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Oral history transcript, Robert E. Waldron, interview 1 (I), 1/28/1976, by Michael L. Gillette
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- a chance between stops to visit with some rif the local people and to make himself known as a human being and not just as a politician. The problem that I find which [makes] national campaigning so awful and so gruesome is that a plane lands, and you run
- Biographical information; Senator Wirtz; associations with the Johnsons; travels with LBJ; impressions of LBJ; 1960 campaign and convention; vice presidency; NATO trip; LBJ and art; LBJ’s humor; Adenauer visit to the Ranch; Pakistan camel driver
- weeks in advance. Bill laid on the substance of who he was to see and what they were going to talk about with the embassy and with the prime ministry, head of state. Le~nard Marks would lay out with the information people for the publicity side
- humor; camel driver's visit to U.S. and LBJ ranch; travel with LBJ as President; LBJ's selection of presidential gifts; graciousness of LBJ and Lady Bird; ambassadors' visits with LBJ; state dinners; LBJ's concern for people needing help; foreign policy
- . From 1936 through 1963 you were associated with the Chattanooga Times as a reporter, then Washington correspondent, and finally editor of the News Focus service. This last period was from 1958 to 1963. In 1963 you became a columnist for the Chicago
- as a general assignment reporter for about six months till the end of 1963, then went to Newsweek in early 1964, spent three years there as an associate editor largely in charge of the radio and television departments, otherwise just "swing writing
- for John Bailey, and I had been doing some minir:;2l li.aison work ,-lith the Democratic National Committee trying to stay. And there were a few other people who were doing it. Roche was doing i t , and I guess McPherson in a different way was doing
- the family graveyard. the biting wind. And this morning we were heavily bundled up against The country is gray and sere. The only splash of color the small p ilo t [?] down by the river close to the Lutheran Church. is the time I shall want to travel
- United Nations
- of the Chiang horses of the Ming dynasty I believe Kai-sheks. overwhelming. And an exquisite piece of jade for me. And another piece of jade from the Yens, and an enormous water color of a forested ino"untain with a waterfall and a temple whose roof
- National politics
- that, but I didn't involve myself as much as I did in the 1964 campaign. Then I really attacked it. I said, "Whatever you want me to do, I'm there. I'll be there, whatever you want." F: To whom did you say this? To your California people
- that the climate was unsavory. up. There was rumbling of revolutions. Sun Yat-sen was coming My father and mother were quite close to Sun Yat-sen and many other important people of the revolution through the diplomatic corps and also through a press gentleman
- relations in South Africa; meeting LBJ for the first time; Sam Rayburn; Democratic National Conventions of 1956, 1960, and 1964; political social gatherings; visits to the Ranch; working with Mrs. Kennedy on the Fine Arts Committee; White House furnishings
Oral history transcript, Everett D. Collier, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1975, by Michael L. Gillette
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- selected because of my past association with the President. arrived in Washington on January 9, 1964. I I was managing editor of the Chronicle still, but took on the additional titles of national political editor and White House correspondent. September
- And it was a p erfec t color match for the deco ratio n s. roses of Texas, l i t t l e bird , Second Vice Bowls of - you guessed it -yellow and on time o f one p e r c h e d / a p retty the property of Betty Talmad g e, A M rs, Dirksen put me in the re c e
- Natural resources and national parks
Oral history transcript, Betty Cason Hickman, interview 1 (I), 4/10/1984, by Michael L. Gillette
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- at nine or ten and say, "Have a reception tomorrow afternoon for me." 0' clock But I think there were probably three or four hundred people there, as I best recall. G: Did LBJ have set advance men on his staff or on the campaign staff who would go
