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Oral history transcript, S. Douglass Cater, interview 1 (I), 4/29/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • Johnson when he became Democratic leader in the LBJ Presidential Library http://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
  • ; John Kenneth Galbraith recommends people to LBJ; "skinny dipping" in the White House pool; producing My Hope for America; the 1964 campaign; genesis of the task forces; Oscar Cox, Walter Lippman, and LBJ's interest in education; ESEA and the church
Folder, "[Papers for] November 14, 1968 Special Cabinet Room Meeting," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)
  • · -~·- . •.:. ,' ~ . -Yi..J.r ·­ No-vrore !;o-r~;=l~{,.& 7)0tv1ES71G • ScG·r101.J Quality of Life When America celebrated her first hundred years, the fireworks that lit the skies revealed a nation confident it had been blessed by Providence. .i I .I The great
Oral history transcript, Frederick O'Reilly Hayes, interview 2 (II), 10/10/83, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • as well as the-- H: I was there during all the time that it was fun. G: Did the Community Action Program work with the Ford Foundation in getting started? H: We didn't really work with the Ford Foundation at all. During the period when the act
  • Connections between Community Action Programs (CAP) and the Ford Foundation; guidelines for awarding Community Action Programs grants, including the requirement that programs be in impoverished areas; efforts to disperse grants fairly and broadly
Telephone conversation # 8141, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/15/1965, 5:50PM (Item)
  • Latin America
  • MCNAMARA UPDATES LBJ ON REBEL ACTION, US CASUALTIES IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, MILITARY ACTION IN SOUTH VIETNAM; VIET CONG, SOUTH VIETNAM CASUALTIES; MILITARY PAY BILL; UPCOMING ROLLING THUNDER, B-52 OPERATIONS; UK COMMONWEALTH PEACE INITIATIVE
Telephone conversation # 11363, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 1/16/1967, 6:17PM (Item)
  • Latin America
  • LESTER MADDOX'S REQUEST TO MEET WITH LBJ ON HIGHWAY FUNDS; RUSSELL PRAISES MADDOX'S ACTIONS AS GOV.; LBJ'S EFFORTS TO HOLD DOWN SPENDING; DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AUTHORIZATIONS, EXPENDITURES; HOUSING, HIGHWAY FUNDS; COPPER SHORTAGE; US ECONOMY
Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview S-I, 6/12/1973, by Robert Hawkinson (Item)
  • ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh McPherson - - 7 axis. I remember that Pat began to tell me in I guess it was 1966, maybe early 1967, that the Community Action Program would destroy Johnson. This was perhaps typical Irish hyperbole, but he was very
  • on remedial programs; Moynihan's critique of Community Action; White House conference, "To Fulfill These Rights;" Martin Bronfenbrenner; Head Start experiments; function and selection of advisory councils and task forces; urban land-grant colleges; Federal
Oral history transcript, Walter Mylecraine, interview S-I, 7/12/1968, by Jan Sofokidis (Item)
  • needs of educa tion us of 1965. ar c h~ic approa ch to the We were used to much more rigorous management, in 5 j the ba ckgrounds of the USA 6 the Voice of America than the 6 7 8 Il 1 g !I 10 11 Office of Educa tion ho.8 e'\"er seen, or h
Oral history transcript, Dr. Samuel Halperin and Harold Howe II, interview S-II, undated (Item)
  • nistrative a.n d legisla­ tiv action are ne e ded so that efforts in teacher training , fo r inste..nce, are r el a ted to the efforts of local schc ol districts in educating ;,d is­ adv]nt a.ged children and so that curricular refor m a.nd other me a sl!.res
Telephone conversation # 3435, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 5/13/1964, 4:21PM (Item)
  • IDA VOTE; POVERTY BILL; AID TO PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS ISSUE; LBJ'S NYA WORK WITH CATHOLICS; LBJ WANTS COMPROMISE LANGUAGE IN REPORT, NOT BILL; CLOSING DEFENSE FACILITIES; HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE ACTION ON FEDERAL PAY BILL; RESIGNATIONS OF FEDERAL
Telephone conversation # 3453, sound recording, LBJ and PHIL LANDRUM, 5/14/1964, 10:00AM (Item)
  • POVERTY BILL; COLLEGE WORK-STUDY PROGRAM; COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM; QUESTION OF LANGUAGE IN POVERTY BILL ON AID TO PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS; ALABAMA PROPERTY OWNED BY LADY BIRD JOHNSON
Telephone conversation # 3456, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 5/14/1964, 8:30PM (Item)
  • ADJOURNMENT OF HOUSE COMMITTEE ON POVERTY BILL; ADAM CLAYTON POWELL; HUGH CAREY; NEA CONCERN THAT AID TO PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS WILL UNDERMINE SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS; COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM; JOKES FOR UPCOMING LBJ SPEECHES; BOB HOPE
Telephone conversation # 4663, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/4/1964, 11:06AM (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ON POVERTY BILL; MCNAMARA REPORTS THAT DESTROYER IN TONKIN GULF IS UNDER TORPEDO ATTACK, RECOMMENDS RUSK, MCGEORGE BUNDY MEET WITH HIM TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE RETALIATORY ACTIONS, THEN WITH LBJ; LBJ ASKS FOR DETAILS OF ATTACK, US
