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Oral history transcript, William G. Phillips, interview 2 (II), 4/17/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

during those years. But Hodding Carter and, in fact, all the MAP people I mentioned were in the forefront of the loyal national Democratic wing of the party. But this was never discussed in any of our meetings. No one ever said to me, "Does the Whi te

Oral history transcript, Dale Miller and Virginia "Scooter" Miller, interview 1 (I), 8/26/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, party tours for the women. parties. I \'ient on all of those. of course, Liz Carpenter and Nrs. Johnson were the primary movers. I \'ient representing the Democratic National Committee as one of the workers on it. on it. was Did you help set them up
Biographical information; how they came to Washington; meeting the Johnsons; Dick Kleberg; Texas State Society; Sam Rayburn; LBJ’s early influence in Washington; gaining support for LBJ in Dallas; 1960 convention; women’s tea party tours

President's Daily Diary entry, 6/3/1966 (Item)

. 81 per copy. Overrun made beyond the copies procedured with Library of Congress funds in lots of 10 copies are available at $4.20 each. To the Rose Garden w/ Cliff Alexander and Louis Martin for REMARKS to Democratic Negro elected officials To shake

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 41 (XLI), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

job, Senate majority leader was. But should it be a Democratic president, which Lyndon was committed always to trying to (inaudible). A nd we didn't realize then, I guess, that party loyalty was going out of fashion, out of history. Maybe it wasn't

Oral history transcript, Bess Abell, interview 2 (II), 6/13/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

on. A: That started of course in 1964 too before the election. She wanted to visit and do things that would call attention to contributions that her husband and the Democratic Party had made to the country. I believe her first trip into a poverty area was to my state

Oral history transcript, A.M. "Monk" Willis, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

amateurish but it served the purpose. John Connally had really come on strong and impressed people a great deal. The great thing for me was to meet people like Tom Corcoran and Jim Rowe and people who had been identified with the Democratic Party for many
Biographical information; initial association with LBJ; 1948 Senate campaign; Carl Estes; 1952 campaign and Texas Democrats; Texas delegation to Chicago Democratic National Convention, 1956; Lady Bird; racism and civil rights; Democratic State

Folder, "Gimmicks - 1964 Whistle Stop," Bess Abell Files, White House Social Files, Box 34 (Item)

that she w111 give it a boost. and it A "record" was also 1s a good one. made of this Sincerely, Barnee Breeskin. BB:eha Encls. in L.A. RALLV SoNG OF THE DEMOCRATS Rally song of tlJe Democrats StJ1ttj tJ'; . -- . - ' tJ t. ' ~ ! I

Folder, "Bernard Quint," Office Files of Yoichi Okamoto, Box 1 (Item)

15, 1¢4 121 Remarks at a Reception for Members of the Democratic. National Committee. January n, 1¢4 15, 1¢4 107 Toasts of the President and President Segni at the Italian 95 White House Statement on the Events in Panama. Janu ary 10, 1¢4 105

Oral history transcript, J.J. Jake Pickle, interview 4 (IV), 8/25/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

on there? Now, we have on tape already the effort to hold the Texas delegati on and the Shivers versus Rayburn-Johnson fight. But Johnson was kind of a dark, dark horse there. P: Yes, he was, though he had won the May delegati on ffght to go to the national
for vice president; Judge Robert Hall and the Alabama delegation; Lloyd Hand and the JFK appearance before Protestant ministers in Houston; the 1960 campaign in Texas; LBJ helps Henry B. Gonzalez, brings Cantinflas to San Antonio; the special senatorial

Oral history transcript, C. Farris Bryant, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: Didlyou have the feeling as you went into 1963 that Florida could be held on a national basis in the Democratic camp, or did you have a feeling it was getting away from the party? B: In 1963 I would say that it was probably a little worse than -1960
Political career background; 1960 National Convention and presidential campaign; Cuban refugee problem in Florida; Bay of Pigs incident; 1964 Freedom Riders; Office of Emergency Planning; 1966 trip to Asia with LBJ

