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Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, Ten Year Progress Report, 1981," LBJ Library (Item)

have been destroyed or lost. All that began to change in 1939 when Franklin Roosevelt set .isiJc a building for his presidential papers, whiL·li he then turned over to the government would maintain with the agreement that it the library and make

Folder, "Farley, James #2," Papers of Drew Pearson, Farm Series, Box F 437 (Item)

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

a contemporary President? P: His program was a continuation of the New Deal, but in my opinion he went further than the New Deal. He was a disciple of Franklin Roosevelt, a great admirer of Franklin Roosevelt, but he had greater drive, greater imagination

Oral history transcript, Joe B. Frantz, interview 2 (II), 09/10/1972, by David G. McComb (Item)

that not only was he distinguished, but he himself was on the other end of the thing. He had done these biographies of Franklin Roosevelt and was coming forward to Kennedy and Johnson and so on, had already edited some things on Johnson, and in the process had

Folder, "Young, Harold [1940]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 12 (Item)

it in the hands of the voters . Here is the play : - As you have stated , forces who are using Garner as a front man endeavored to smear, with an unbelieva ble blast of hate, not only in Illinoi s but in Roosevelt's home state as well . If this state pride

Oral history transcript, Joseph D. Keenan, interview 1 (I), 7/25/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

in the Medica~e, Senate. He knew how to get things done. And I would say that he produced more social legislation . . . llm his greatest aamirer in all this world. In my early days it was Franklin Roosevelt, but Franklin Roosevelt broke the ground

Oral history transcript, Roland Boyd, interview 1 (I), 6/4/1985, by Dave McNeely (Item)

get a little peeved at him in the national convention, but nothing serious. G: The first one that comes to mind is 1940 and the third-term issue, whether Roosevelt would run for a third term. Johnson and Alvin Wirtz were very enthusiastic

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

to the House. President Johnson was--from the time he came to Congress, his qualifications and his fine qualities were known. B: Was he fairly close in those days to Mr. Roosevelt? M: He and the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt had a very close

Oral history transcript, Wilbur J. Cohen, interview 2 (II), 3/2/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

had a very constructive aspect to our relationship because it is my opinion that Mr. Johnson looked upon the Social Security Act which had been engineered by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as one of the great 1 LBJ Presidential Library http
[For interview 1, 2, and 3] Biographical information; social security; Eleanor Roosevelt; 1939 amendment to Social Security Act; Congressional committee and chairmen; unemployment insurance; disability benefits; Kennedy administration; Medicare; LBJ

Reference File, "Camp David" (Item)

of the United States. Officially a U.S. Navy installation, the facility was originally built by the Works Progress Administration as a camp for government employees, opening in 1938. President Franklin D. Roosevelt took it over in a few years and named

Reference File, "Camp David" (Item)

of the United States. Officially a U.S. Navy installation, the facility was originally built by the Works Progress Administration as a camp for government employees, opening in 1938. President Franklin D. Roosevelt took it over in a few years and named

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 9 (IX), 1/24/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

reception given by the President and Mrs. Roosevelt. They always invited all the members of Congress, the House and the Senate and their spouses, in one big evening affair. It began at nine o'clock. Women wore their very best long dresses and the men went
Driving from Texas to Washington, D.C. with LBJ's mother, Rebekah Johnson; the Columbia Road apartment the Johnsons rented in Washington, D.C. in 1938; taking Rebekah Johnson to a congressional reception hosted by President and Mrs. Franklin

Oral history transcript, McGeorge Bundy, interview S-II, 11/10/1993, by Robert Dallek (Item)

one only, in this term, and it was going to be in the first year or the first eighteen months, everything you do, and everything even Franklin Roosevelt did, he did in his first year--that kind of argument. "I want to do that. I don't want to louse up

Oral history transcript, Raymond E. Buck, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

as Texas state administrator for the National Youth Administration by appointment of President Franklin Roosevelt, I became aware of his outstanding achievements which became a challenge to the nation in youth administration, notwithstanding he

