telephone conversation # 8654, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 8/26/1965, 6:37PM (Item)
  • O'BRIEN REPORTS ON TALK WITH ANDREW BIEMILLER ABOUT PLAN FOR PAT MCNAMARA TO ASK FOR IMMEDIATE DISPOSAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION BILL BEFORE WORK BEGINS ON REPEAL OF SECTION 14-B OF TAFT-HARTLEY ACT; LBJ'S LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES; HOME RULE DISCHARGE
Telephone conversation # 8668, sound recording, LBJ and AL FRIENDLY, 8/28/1965, 4:15PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES NEED TO PASS LEGISLATION TO REMEDY BASIC PROBLEMS IN IMPOVERISHED AREAS AND TO PASS WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE BILL; REACTION OF PRESS TO LBJ'S RECENT STATEMENT ON WATTS, CIVIL DISORDERS
Oral history transcript, Robert C. Weaver, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • but that the wetto residents are the people who suffer the most from this because they suffer the dislocation of their homes, the dislocation of the services that exist there, and a disorganization of an area which is already fairly disorganized. But I think
Telephone conversation # 8667, sound recording, LBJ and AL FRIENDLY, 8/28/1965, 4:15PM (Item)
  • WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE DISCHARGE PETITION; OBJECTION TO PETITION BY COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN, HOUSE LEADERSHIP; LBJ'S PHILOSOPHY AS SENATE POLICY COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN TO PERMIT VOTES ON BILLS, CONCERNS ABOUT PUBLIC REACTION WHEN BILLS ARE BOTTLED UP
Oral history transcript, Stanley R. Resor, interview 1 (I), 11/16/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • had mobilized them, by now the units that would have been used in Vietnam would have been returned home demobilized and we would have had to start from scratch to form new units. That's one of the considerations that entered into the decision
Oral history transcript, Robert E. Jordan III, interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
Oral history transcript, John W. Hechinger, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • you that some terrible things have happened--I mean, the people don't get jobs when this gets leaked out." So he was bringing home what I already saw in the paper about Lyndon Johnson's proclivity to want secrecy--or he wanted to have the option
  • Macy; possibility of Home Rule; time spent with Congressmen; D.C. Committee; involvement in architectural changes; 1969 budget; working groups of Council; DC’s peculiar problems; commuter tax; Congressman Broyhill; Jack Nevius; Congressman Archer Nelsen
Folder, "1965 Task Force on Los Angeles Riots," Task Force Reports, Box 10 (Item)
  • degree of home-ownership, although the ratio of owners to renters was considerably smaller · than in the rest of the City. Since 1960, the trend · has probably been toward owner-occupancy. This trend is evident even in Watts, despite the heavy
Folder, "[June 26, 1968 Meeting with Equity Managers)," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)
  • . Then he spoke again of poverty in the cities as the major problem at home. He thought all the candidates would recognize these problems and spoke very favorably of all of them in a nonpartisan way. He spoke of the importance of getting top-grade public
Folder, "Ex HU 2/ST 5, 11/22/63- 8/23/65 [EQUALITY OF RACES / CALIFORNIA]," WHCF HU, Box 25 (Item)
  • -Experience program to provide emergency child-care services for both the children of those who will be working on projects and for those who for other reasons might be absent from the home. IMPLEMENTATION Mounting emergency efforts in Los Angeles will require
Folder, "Ex HU 2/ST 5, 8/24/65-9/11/65 [EQUALITY OF RACES / CALIFORNIA]," WHCF HU, Box 25 (Item)
  • will cost $3,300,000. [4 of 8] ­ - 2 - 5. The Los Angeles School System will hire 32 additonal community coordinators and 32 new neighborhood aides to initiate a joint project of school-comminity cooperation to determine both school and home related
Folder, "July 24, 1967 - 6:07 p.m. Congressional leadership," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • and in their homes from riots and violence, ' the Committee said. 'The most basic of civil rights is being denied to the American people. ' Its statement pointed to Detroit's current riots as tragic proof of the national nature of the crisis because the President had
Folder, "July 24, 1967 - 10 p.m. Detroit crisis - President's activities from 10 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • .:...:_-~>=rse and retire ..·::c..:ft:ll y to Lheir respective homes \1:ithir: :~ ~.:.=itcd time; · _'\nw, THEREFORE, I, Franklin D. Roos .:: -- ~- :_, President of