Oral history transcript, Buford Ellington, interview 1 (I), 10/2/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)

reputation or a casual meeting, not personally. It was after he got into the Senate that I was thrown with him at the Democratic conventions and things of that nature, party meetings. And [it was] through Senator Kerr of Oklahoma that we got to be real
Sam Rayburn and LBJ; Senator Kerr; LBJ for President in 1956; Earle Clements; Senator from Kentucky; Wallace from Alabama; JFK; Al Gore; Frank Clement of Tennessee; Estes Kefauver; civil rights; Governor Faubus of Arkansas; Fulbright; Lester Maddox

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 37 (XXXVII), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

, there was a great outpouring, both at the time and when he returned in January, of affection and of comradeship for him. I just sort of breathed a sigh of relief because I thought he was good for the Democratic leadership for goodly more span of time, that he would
; the likelihood that LBJ would go to the Democratic National Convention as Texas' favorite son in 1956; political allies from around Texas meeting at the Ranch; Mrs. Johnson's 1964 letter to LBJ regarding his future as president; Austin Mayor Tom Miller's

Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 1 (I), 4/13/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

today?" I told him that I went back to the hospital over there to visit some of my friends, the doctor and others. He said, "Well, I want you to go down to the Democratic [National] Committee tomorrow and start looking around and seeing what's going

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 57, 1 April 1994," LBJ Library (Item)

. "The Forgotten Economic Crisis of 1968"; Edward Cray, "The Chief Justice"; Vanessa Davis, "Sisters and Brothers All: Gender and Race in Community Organizing in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party"; Barbara Farnham, "Escalating Commitment in International

Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 7 (VII), 2/25/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

, of course, whatever party they're in, is what does the administration want? If they're Democrats under a Democratic administration, they tend to be for that 21 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson
of Representatives; Wozencraft's work with the Democrats and Republicans on the Government Operations Committee; the opinion of Treasury and HEW administrators; House subcommittee hearings; Congressman Jack Edwards and Johns Erlenborn's initiation of a floor fight

Oral history transcript, Edith Green, interview 1 (I), 8/23/1985, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)

for any office goes down there and files on that day. Anyhow 9 the leaders of the Democratic Party came down and persuaded me that I should not file for the state senate but should file for secretary of state--over my best judgment! I did 9 I had never

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 2, May 1 - 15, 1966 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 7 (Item)

the Koreans put a national political party together and mount their first reasonably free election. Henr~Owen ,,-~' QOHFIDEN'I'IAL ECl SSIFIED E. . 1235 , Sec. 3.4 NLJ ~~- f7 • NARA. Date ~ · ···~. -Jt -(f ; (c Sat. , May 14, 1966 1 :00 pm Mr
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National Security Files

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 90, January 2009," LBJ Library (Item)

BIGGER than just Mamma, Sis sy and me. Lyndon Johnson's extended fam ily included the entire Congress and its staffers, the White House and its staffers, the Democratic Party, the Citizens of Texas, and every man, woman, and child who hadn't yet

Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview S-1, 8/14/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)

father. He came to Texas in the 1880s from Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. He followed his older brother, Charles Deason, who had come from Tuscaloosa County to Wilson County, Stockdale, in the 1880s. My father stayed around and worked on farms and helped his
in the National Youth Administration (NYA); Deason's marriage and move back to Texas; Deason's career in radio; an average day in Deason's childhood; the rural Baptist churches Deason attended as a child; other religious groups in the area around Stockdale during

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 24 (XXIV), 11/15/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, but at first he refused to go along with Truman. Later on I think he did raise money for the national ticket. So the Democrats had appointed [Byron] Skelton, but they couldn't get him in somehow; I don't remember the details of the fight. (Interruption) So
Stag parties early in 1949; decorator Genevieve Hendricks; acquiring furniture for the Johnsons' home; LBJ's Senate staff; LBJ's interest in children who were named after him; social and service opportunities for Lady Bird Johnson

