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Oral history transcript, Charles Roberts, interview 1 (I), 1/14/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • , Bill Manchester wrote in his book--he got carried away and wrote that it was a Bible that Kennedy often read at night while he was making trips. He would read this Bible at night before he would turn out his lights, Manchester said. I later tracked
Folder, "[January-March 1968 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)
  • military people feel it can be handled. The President said he had been assured by the Joint Chiefs that Khe Sanh could be defended. 3. On Korea, the President read Clark Clifford's statement to the Congressional leaders a day or two before, outlining
Oral history transcript, Everett D. Collier, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • to pass out cards for a young candidate at a political rally there in Smithville; that candidate was Lyndon Johnson. Cliff Carter met Lyndon Johnson that night. He became so deeply impressed with the man that he devoted much of the remainder of his life
Oral history transcript, O.C. Fisher, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • and many senior members. My recollections about Mr. Johnson in particular are rather hazy at this time. I do recall that he was a rather prominent member of the delegation and I, therefore, was somewhat attracted to him out of curiosity, having read a lot
Oral history transcript, Robert C. Wood, interview 1 (I), 10/19/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • /oh 10 M: Did you have anything to do with that? W: No. In effect the Secretary as Administrator had read out the Kennedy task force--Joe McMurray. who had worked with the Secretary and who had been the chairman of the Kennedy Task Force
Oral history transcript, William G. Phillips, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • in 1949, I went to work for the legislative department of the UAW--United Auto Workers union--here in Washington. My job was mostly research; I read the [Congressional] Record every day and I came to the Hill to get bills and attend hearings. I also
Oral history transcript, Albert H. Quie, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 14 Q: Through 1965, yes. G: I have read comments to the effect that in 1964 the administration ramrodded the bill through the committee. statements. People have made these I think some committee members made
Oral history transcript, J.R. Parten, interview 2 (II), 2/29/1976, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh PARTEN -- II -- 13 Yarborough's house and tells how great Ralph Yarborough is and all the opposition melted away. P: I know nothing of that except what I've read in the papers
Oral history transcript, George R. Brown, interview 3 (III), 7/11/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Christmas? He had only been in office about a month . He saw it coming, and he was going to have to make up his mind because he had read all the commitments and knew all the =7-vi tments . He felt like he was committed to it . G: Do you think that he