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Oral history transcript, Kenneth P. O'Donnell, interview 1 (I), 7/23/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

. You ' re Kenneth O' Donnell, and your off icial pos iti on 1·1 i th the Johnso n Administration was as specia l ass istant to t he president from the time he took offi ce, a job you continued in from t he Kennedy Adm i n i stra t ion , on unt i l
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968

Oral history transcript, Richard H. Nelson, interview 1 (I), 7/20/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Shriver during the 1960 campaign. was at Princeton. paign. I That would have been my senior year during the cam- I worked for the Johnson-Kennedy ticket during that campaign. r was doing my senior honors thesis for the School of Public and Inter

Oral history transcript, Eugenie Moore Anderson, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

became President. This was in December of 1963, soon after he had assumed office following the death of President Kennedy, tions, I believe, from I had been home for a few weeks on consulta- Sofia. I was anxious to see President Johnson LBJ

Oral history transcript, Frank F. Mankiewicz, interview 2 (II), 5/1/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: FRANK MANKIEWICZ INTERVIEWER: STEPHEN GOODELL PLACE: Washington, D. C. Tape 1 of 1 G: Last time you referred to a briefing that you had had. I think it was your first contact with Senator Kennedy. M: Yes, that was at the end of, I guess
Briefing Senator Robert Kennedy before his 1965 trip to Latin America; Peace Corps and OEO staffs’ opposition to Vietnam War, 1966- ; original purpose of U.S. intervention in Dominican Republic; Mankiewicz leaving the Peace Corps to become

Oral history transcript, Charles L. Bartlett, interview 1 (I), 5/6/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

I have basically the correct information? B: Basically you are right. M: Do you have any corrections? B: No, not one. M: Mr. B a r t l e t , , have you ever participated in any similar oral history project? B: Yes, on John Kennedy
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
Outline of journalistic career; LBJ's unique handling of press during both Senate and White House years; Kennedy and Johnson humor; Jacqueline Kennedy's appreciation of LBJ; LBJ's swearing-in ceremony in Dallas; Kennedys thoughts of death and LBJ's

Oral history transcript, Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., interview 1 (I), 1/28/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

vantage point there . O: The 1960 convention, of course, was held in Los Angeles . I was a delegate to the convention from Massachusetts as a delegate for Jack Kennedy . campaign . I had been an advance man on the Kennedy came out with a real
1960 election; the Kennedys; relationship with LBJ; Massachusetts politics; Vietnam War; comparison of JFK and LBJ; Education bill; LBJ's persuasive ability

Oral history transcript, Frederick G. Dutton, interview 1 (I), 8/4/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of the John F. Kennedy Oral History Project, and I assume you have made a tape for it. 0: Yes, I have already. I did not particularly touch on President Johnson. B: Yes. We'll probably cover some of the same time from a different point of view

Oral history transcript, Thomas G. Corcoran, interview 3 (III), 9/9/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

be represented by someone else. I don't know whether he did this because he was afraid of protest on the floor by some outside Kennedy groups or not. But at any rate he decided that John McCormack should stand in for him. He sent Jim Rowe down to talk to John
John McCormack's refusal to stand in for LBJ as a favorite son at the 1968 Massachusetts Democratic National Convention; LBJ's campaign weakness; LBJ's efforts to win the Kennedy family's favor; the lack of loyalty of JFK's staff members to LBJ

Oral history transcript, Timothy May, interview 1 (I), 10/28/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

stockpile, and President Kennedy had asked the Senate to have an investigation, specifically he had asked Symington who was chairman of the Stockpile Subcommittee of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Symington asked Kennedy to send someone up
for LBJ; comparison of the White House social life of the Kennedys and the Johnsons; Kappel Commission and reorganization of the Post Office; defection of top level appointees regarding Vietnam policy; Larry O’Brien’s opposition to Vietnam policy

Oral history transcript, Edmund Gerald (Pat) Brown, interview 1 (I), 2/20/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Kennedy in California two years previously in the campaign for the presidency . [I] then succumbed to the motion picture actor Ronald Reagan, myself, when I sought a third term . Since that time, I have been in the private practice of law . been

Oral history transcript, Newton Minow, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

the election of 1960, when all four of us went into the government. F: Yes. M: So I became involved in politics really through Governor Stevenson, and then to the Kennedys. F: How far back does you acquaintance with--I don't know which title to give him
Biographical information; meeting LBJ in 1955 on a visit to the Ranch; 1956 Democratic Convention; Stevenson/Kennedy campaign; Democratic Advisory Committee; 1960 convention and Stevenson’s hope for nomination; JFK’s consultation with Stevenson

