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  • , 1969 INTERVIEWEE: LESLIE CARPENTER INTERVIEW'Eji: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: National Press Building, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 2 F: Mr. Carpenter, tell us briefly about your own career, how you happen to be where you are at this time. I know you
  • See all online interviews with Leslie Carpenter
  • Carpenter, Leslie, 1922-1974
  • Oral history transcript, Leslie Carpenter, interview 1 (I), 2/6/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
  • Leslie Carpenter
  • O'Donnell 13 -Walter . Jenkins--the Rock of Gibraltar · 14-15 The amount of loyalty 16 Recruitment of staff people; the departure of Kennedy people 18 John Macy; Liz Carpenter 19 Af.1pointr.:ant of more women -and 'minority . group p·e ople 20
  • and LBJ's first days as president; LBJ mistreats staff aides; difficulty in getting proper appointees; Robert McNamara characterized; Liz Carpenter; JFK and LBJ administrations compared; newspaper leaks; Panama; McGeorge. Bundy operation; civil service
  • s ta n d p o in t. Liz And we had b o th d i g e s t e d it a g a i n , h o p e f u lly f r o m the l i s t e n i n g s ta n d p o in t of a v aca tio n in g fa m ily fro m Idaho F a ll s o r W etum pka, A la b a m a , a n d w hat w o u ld i n t e
  • Lady Bird & Liz Carpenter to Boyhood Home in Johnson City; Lady Bird is recorded reading script; late lunch; Lady Bird records narrative to be used at the LBJ Birthplace; Lady Bird has tea for her restoration friends from Fredericksburg, TX; tours
  • Discussion about Big Bend trip; Lady Bird has lunch and swimming with staff wives; Bess Abell tells story about White House telephone operator and Gregory Peck; Lady Bird talks with Luci Johnson; Lady Bird has clothes fitting; Liz Carpenter receives