Folder, "Gray, Jesse Willard," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 8 (Item)

" at a meeting of the National Board, Communist Party, U.S.A. (CPUSA), held on May 24, 1961. It was stated that the central purpose of "Freedomways" is to develop a theory and positive criticism of currents in the Negro Movement, as well as to rais.e the level
Records of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (Kerner Commission)

Oral history transcript, Eugene B. Germany, interview 1 (I), 5/24/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

for this special election, he was the only one who came out in full support of the administration at a time when there was becoming a great split of the Democratic Party over the court-packing issue. G: That's right. t·,,: Why do you think he was able to win
; preferred him as Majority Leader; JFK bought and rigged Democratic Convention in L.A.; LBJ as VP to help JFK in Texas and the South; LBJ always loyal to Texas and the U.S.; LBJ’s popularity sharply declined from 1964-1968 but Germany found him best U.S

Oral history transcript, Robert S. McNamara, interview S-1 (I), 3/26/1993, by Robert Dallek (Item)

was pounding on the table trying to develop support from them that could be translated into them contacting members of Congress, indicating their desire, whether they be business or labor, Republican or Democrat, to get support for this bill, this legislation

Folder, "Whistle Stop [6 of 6]," Liz Carpenter Subject Files, White House Social Files, Box 11 (Item)

make an educated choice on election day? And for that matter, a1·e we electing a President or a First . Family?· • • There is no _doubt which party's national ticket the pre sumed advantage of' all-out family activity lies. On a compaignlng wife basis

Folder, "Gen PL/McNamara, Robert," WHCF PL, Box 21 (Item)

present Secretar of Defense. (For alot of us, a Johnson - Lode ticket would be perfect : but, ·somehow, the two-party system just doesn't seem to work that my.) We, and the nation, look to the Democratic convention to provide us a sound, responsible
File unit description: The executive file consists mainly of recommendations of Democratic or Republican nominees for the Vice Presidency in 1964 and 1968, and a small amount of material on presidential candidates. The general file consists

Oral history transcript, Price Daniel, Sr., interview 1 (I), 6/5/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was that if they've got Shivers and Daniel on the ticket that people then will go ahead and vote for Eisenhower because they're going to vote for Shivers and Daniel. D: Yes, they could vote for all the Democratic nominees. By the way, the Republican Party put all

Oral history transcript, Drew Pearson, interview 1 (I), 4/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

--4 when he wanted to be Minority Leader I wrote some things about him which again he didn't like, because I pointed out to be Minority Leader of the Democratic Party you had to uphold the ticket and he did not uphold the ticket. He was lyin' down
; holdover of JFK’s Cabinet; LBJ didn’t use party machinery; John Bailey; poverty program; Vietnam policy; felt LBJ captured by military; foreign policy; responsibility of Albert Thomas for NASA in Houston.

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Beirne, interview 1 (I), 3/4/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

at the national level 9 Chicago telephone strike before 1968 convention 10,11,12 1960 Democratic Convention � LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] Oral History
Biographical information; organized labor's view of Senator Johnson; initiatiing new labor view in Texas; CWA; local union; union at the nation level; 1968 Chicago telephon strike before convention; 1960 campaign/convention; LBJ's effectiveness

Folder, "Correspondence re Whistle Stop 1964," Bess Abell Files, White House Social Files, Box 34 (Item)

when they come to the state. The Democratic National Committee may be interested in using it as a source of contacts for the camp aign since it list every state office holder with his address. I have sent Mr. Ivan Sinclair of the White House Staff some

Folder, "Whistle Stop [3 of 6]," Liz Carpenter Subject Files, White House Social Files, Box 11 (Item)

to ________ on October __ _ at Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson leaves the nation's capitol on October 6th for the four-day tour that ends in New Orleans on October 9th. The fourteen car train carrying the First Lady and her party will stop and visit all along the seven-State