- by the go vern o rs conferen ce jointly, with the national go vern o rs association of Japan and the State Department. T a ll, s e v e ra l-tim e s -g o v e rn o r of D elaw are, E lb e rt C a r v e ll, who’ d made s e v e r a l trips to Japan
- elected. B: Back in those days when he was making that race, what did you read and hear about him? W: It was in the newspapers, of course we didn't have TV in those days, but I knew some people who knew him that like him very much. One of them
- National politics
- LBJ, HHH, THANK KAZEN; ELECTION RESULTS IN WEBB, ZAPATA COUNTIES; LBJ EXPRESSES HIS DEVOTION TO SOUTH TEXAS, ASKS KAZEN FOR NAMES OF PEOPLE TO THANK FOR CAMPAIGN HELP; STARR COUNTY POLITICAL SITUATION; BAND FOR UPCOMING VISIT BY PRESIDENT OF MEXICO
- on in the minds of the Secret Service Agc>nts. But the guar.ds opened the gate, in streamed the peopl e , and d.ov,•n the road past the fountains we trailed, Him and Her ut'
- National politics
- Johnsons to National City Christian Church; walk around White House grounds--LBJ invited about 200 tourists from Southwest & Southeast Gates to walk with them; Him and Her beagles entertain group; bowling, nap, reading and television; dinner
- . I readily agreed and said le t's set it up for tomorrow, Wednesday, so as to catch those m em bers of the T to T Club, Tuesday to Thursday. How we used to laugh when we w ere in the Senate at people who went away for weekends . Thursday afternoon
- to do this. It's one of the many things that the Department of L a b o r is doing to bring people with special needs, in this ca s e h a ndicapped people, back into the m ain stream of econom ic life . The ubiquitous E sther Pet erson, A ssistan t S e
- Johnson's Diary July 1-31, 1964 [Book 11] Folder Title Box Number 2 Restriction Codes (A) Closed by Executive Order 13292 governing access to national security information. (B) Closed by statute or by the agency which originated the document. (C) Closed
- National politics
- Johnsons to National City Christian Church; lunch, newspapers and Republic Convention on TV with LBJ; cocktail party at the Jack Valentis; dinner at White House with friends; news story about LBJ and the Presidency; Bobby Kennedy
- as a s ta rte r, to hel p the people of H arlem to fig h t ju ven ile delinquency. And then he c a lle d on ' ■? them, lik e a p rea ch err|n in a brush a rb o r - " A r e you w ith m e, " " W i l l you join ■p me^".. and got a b ig resp on se, not ex
- National politics
- us, and Lucy Baines an d in the car with us Bob Waldron and the H arry McPhersons. There w ere long, long lines of solemn, respectful people, all along the hill in Robert E. Lee’s home as we wound up to the gravesite. The gravesite was covered
- LBJ's is briefed by John McCone; visit to see Charles Marsh, a family friend; to service at St. Mark's Church; visit to Arlington National Cemetery to place flowers at JFK's grave; returning to White House, Lady Bird greets Tommy Corcoran and James
- of the Soviet Republic w ill come to our land, " and the line about "I am su re the A m erican people would like to h ear le a d e rs of the Soviet Republic on our TV and le a d e rs of this country would be glad to speak to le a d e rs of the Soviet Nation
- of TV and c a m era m e n and n ew sm en and the crow d of g u e s ts . f e e l th at it tak es aw ay from the s e n s e of e le g a n c e . fo r m a t w ill w o rk in d o o r s. . , I I do not b e lie v e th is ’ O utside, fin e - - the color
- , of which T e x a s i s v e ry m uch in n eed. He s a id "O ne of the g r e a t ta s k s of p o litic a l le a d e r s h ip i s to m ak e the people a w a re that they s h a r e a and b e lie f, fu n dam en tal unity of i n t e r e s t , p u r p o se I am
- ity . ; And th ir d , m o st im p o rta n tly , for young people , .:because th is -was a ch an ce to show another fa c e of young p e o p le , and another fa c e of T e x a s .:',:They have so m uch to be proud o f . - ’ ' The h o n o red g u e st w
- Lady Bird has breakfast and hair styled; Lady Bird meets student group from Texas; University of Texas College Bowl Team wins national championship; Lady Bird mentions honored guests; LBJ & Lady Bird speak to students who then tour White House; Lady
- Johnson's Diary, May 7-26, 1967 [Book 44] Box Number 5 Restriction Codes (A) CloMd by Executive Order 13S26 governing access to national security infornwtion. (B) Closed by statute or by the agency wtiich originated the document. (C) Closed In accordance
