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, when he retired after ten terms. He I became his AA in 1955 and served until May of 1960. Starting in 1956 or 1957, we organized a small group of administrative assistants to Democratic congressmen as an informal luncheon group. We shared copies
Employment history; organization and operation of the Democratic Study Group; support of the Great Society program; attending bill signing ceremonies; accepting position with the OEO; Sargent Shriver; OEO staff members; problems in Congressional

Oral history transcript, Albert H. Quie, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

Community Action and over the opposition to Job Corps programs; that the local elected officials who were extremely unhappy, and being so many of the big cities were controlled by Democrats, that they had an open channel to the President to express

Oral history transcript, J.R. Parten, interview 2 (II), 2/29/1976, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in the oil business. F: The reason I ask the question, you know some of them [businessmen] really look on any brand of Democrat as a kind of pariah and a liberal Democrat as something unspeakable. P: Oh, yes, there are many people that do. are like

Oral history transcript, O.C. Fisher, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

in the drafting of that legislation. Lyndon Johnson supported the Taft-Hartley Act, whereas, Sam Rayburn did not. speech against it. He made a So Johnson was not hidebound to the so-called liberal side. He was flexible on occasions, as indicated by his action

and Democratic national conventions and the campaigns to follow. The President said at that time that he was giving very serious consideration as to whether or not he should run. The President was keenly aware of the problems that were besetting the nation

Oral history transcript, Robert C. Wood, interview 1 (I), 10/19/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

, for the Denver speech and a few, but never actually was on the campaign trail except in Massachusetts. But I was deeply involved then in the effort to reorganize and revitalize the State Democratic Party of Massachusetts. That period went on. We were

Oral history transcript, Charles Roberts, interview 1 (I), 1/14/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh ROBERTS -- I -- 6 bus, somebody had taken a shot at the President, but we had no reason to believe he had been hit. F: They had just an evasive action in a sense. R: For all we knew

Folder, "[January-March 1968 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

the pressure so calmly. His first question referred to the President's statement in the State of the Union message about restlessness in the country. The President: We live in a world clouded with uncertainty. It directly affects the action of people in many

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