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  • , William McChesney Martin, on raising the discount rate in anticipation of higher military expenditures: . . . I had a very warm friend­ ship with Dick Russell, who was a senator from Georgia. He had good friends in the Pentagon. Dick Russell would call me
  • of Pan Am. And William Harding was a banker with Smith Barney who came to Washington in 1954 to assist in the early planning that led to the FAA. In any event, by 1958 I was not only working with Pete Quesada in planning the FAA but I was also heading
  • candidate contingent on hi• approval of William Penn Patrick, a buaineeaman of San Rafael, California, for Vice Preaident. The Patriotic Party has received little attention from the pre•• aince the first announcement. Ho information has been received
  • . William P. Hobby Jr. of Austin; Mrs. Marshall Steves, San Antonio; and Roy White, Austin. Among the dignitaries present for the occasion was Rep. Jim Nugent, who represents this district in the Legislature. Addinga touch of beauty and uniqueness in the LBJ
  • . William P. Hobby Jr. of Austin; Mrs. Marshall Steves, San Antonio; and Roy White, Austin. Among the dignitaries present for the occasion was Rep. Jim Nugent, who represents this district in the Legislature. Addinga touch of beauty and uniqueness in the LBJ
  • &Boooa Auguat 12, 1~ Dear Mr. Preaiclent: I have just received a.. c~ William s. White'• book, 'l'he Proteaa1onal: ~ ~- Jobnaon, Which yoi ao tiiouiii~ ot Iiiicrlbicl to me. I have been moat amioua to read am I vu very pleaaecl 1n4eed to obtain
  • of Michigan Michigan 48104 Planning 2 Honorable Williams. Gaud Administrator Agency for International Development Washington, D.C. 20523 Dr. Oscar Harkavy Program O~ficer in Charge Population Office Ford Foundation 320 East 43rd Street New York, New York
  • , in 19.520 [3 of 3] From Facts on FJle: State Secy. John Foster Dulles told his news conference Apr. 5 (1955) that the U.S. was in close touch with other nations in a continuing effort to ease the "highly danger­ ous" Formosa situati on . But he emphasized
  • States has suggested a date no later than July 27, 1965 for this resumption. Mr. William C. Foster now is in the process of inquiring whether this date is agreeable to the other 16 members of the Disarmament Committee. At the conclusion of the Geneva
  • to the Pentagon and the Joint Chiefs, with whom I had many conversations. You remember I also sat as an ad hoc member of the National Security Council, and I served in World War II as an assistant to General [William] Donovan. I was sympathetic to them
  • .] Kistiakowsky of Harvard and the admiral who had been head of the CIA-G: [William] Raborn? S: Raborn, right. And they had a man who has subsequently been dean of MIT [Jerome Wiesner]. Anyway, there were five or six people sitting around a table and we
  • William S. Gaud food-related will act as a on food and nutrition. societies-. LIFE will be able to call on :;kills from among more than 100,000 scientific ists to respond to the nutritional E. needs of tht: developing special17/ . world. Health
  • , Thomas Mann, Margaret Mead, James Michener, 0 John Mori y, Ogden Nash, 0 Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, Drew Pearson, Dr. Daniel Polling, Will Roge_rs,Bertrand Russell, William L. Shirer, George Sokolsky, Lowell Thomas, Norman Thomas, Count Felix von Luck­ ner
  • that. G: Do you think that LBJ had influence over [William] Knowland's selec­ tions? J: I know they discussed the selections together. G: Did they? J: Yes, and maybe Knowland had some influence over LBJ's, too. I think they worked together
  • you, I had been very much involved in Michigan politics back in the mid-forties, late forties, and helped G. Mennen ["Soapy"] Williams get elected in his first election. Matter of fact, I was the editor of the Williams faction's party newsletter
  • ; affirmative action; Jerry Holleman; John Hope Franklin; Gwendolyn Tice; Percy Williams; Jerry Bruno; staffing and funding the commission; Bobby Troutman and the conflict between LBJ and RFK; Richard Russell; the Lockheed plant in Marietta, Georgia; Plan
  • delivered the Lectures have been Jimmy Carter, Brian Williams, Bill Moyers, and Michael York. Politicians, distinguished actors, media gurus-in all, ten luminaries have given the lectures, including the latest, David Mamet. In addition to his numerous hit
  • , fellow Oltizeu of the.United States •rally and~11D&AC1a11J, the struggle fr1 eDda ~~tut pohl!!ical, that "W• of our ecom11lc, ~~ socblal 1 to .. prove t e.--- ataDdard of liv-..g, mt on"/ at ... to foster the democratic way of lite 1D everJ country
  • , 1974 INTERVIEWEE: WILLIAM H. JORDAN, JR. INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: U. S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of I G: This is an interview with Mr. William H. Jordan, Jr. in the Conference Room of the Senate Appropriations Committee
  • See all online interviews with William H. Jordan, Jr.
  • Jordan, William H., Jr.
  • Oral history transcript, William H. Jordan, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/5/1974, by Michael L. Gillette
  • William H. Jordan, Jr.