Telephone conversation # 7039, sound recording, LBJ and LISTER HILL, 3/8/1965, 4:24PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS HILL'S ADVICE ON SELMA, ALABAMA SITUATION; WALLACE'S ACTION IN UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA DESEGREGATION; KATZENBACH AS POSSIBLE FRIEND OF COURT IN MLK'S SUIT; LBJ'S RECENT MEETING WITH MLK; PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS; LEROY COLLINS AS POSSIBLE
Telephone conversation # 9192, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 11/28/1965, 10:29AM (Item)
  • SIZE OF FEDERAL BUDGET, DEFICIT AND POSSIBLE NEED FOR MONETARY ACTION, POSTPONEMENT OF EXCISE TAX REDUCTION; COST OF GREAT SOCIETY PROGRAMS, VIETNAM WAR; TAX REVENUE ESTIMATES; NEED TO WORK WITH WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN ON INTEREST RATES; MEETING
Telephone conversation # 10205, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 6/2/1966, 8:05PM (Item)
  • POSSIBLE VETO OF MILITARY, CIVILIAN PAY BILLS; APPROPRIATIONS BILLS; RUSSELL SUGGESTS LBJ IMPOUND FUNDS; IMPACTED AREAS SCHOOL AID; SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM; REA; INFLATION; COMMUNITY ACTION; MIDTERM ELECTIONS; DROP IN LBJ'S APPROVAL RATING; JOB CORPS
Telephone conversation # 9856, sound recording, LBJ and PAUL DOUGLAS, 3/9/1966, 9:15AM (Item)
  • ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK; LBJ THANKS DOUGLAS FOR HIS ACTION YESTERDAY (ON TAX BILL?), DISCUSSES FISCAL IRRESPONSIBILITY OF RECENT BILLS; GEORGE MEANY'S SUGGESTION ON TIMING, RATE OF MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES IN PENDING BILL; EFFECT OF BILL ON ELECTIONS
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
Telephone conversation # 11390, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN GARDNER, 1/21/1967, 1:16PM (Item)
  • GARDNER DISCUSSES FIRING OF CLARK KERR, RAMIFICATIONS OF RONALD REAGAN'S ACTIONS AGAINST UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF KERR TO FEDERAL JOB; REAGAN'S USE OF UNIVERSITY AS POLITICAL ISSUE; STUDENT PROTESTS; CONGRESSIONAL MESSAGES
Telephone conversation # 11139, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 12/14/1966, 11:42AM (Item)
  • EDMUND MUSKIE'S WORK ON UNNAMED BILL (DEMONSTRATION CITIES?); DOUBLING OF SPENDING ON POVERTY PROGRAMS BY LBJ ADMINISTRATION; FEDERAL DEFICIT; POSSIBLE TAX INCREASE, SPENDING CUTS; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT SARGENT SHRIVER'S, RFK'S ACTIONS; AEC FACILITY
Telephone conversation # 13214, sound recording, LBJ and JIM WRIGHT, 7/24/1968, 9:55AM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MEETING IN HONOLULU, ASKS ABOUT WILLIAM CRAMER'S ACTION ON BILLBOARD PENALTY PROVISIONS OF HIGHWAY AID BILL IN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE; TRINITY RIVER BILL; TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY LETTER TO LBJ; BELL LEASE AGREEMENT
Telephone conversation # 355, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 12/9/1963, 1:15PM (Item)
  • BILL GREEN'S ILLNESS; HOUSE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL DISCHARGE PETITION; ASSIGNMENT OF JOHN YOUNG TO RULES COMMITTEE; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, HIGHER EDUCATION BILLS; LBJ'S CONCERN ABOUT LACK OF CONGRESSIONAL ACTION COMPARED WITH EISENHOWER'S RECORD; OTTO
Telephone conversation # 9429, sound recording, LBJ and ROY WILKINS, 1/5/1966, 4:55PM (Item)
  • WILKINS THANKS LBJ FOR CHRISTMAS GIFT, PRAISES GREAT SOCIETY SPEECH; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT BUDGET, FUNDING NEW PROGRAMS; CONGRESSIONAL CRITICISM OF GREAT SOCIETY; COMMUNITY ACTION; WILKINS PRAISES HEAD START; OVERSEAS HEAD START PROGRAM; ROBERT
Oral history transcript, J. Graham Sullivan, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1968, by Monna Clark (Item)
  • wisely . I refer to the need for long-t erm legisl ative action on the part of Congr ess. I also refer to the policy ess, provid ing advance fundin g throug h the appro priatio n proces s by Congr agenc ies, for one of the most critic al problems
Oral history transcript, Wayne O. Reed, interview 1 (I), 7/8/1968, by Broudy (Item)
  • , the nonpublic schools would have to close for lack of teachers. In effect, the Cardinal said, the Federal Government's action would change the qua ntitative mix of public and nonpublic enrollments. I had been prompted by the pupil-benefit theory myself
Oral history transcript, Ralph Flynt, interview S-I, 7/23/1968, by Jan Sofokidis (Item)
  • , and t wo, the action p1·ogrm:i s fm." the new De
Oral history transcript, Peter P. Muirhead, interview S-I, 7/23/1968, by Herman R. Allen (Item)
  • of opinion I t~ Congressional ~ action$ largely be­ ". ·· 11 7 i cause there has been e ;no e dd e d in the Am. e· .·ican tra
Oral history transcript, Dr. Arthur Harris, interview S-I, 7/10/1968, by Jan Sofokidis (Item)
  • C7h :ou lcl be hrou zht to bear up on th e ~olution of th e se ,- probl cms I I i: I• 6·l ii ·l.:·Ii 11 Ii i { ' ·, . and put into action. VOICE: Did these reorgani zati ons, the second phase ~he n the Bure a u of Elementar y and Se