Oral history transcript, C. Douglas Dillon, interview 1 (I), 6/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

the Kennedy Administration as well. In the Eisenhower Administration you served as Ambas sador to France for a number of years and then as Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs and as Undersecretary of State in the late 1950 1 s. During the period

Oral history transcript, Thomas G. Wicker, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was covering Congress. As it turned out, the Congress came back, you remember, in 1960, for the "Rump Session," so-called. As the rookie in the office, I was the only one around and I that entire cov~r~d session, Kennedy and Nixon and Johnson

Oral history transcript, Leonard H. Marks, interview 2 (II), 1/26/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh L. Marks--II--5 The bill passed the House, and President Kennedy signed it into law. ceremony. I was privileged to be invited

Oral history transcript, Roger Stevens, interview 1 (I), 2/15/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, 1972 INTERVIEWEE: ROGER L. STEVENS INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: Mr. Stevens office in the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DoCo I Tape 1 of 1 F: I think to start, when did you first meet Lyndon Johnson? S: I met Lyndon
in getting the arts bill to a vote; Steverns' work in relation to the arts; Arthur Schlesinger's re-appointment to the Kennedy Center board; Neil Sheehan's book A Bright Shining Lie; Steven's view of General William Westmoreland; how the war in Vietnam

Oral history transcript, Maxwell D. Taylor, interview 1a (I), 1/9/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

President Eisenhower. Presi- dent Kennedy recalled you to active duty in 1961, and you served as the military representative to the President. From '62 to '64, you were Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; from 1964 to 1965, Ambassador to Vietnam

Oral history transcript, Chester R. Huntley, interview 1 (I), 5/12/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

strong for one thing. And looking back on it we do indeed now know that Kennedy could have been in some trouble if Wyoming hadn't switched its votes at the last minute. meant a second ballot. That would have We do know that Symington would have picked
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968

Oral history transcript, A.S. Mike Monroney, interview 2 (II), 2/26/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

was no longer with us, there was a possibility that the field was open. Of the choices, there was Jack Kennedy, who was my seatmate in the Senate, and Lyndon Johnson, who was my very dear friend. I like them both very much LBJ Presidential Library http

Oral history transcript, Lawrence H. Fountain, interview 1 (I), 7/15/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Carolina during his campaign for the PreSidency after he succeeded President Kennedy. Now I had been in his company a number of times with the North Carolina delegation, I think. We had conferred with him in con- nection with some matters affecting

Oral history transcript, Carl Sanders, interview 1 (I), 5/13/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. B: Did you see or [lear any signs of presidential ambition, say, in 1956? S: I didn't. I was not that close to him. I was not in Chicago in 1956 \vhen Jack Kennedy almost got the nomination for vice president, so I really \vas not that close
; LBJ’s efforts in Vietnam; Martin Luther King’s assassination; working on the Commission for Federal-State Relations; LBJ inheriting JFK’s staff; being offered a federal appointment; LBJ deciding not to run in 1968; LBJ’s relationship with Robert Kennedy

Oral history transcript, Wayne L. Hays, interview 1 (I), 3/11/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

by the press at least as one of his supporters in the State of Ohio. I think it was intimated at least that you might have even changed from Kennedy to Johnson. Were there any details of that episode? H: Actually, I was a committed Kennedy delegate. I
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968

Oral history transcript, George Wallace, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

believe that President Johnson went through Alabama on a train. believe that he did in 1960. I don't think President Kennedy came to Alabama, but I do believe that President Johnson came through the state on what they called a Lyndon B. Johnson Special
How Wallace classified LBJ’s political stances from the Senate through Presidential periods; the 1960 Presidential campaign; the Birmingham demonstrations and Wallace’s discussion with Robert F. Kennedy regarding them; Wallace’s high regard for John

Oral history transcript, George McGovern, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh April 30, 1969 M: Let's begin by identifying you. You are Senator George McGovern of South Dakota, and at least during the last two administrations your positions have been first as director of President Kennedy's Food

Oral history transcript, Karl E. Mundt, interview 1 (I), 9/21/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Library oral histories: ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Kennedy, and having succeeded Kennedy under the circumstances that he did, he implied to me both

Oral history transcript, George Meany, interview 1 (I), 8/4/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

it was not that favorable that he was considered in 1960, for instance. candidate for President. He was not considered by our people as the ideal You know, he was a candidate in 1960, and of course lost out in the convention to John F. Kennedy. When he was selected
First meeting LBJ; Labor’s opinion of LBJ in the Senate and support of Kennedy-Johnson ticket; LBJ as VP active on the Space Council; Landrum-Griffin Bill; talk with LBJ after the JFK assassination; LBJ’s legislative record; influence of organized