  • ., Washington, D.C. 2301 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. 232-6020 Interests: Enjoys literature, the theater, music , but is particularly devoted to fostering US-UAR cooperation, an effort that takes most of his time and energy. ---CeJM'll" lDE N1 I AL
  • some straws in the wind that year that really sort of cast a long shadow. Secretary [John Foster] Dulles got together a meeting of eight congressional leaders--Knowland, of course, and Lyndon, and [William] Milliken and Russell and [Earle] Clements
  • for Ule nations or- Illes In an cflort to draft a posilion, however, to.a Dcpart­ 1 ~:1.nlzcd home builders said 11lnglc code th11t will 1;ain ap-1ment of Urban Affairs - the '1' today. proval everywhere. 'r,present proposal of most Inter• ~ William
  • U. 3. Disarmament Activities Dr. James A. Perkins, Mr. Arthur K. Watson, Trade Corporation President Cornell Chairman of the Board, Mr. William System S. Webster, President, Dr. Herbert Engineering, F. York, formerly Director, Department
  • Corps operations. In addition to that, we had the whole economic section run by a professor from Williams named Joseph 4 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID
  • candidate for the Senate, I believe it was Foster Furcolo. He never endorsed him for the Senate, and the election was very close. Saltonstall won it. And if the Kennedy organization had backed Furcolo-­ had worked for him--everyone believes that Furcolo
  • know £or sure what problems we might face, but there seems to be less cause for concern over anything radically different now than there was last Wednesday. John Vl. Foster 5.,id . ~-, ,Jt:aoo S,,--o~ ~ July 17, 1968 MEMORANDUM FOR WALT ROSTOW
  • : And then there was a change, and very quickly-- F: That's when William Knowland went out. H: Then Johnson became majority leader. I remember in '52, after the election of '52--first I remember in '52 that there were a number of people that didn't think that Johnson did
  • ; LBJ as minority leader; committee assignments; estimations of LBJ; Joe McCarthy; Foreign Relations Committee; difference of opinion between LBJ and Humphrey; William Proxmire; jury trials; 1957 Civil Rights Act; JFK; Rule 22 amendment; Mexican
  • was [involved]. This little anecdote about Price Daniel is just a happenstance. Of course, he and I'm sure Johnson, too, no doubt debated on behalf of the legislation as did Kuchel. G: I wanted to ask you about patronage with Kuchel and [William] Knowland
  • to state controller and U.S. senator; Small's work as departmental secretary in the California governor's office; Kuchel's involvement with the Davis-Bacon Act; Richard Nixon's personality; the relationship between Kuchel, Nixon and William Knowland
  • . Dur Consul, Sapporo - John Sylvester, Jr. Commander, U.S. Forces in Japan - Lt. Gen. USAF Maurice A. Preston, A ■ sistance Adviaory Group Chief, Military Rea3 Adm. George R. Luker, USN Lockwood, William W. The Economic Develop­ ment of Ja an: Growth
  • convictions have been upset because of deficiencies in the jury selection process. Moreover, the elimination of government­ sanctioned discrimination in the selection of State juries should foster a respect for our legal institutions in general. Costs
  • generally, was one of the group. Johnny Foster I think was there, I may be wrong about that. I knew Foster. G: General Anthis? C: Probably. Buck [Rollen] Anthis, yes. We set up what I guess you could call a sort of shadow NSC for non-official, non
  • . We were having a fight, a legislative fight, one night in the chamber. [William] Knowland was bemoaning the fact that here he was majority leader, how tough it was to be majority leader with a minority of the votes. So Johnson says, "You think that's
  • See all online interviews with William A. Reynolds
  • Reynolds, William A.
  • Oral history transcript, William A. Reynolds, interview 1 (I), 7/26/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
  • William A. Reynolds
  • INTERVIEWEE: WILLIAM J. CONNELL INTERVIEWER: Ted Gitt i nger PLACE: Mr. Connell's office, Bethesda, Maryland Tape 1 of 2 G: Mr. Connell, were you able to follow the evolution of Mr. [Hubert] Humphrey's thinking on Vietnam as the years passed? C: Yes
  • See all online interviews with William J. Connell
  • Connell, William J.
  • Oral history transcript, William J. Connell, interview 1 (I), 3/18/1985, by Ted Gittinger
  • William J. Connell
  • , 1966 MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT SUBJECT: Message to High Commissioner of Trust Territory of Pacific Islands Secretary Udall recommends for your approval the attached message to William Norwood, High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific
  • there were any questions or any objections to the report and upon hearing none he declared it approved. I l; l .·~ 1 ' l J William E. Colby Chief, Far East Div· ion I .,i •.. --- ~\' ~ ,, _- ~ ·- ·, :I~ .-. - "'I : ti COPY S£GREI
  • and Warrie Smith in Senate Family Dining Room. Meetings w/Bob Baskin and Skeeter Johnston. Evening phone calls w/WJ, William Foster (Dir. of Arms Control and Disarmament), Cong. Thornberry, CTJ, Reedy. Sends condolence wire to Mrs. Louis Pulaski (widow
  • charge of arming them and so on, were very reluctant to do so. Finally General [Samuel] Williams, [who] was in MAAG later--this was about 1957-58, around in that period; I remember I was in Washington at the time--ne went ahead and distriouted arms