- to University of Texas to meet Dr. Harry Ransom and see the campus; fly back to LBJ Ranch; hair styled; dinner for 24 people; entertainment by folk singer
- Lady Bird to State Department for remarks to national People-to-People conference; Bashir Ahmed; establishment of annual scholarship to honor Lady Bird; swearing-in ceremony for Dr. Mary Bunting to Atomic Energy Commission; LBJ's speech; Lady Bird
- - c o ll a r people/^ taking le s s o n s in how to ru n o ffic e m a c h i n e r y . I a s k e d one young w o m a n w h y she w a s doing it . . ^' and she s a id that w ith typing and shorthand^,'she knew she could a l w a y s g e t a job, but i f
- LBJ & Lady Bird 5-state tour; Lady Bird describes Chicago; stop at Cline High School, South Bend, IN; LBJ speech; stop at Peru, IN; LBJ speech & Lady Bird remarks at National Convention of League of Women Voters, Pittsburgh, PA; LBJ addresses United
- , Ly ndon waA no^ xix a pa r ty mood, noi. even wXJih ike^je people. . TkeJie.^A AOme kang. oveA. '^A.om jJioAe kouAA o^ Sa tur day ni g h t when he. woke up a6out03: wxjJx ^e\/eAj^ paJjr^ Xn kU^ cke^i. and we cal l e d ik e Chi e f a n d jJxan
- Natural resources and national parks
- Last full day in White House; Johnsons & Billy Grahams to National City Christian Church; Lady Bird writes letter to Curator, Jim Ketchum, about Children's Garden with thank you to his staff; thank you letter to John Loeb; more acreage for national
- a s of t c o c o o n t h e r e in A u s t i n w i t h c h i l d r e n of r i c h people, a lovely s t r e e t w h e re e a s e and s e c u r ity p re v a ile d . a s h e r m o t h e r I a m glad. A n d of c o u r s e B u t I r e c o g n i z e t h a t
- National politics
- e r e n c e in th e l iv e s , th e jo b s , o f te n people." A t a n y r a t e i t i s n e v e r f a r f r o m m y th o u g h ts . I c a n n o t c o n t r o l th e o u tc o m e , th o u g h I w ill h a v e s o m e e f f e c t o n it. A nd i t w
- National politics
- only about t h i r t y m inutes, the f i r s t o f f i v e stops, A r e g u l a r m arathon 1 Next, t o the S t a t l e r - H i l t o n and t h e n t h e Armory where t h e r e were 1 3 , 0 0 r people. Tonfeht t h e d e c o r a t i o n s h a d
- LBJ, Lady Bird & Luci Johnson to prayer service at National City Christian Church; Inauguration; funny story about Fern Baines; seating on inaugural platform; LBJ takes oath of office and gives address; inaugural luncheon; Lady Bird's classmate from
- join them by car farther on down son1cwhc re. B ut alas , as we communiciltcd witl1 them it sec: .1.ed that all their frit'nd:-> steadfas tly attended tl'.. ·11~ as newsp:::~cr - - one or two of the boats they thoug h t they id
- of the most warmly welcoming houses I know, fu ll of antiques and porcelains and paintings and casual shots of important people stretching over at least four administrations. We sat by the f ir e and had a drink and enjoyed a l i t t l e quiet v is itin g
- s o - I don’ t know whether print or o rig in a l - that has a dove in the m iddle. We le ft at about 3 o 'c lo c k , going around the fa m ilia r bend in the road fo r the la st tim e, w h ere th e r e ’ s alw ays a group o f people gath ered
- of the w hole even in g— ^Although I w as . -v' •.•tl happy :to adopt it..,‘ T h is w orld , p a r tic u la r ly the dram a, in te r e s t s m e and h a s fu rn ish e d m e w ith m any happy h o u rs. . And I lik e to m e e t the people w ho m ake it up
- wkjii£. A tom Akjuid. I reached the F . O . B . in the late afternoon and JLa
- rta b le c l i m a t e ^ f o r two v e r y l i b e r a l and outspoken people lik e C l i f f and V ir g i n i a . th e y 'v e just had a w o n d e rfu l in te rlu d e . But f o r this moment^.^^'^'” C l i f f has been le c tu r in g in England, b e
- other people - - o th e r frien d s -- m a y use them r a th e r frequently. L a t e r w e w e n t d o w n to t h e p o o l w h e r e L y n d o n m e t u s , a n d I h a d 30 l a p s a n d L u c i a n d M a r i e w a t c h e d f r o m t h e b a n k w h i
- C a ssa tt, nothing w ill e v e r r ep la ce ' it r e a lly . I hope I'm not one of th ose people who, b eca u se so m eo n e h as given m e so m eth in g fo r three or four y e a r s , is hurt when they w ithdraw it. I m u st a lw a y s rem em