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Oral history transcript, John A. McCone, interview 1 (I), 8/19/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

the Truman Administration. At that time, I don't recall exactly the position that senator Johnson-F: I'll refresh you on that. November '48. He was a new Senator; he had been elected in Then, after '50 when Ernest McFarland was defeated, he was named

Oral history transcript, Hugh Gardner Ackley, interview 1 (I), 4/13/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

such impact. I recall that he had some input into some problem--whether it was an oil problem or a steel price problem, I'm not sure; but I was not personally involved, and I was not aware of his involvement in other economic problems up to that time. F

that were presidential appointees who were in policy roles in 1940. At that time I was assistant to Mr. [James V.] Forrestal, who was one of the anonymous six presidential assistants working with Mr. Roosevelt. P: And who were the other two? N

Oral history transcript, Ivan L. Bennett, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/11/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

Reserve during my time in medical school, the majority of which, of course, was during World War II . I was in the Navy for two years, during which time I was stationed at the Naval Medical Research Institute at Bethesda, where I did bacteriological

Oral history transcript, Dwight A. Ink, interview 1 (I), 2/5/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

is February 5; and I am in his offices in the HUD Building in Washington, D.C.; and the time is 2 in the afternoon. My name is David McComb. First of all, Mr. Ink, I have some information that you were born in Iowa in Des Moines in 1922, and educated at Iowa

Oral history transcript, Carl T. Curtis, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in on January 3, 1939. It was my privilege to serve with Lyndon Johnson in the House. recall when he was elected to the Senate. I I do not remember anything particular or spectacular about his performance in the House. at that time, gotten up to a point
Service with LBJ in the House and Senate; characterization of LBJ's leadership qualities in the Senate; comparison of LBJ to Senators Knowland and Dirksen; LBJ's timing in bringing bills to the floor; recollections of specific bills and resolutions

with him for a year. I got a year's leave of absence from my law firm and did just that, and twenty-one years later I was still in the government. I guess the reason is that I like government, I think it's a very exciting way to devote one's time

become a highly unpopular subject with the American public. present Another one is that when you're dealing with foreign aid at the time~ you necessarily are dealing with the lesser developed countries; so that the normal supporters of foreign aid

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