Folder, "Johnson, Lyndon B. [1941] [3 of 3]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 14 (Item)

GUEST ROOMS OPEN ALL THE VEAR ~ ✓~- Don ' t be pushed around ! 0 1 De.niel is an old, old friend of yours. You have known Jerry Mann since he was a football boy. Dies has cleaned up the country. He got tired of waiting for Roosevelt . '.That do you

Oral history transcript, Esther Peterson, interview 2 (II), 10/29/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

on the women's things so I don't know. G: live often heard, of course LBJ was a great admirer of Franklin Roosevelt, that Mrs. Roosevelt felt that he had drifted too far to the right. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT
Campaign contributions; Bobby Baker; labor leaders; Earle Clements; LBJ's campaign trail; Commission on the Status of Women; Eleanor Roosevelt; three consumer crises: advertisers, boycotts and truth in lending bill; Republican tricks; problems

Oral history transcript, Leon Keyserling, interview 1 (I), 1/9/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

the greatest program of economic and social reform we ever had up until that time because he knew what he wanted. presidency. And he knew the role of the And he was willing to get his nose bloody. Franklin Roosevelt had to do the same thing at different

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 47, 1 July 1990," LBJ Library (Item)

com plete some of the programs of his predecessors. Medical insurance for the elderly had been on the Demo cratic agenda since Harry Truman's time. The hope of federal aid for ed ucation went back as far as Franklin Roosevelt. The Civil Rights law

Folder, "Miscellaneous Material [political forecasts, speech material] [1924-1948]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 2 (Item)

of government. had to be changed. In America we call it the "New Deal," simply because Roosevelt oalled it so. In Engl.and it has been a muddling thrn from day to day without plan, but meeting cori11tions as they oceurred. don't forget Roosevelt has a plan

Oral history transcript, William J. Hopkins, interview 1 (I), 6/6/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

: Actually this is the second similar thing in your experience. [There was also] the death of Franklin Roosevelt and the accession of Mr. Truman. H: Yeso One difference as far as the office operation was concerned was the way the files were handled

Oral history transcript, Edwin W. Pauley, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that. F: This was under Franklin Roosevelt? P: Yes. I had the appointment right after Lyndon did with Roosevelt and so I walked in as he was walking out, but we caught each other right in the door and as he walked out, Roosevelt--President Roosevelt

Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 5 (V), 6/23/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Affairs Committee. Went to Washington, he He gave Roosevelt credit for putting him on there, helping him on--Roosevelt didn't have a damn thing to do with it. It was a vacancy and due to [his being] a Texan, he got it. G: It was who? J

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

woman, personality. as a very young Congressman's wife elected to the House of to Eleanor Roosevelt. and admired her. Mrs. Johnson recalled. timid Congressional for all of husband's gregarious (Fhe was only 25 years old when her husband was first

Oral history transcript, W. Sherman Birdwell, Jr., interview 3 (III), 2/9/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Birdwell - III - 4 appointed [by Roosevelt], his appointment was certainly influenced by Mrs . Eleanor Roosevelt and the New Deal people . G: Let me ask you about

Oral history transcript, George Christian and Harry Middleton, interview S-1, 4/1/1996 (Item)

make just one last point, Harry. M: Alright. D: He knew the model Frank Roosevelt and FDR had been brilliant at building a consensus and moving toward involveme11t of World War II. Johnson was there. He had seen this; he understood it. He

Oral history transcript, William F. Billings, interview 1 (I), 5/23/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

liberal tendencies--he has supported many liberal things, of course, going on back to the first time that he was smiled upon by Franklin Roosevelt . And at that time and in that day, of course, most of what Franklin Roosevelt did was considered quite

Folder, "Politics - 1951," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 30 (Item)

the ,Truman -machine in the coming Chicago conventic:-n are not bright. The southern Democrats may restore _the ancient (183.l,) two-thirds rule which Franklin -Roosevelt, at the peak of his political power, tossed out .t he window in '36. It was a shrewd move