Oral history transcript, Elie Abel, interview 1 (I), 1/19/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Abel--I--5 was hardly ever mentioned. There was one incident mentioned to me by a member of the Kennedy family after
LBJ’s personal style and diplomacy in interviews and in informal public appearances; reactions of reporters to LBJ’s unpredictable schedules; Cuban Missile Crisis involvement; role as VP; personal enmity with Robert Kennedy; relations with press

Oral history transcript, Edwin L. Weisl, Sr., interview 1 (I), 5/13/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that time in which you're beginning to think about, 1960, and it shows John F. Kennedy with the controversial issue of labor, and Stuart Symington with the controversial issue of certain armed forces propositions, and Lyndon Johnson

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

insights as to the depth of the Texas political problem that brought Mr. Kennedy there, or did you think this was just another fund raising swing? R: No. We were all aware before we left Washington that the President and Vice President :hought they were
Reasons for JFK’s 11/63 trip to Texas; detailed description of the day of the assassination, the motorcade, assassination, hospital, swearing-in; and flight back to Washington D.C.; LBJ’s and Kennedy staff’s behavior following the assassination

Oral history transcript, Roger Hilsman, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

been director of the I & R [Intelligence and Research] from the beginning of the Kennedy Administration until 1963? H: Right. M: So you served about a year in the Far East post. H: Just a little over. M: Did you know Mr. Johnson at all prior

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

, the later one? F: No, I attended the national convention in Chicago in 1960 when Kennedy was nominated. That's the only one I ever attended. I never LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library

Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 1 (I), 1/30/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 F: Mr. Komer, I know you've done this for the Kennedy people [John F. Kennedy Oral History Project] but very briefly I'd like you to get us up to 1963, how you came from birth to the attention of the President. K: Well, very

Oral history transcript, John McCormack, interview 1 (I), 9/23/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

the nomination? M: In 1956? B: Yes, sir. That's when Mr. Stevenson threw the convention open, and Mr. Johnson was in the running. M: I thought the contest then was between the late President John F. Kennedy and ex-Senator (Estes) Kefauver. LBJ
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

Oral history transcript, Anthony J. Celebrezze, interview 1 (I), 1/26/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh January 26, 1971 M: You are Judge Anthony Celebrezze, and your connection with the Johnson Administration was as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, which you had actually undertaken in 1962 under President Kennedy

Oral history transcript, Edwin O. Reischauer, interview 1 (I), 4/8/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

contact after this? R: Here was a great change for me. For one thing, like many others, I had been much taken by Mr. Kennedy's personality and capacity to put things in verbal forms. It was inspiring. I think my wife even more so; she had been so

Oral history transcript, Whitney M. Young, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/18/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

the rather competitive and sometimes heated dialogue with John Kennedy, and the fact that I thought that Lyndon Johnson, himself, would feel that he had a more powerful and persuasive role to play as the Senate leader, and that this in fact would probably

Oral history transcript, Joseph Alsop, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

to make responsible decisions. 1I And like everybody else I supported him very actively. And so the end of the first period of our relationship was rather funny. As you probably know, Phil Graham and I had gone to President Kennedy at the critical

Oral history transcript, John P. Roche, interview 1 (I), 7/16/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

him. I came out of the Kennedy background. It's kind of ironic, as a matter of fact, because I was one of the first so-called Kennedy intellectuals in the fifties, in 1956. work for John Kennedy when he was here i n ~1assachusetts I went
Roche’s career advancements in politics; LBJ’s relationship with the Kennedys, McNamara, Bundy, Valenti, Moyers, Rostow and others; his involvement in Vietnam-related issues; personal evaluation of may official personnel and the effectiveness

Oral history transcript, Richard H. Rovere, interview 1 (I), 5/6/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

in that way. Johnson seemed Generally with politicians the public and the private, you know, what you'd see on television and what you'd see face to face is more or less the same. I mean, Kennedy, Eisenhower and the rest that I've known were what you

Oral history transcript, Mitchell Rogovin, interview 1 (I), 10/23/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

in Fairfax, Virginia, was the political activist in the family. B: Are you a registered Democrat? R: I am. B: Then you have not been involved in campaigning as such with either Mr. Kennedy or Mr. Johnson? R: No, that's correct. B: To get to your

Oral history transcript, Endicott Peabody, interview 1 (I), 3/4/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

. I was active in four state conventions prior to that and I was active in the 1960 presidential campaign prior to being a delegate to the convention. M: And did you support John F. Kennedy? P: I supported John F. Kennedy in the West Virginia
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
Peabody’s views of the JFK/LBJ ticket and his part in the campaign; casual meetings with LBJ and the Kennedys, their differences of opinion on various matters; description of differences in JFK, RFK, and LBJ campaign techniques; Lawrence O’Brien’s

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