Oral history transcript, Donald M. Baker, interview 2 (II), 3/5/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • for the state of W e s t Virginia. G: W h i c h is your home state. B: W h i c h was my home state, but it had nothing to do with it being my home state. It was because I had known him as an administrative assistant w h i c h I was working for Jim O'Hara. G
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/18/1964 (Saturday) (Item)
  • hing tl ·';·, in their sock feet, so to sp ea k, and talked about the old J o hn.son home and the use s it might be put to, that t he commu;.i l y might get s o me g
Oral history transcript, Katherine Graham Peden, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • : Oh, yes. I go home weekends, and I maintain this office here in Louisville, just where the business action is. F: Yes. P: So we left it at that. He asked if I could stay over, and have lunch, and we'd have a good chat. so he had Marvin call
Folder, "THE HARVEST OF AMERICAN RACISM: The Political Meaning of Violence in the Summer of 1967," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Series 7, Box 1 (Item)
  • ~sewhere. In all fifteen cities·_, police over-reacted to· violence at home. An extreme example is . Milwaukee, which mobilized 4,800 National Guard­ men, 800 policemen, and 200 state police after about 150 youths broke windows and looted after a dance
Folder, "Watts," Office Files of Joseph A. Califano, Box 58 (Item)
  • . I hea*1 remark• like the•• from local oUlclala: When I read about Ule housing problems in my home town, the condition• made me blush.,; (State Senator) -· uThe youth ln Lona Beach aee great attontlon goln1 into .Watts. · It ha• not been
Oral history transcript, Powell Moore, interview 1 (I), 1/23/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • in a place called Milledgeville, which is I guess best known for the fact that it is the home of--one of the reasons it's well known is it's the home of Carl Vinson. I think President Johnson, when he started out in the House of Representatives
Oral history transcript, Kenneth Torp, interview 1 (I), 6/23/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • analytically, as you feel comfortable in it. We've got a problem about our bilateral arrangements with Turkey. You correct me if I'm wrong on these factors. We've got a problem with Greek coups coming in the midst of this, which makes for concern back home
Oral history transcript, Harold Barefoot Sanders, interview 3 (III), 11/3/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • ; involvement in getting a count in the House; disharmony between LBJ and Udall over the removal of land from public interest; Sparky Matsunaga; Home Rule; the Texas delegation; Wilbur Mills; Republican members of the Texas delegation; Yarborough-LBJ
Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 3 (III), 6/26/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • ~ .'.it of a speech and he i-lould try calling Harry, and Earry '\]Quld be on his i,Jay to work--,JOuld neither be at home nor at the office--and he ,.]ould say, Harry, and tell him A, B, C, D, E." "Larry, take this speech dOlm to I would relay those messages. I
Folder, "July 24, 1967 - 11:15 a.m. Detroit Riots - Clark, McNamara, Christopher, Fortas, Wilkins, Doar," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • probably the ,,·orst the country had experienc.~d )incc the East St. Lon is, Ill., disturb.rnn·s in the first '\'orld 'far. Fedu:il troops of the Sixth Service Command aided the city police, home guards . .:.: ::. State troops in quelling th~ -:·. : :ing
Folder, "[July-August 1967 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)
  • , and he could see I wasn 1t scared by all the criticism I get, and he changed his mind about me. On criticism at home, the President observed that he never thought much of a man who gives him advice through a mimeograph machine. Advice was much more worthy
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/12/1967 (Sunday) (Item)
  • Johnsons are at Bassett House, a John D. Rockefeller III home; Johnsons to Bruton Parish Episcopal Church; anti-Vietnam sermon; LBJ, Chuck Robb & Jake Pickle play golf; Lady Bird goes for drive around Williamsburg and has tour of Carter's Grove
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/22/1965 (Sunday) (Item)
  • Johnsons attend National City Christian Church; sermon on rioters; negative stories in the newspapers about renovation of Johnson homes; lunch with friends; viewpoint on business community and economics; Luci Johnson and Catholicism; Lady Bird goes