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 74, January 2001," LBJ Library (Item)

because it dove into a cloud and he lost track of it. Aboard the bomber, on a fact-finding mission for President Franklin Roosevelt, was a Texas congressman, Lyndon B. Johnson." Martin Caidin and Edward Hymoff have written a book titled The Mission, which

President's Daily Diary entry, 10/22/1968 (Item)

Authorize s payment o f $31,000 to th e Publi c Utilit y District No . 1 of Klickitat County, Washingto n fo r th e approximate amoun t expende d by it t o assist construction of a sewe r an d water syste m fo r th e tow n o f Roosevelt, Washington, fo r

President's Daily Diary entry, 10/6/1965 (Item)

. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. Returned t o th e offic e — rea d newspaper s i n th e oute r offic e — showe d V M a pictur e taken o f him a t th e meetin g toda y w/ th e cartoonists. . . and laughed heartily a t i t Mrs. Johnso n To th e Mansio n MW (pl

Oral history transcript, Virginia Wilke English, interview 2 (II), 3/18/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, but not on a regular eight-to-five basis. G: During this campaign, Lyndon Johnson was really identified with Franklin Roosevelt. E: Yes. G: Was this a help or a hindrance in 1941? E: Well, I certainly thought--we all hoped it was a help. I think we were proud

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 61, 15 November 1995," LBJ Library (Item)

, John Kenneth Galbraith. the economist, teacher and writer whose history of public service stretches back to the adrninistration of Franklin Roosevelt, gave a look into a book on which he is working, calling for a "Good Society"-·'not precisely the Great

Oral history transcript, Clifford Durr and Virginia Foster Durr, interview 1 (I), 3/1/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

little they were paid. But you were given freedom to go into town and take part i.n things. So, I was such an enthusiastic New Dealer and such an admirer of Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY

Oral history transcript, Russell B. Long, interview 1 (I), 2/22/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

just that I ,thought one of the best things that Franklin D. Roosevelt had done--in fact, the best thing Franklin Roosevelt had done was to hold interest rates down. Lyndon Johnson just didn't look at it that way. Frankly, my attitude about his

Reference File, "Cooks / Chefs" (Item)

Franklin D. Roosevelt had a national monument built for him, an honor that before then had been reserved only for presidents. Zephyr Wright • Personal chef for President Lyndon B. Johnson • Told her firsthand stories about discrimination to Johnson, which

Reference File, "Cooks / Chefs" (Item)

Franklin D. Roosevelt had a national monument built for him, an honor that before then had been reserved only for presidents. Zephyr Wright • Personal chef for President Lyndon B. Johnson • Told her firsthand stories about discrimination to Johnson, which

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 34, 15 July 1985," LBJ Library (Item)

A. Califano, Jr. 10:30a.m. ':4.ssessment.What Hvrked? What Failed? Why?" Moderator: Elspeth D. Rostow Panelists: James MacGregor Bums Stuart M. Butler John Hope Franklin Allen J Matusow Charle· A. Murray John E. Schwarz Ben J. Wattenberg Final Word: Bill D

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 38, 20 October 1986," LBJ Library (Item)

presidential library system wa nev r intended to benefit retired residents directly. Modeled upon the library set up by President Franklin D. Roose I in 1939, the system wa officially established by Congr ss in 1955. Since then the libraries ha evolved into ri

Oral history transcript, John Holton, interview 1 (I), 6/19/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. It was in that room that Mr. Rayburn and Vice President [Harry] Truman were sitting with others when Mr. Truman was notified to come to the White House on Mr. [Franklin] Roosevelt's death. G: Were you present then? H: No, that was during my time in the navy

Oral history transcript, William S. White, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

a few here. W: I think the first impression I had of him was of furious, almost incredible, energy. I also had an impression--now, this, as you know, [or] will have read about, was in the early New Deal of Franklin Roosevelt. Lyndon Johnson was deeply

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