Oral history transcript, John A. Baker, interview 3 (III), 4/21/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that they were, but that it was like outdoor recreation, and water resources, and water resources research, and later beautification. It needed a White House focus if you were going to get it up above the threshold of national conscience. human. They all
Alabama Farmers Cooperative Association); Mississippi food situation; inter-agency departmental board; regional discrimination; cabinet officers; OEO programs and policies

Folder, "Bryant, Farris (Gov.)," Name Files, WHCF, Box B-542 (Item)

· He will not. he says, ac;tivC'l~·· stockpJling of strategic goods ~; m01~ time and effort than_ he : support either LeRoy Collins.or.'. and talked with national leaders·~ has m the past. • • . •• . Earl Faircloth in the Democrat- : there, savs

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 7 (VII), 5/24/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Okay. That trip was one in which the Democratic National Cormiittee gave me a bunch of tickets and an itinerary, which turned out to be a very faulty itinerary in many respects. It gave us an awful lot of trouble. going to Seattle. And we took off

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 16 (XVI), 1/29/1980-1/30/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of a sense of achievement to be satisfying to him. I think he got some training programs going reasonably successfully in Houston and Corpus [Christi] and San Diego, and then gradually they began to come apart. Either the NYA [National Youth Administration
. Cecil Evans; Allred's Senate loss to W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel; time spent relaxing at the National Youth Administration building on Buchanan Dam; LBJ's fried egg breakfast being interrupted by telephone calls; the Johnsons' house at 4921 Thirtieth Place

Folder, "Kentucky Trip – May 21, 1964 – Mrs. Johnson [Clippings]," White House Social Files, Liz Carpenter Subject Files, Box 5 (Item)

'' the contents of a healed in some degree the dubbed by curious motorist5i ·colla,p sing barn~ mostly kegs Democratic Party schism that "The House of The Blue · of nails · and scrap metal Kennedy op_e ned with his civil Lights." During his lifetime hoarded

Folder, "Notes and Transcripts of Johnson Conversations, January, 1960," Telephone Transcripts, Office Files of Walter Jenkins, Box 1 (Item)

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Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 23 (XXIII), 7/21/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

came to the conclusion we had an uphill situation, even with a California victory. G: How about New Jersey? O: Hubert Humphrey, vice president of the United States, had been in the forefront of progressive action in the Democratic Party for thirty
; O'Brien's obligation to work for Humphrey's campaign through the end of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago; Humphrey's role in getting O'Brien's work obligations postponed to 1969 and later cancelled; offers from Look and Life magazines to do

Oral history transcript, Mary Lasker, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Lasker -- I -- 5 the leadership of the Democratic Party, and we were willing to loan him some staff, if he needed help, and do anything that we could to help. said, "You want to help me?" And I said, "Yes." F
in Washington D.C.; Lasker’s relationship with Mrs. Johnson; supporting Robert Kennedy; encouraging Mrs. Johnson’s interest in beautification and health; beautification projects in Washington D.C.; National Institutes of Health and clinical research goals; Nash

Folder, "Beautification Summary - The Committee for a More Beautiful Capital, 1965 - 1968," White House Social Files, Beautification Files, Box 22 (Item)

-day visit to the Big Bend National Park in southwest Texas highlighted the trip. • Mrs. Johnson and her party visited HemisFair headquarters, a restored German-English school of 1858 in San Antonio, to see plans for the opening in 1968. She

Oral history transcript, Oren Harris, interview 1 (I), 9/3/1973, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh You're Judge Oren Harris. You served as Democratic representative in the House of Representatives in Washington from 1940 until February 1966, when you became a U. S. district judge
; Sherman Adams; Congressman Morgan; Schwartz; Mr. Moulder; Bernard Goldfine; Jack Anderson; Bob Bartlett; 1960 Democratic convention; Arkansas Valley Development; Senator McClellan; JFK’s VP decision; federal judgeship; Attorney General Katzenbach; civil

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