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Oral history transcript, Jonathan Daniels, interview 1 (I), 3/6/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was very hot for rural electrification, as a matter of fact Truman offered me the job as administrator of REA when he came in, and I wanted to get back to my typewriter. F: But I was very much interested in it. Did you get the feeling in those days
Administration; role of White House press secretary in 1945; impressions of other press secretaries; recollections of LBJ's early days in Washington and his race for Senate; support for Truman; Democratic Party allegiance; 1960 Democratic Party convention

Oral history transcript, Whitney Shoemaker, interview 1 (I), 11/25/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

the White House for Associated Press. Is this background information correct and complete? S: That is correct except from May of '63 until the late summer of '64 I was with the Motion Picture Association of America as assistant to the President, then Eric

Oral history transcript, A. Willis Robertson, interview 1 (I), 9/27/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

of our colleges and in putting taxe s on- -for education. I think I favored ITlore of that than Harry Byrd did, but I was with his organization, and as I say, I was six years in the State Senate and at that time was known as a liberal. I was one
; General Douglas MacArthur; Harry Byrd; conservation; Civil Rights Acts; major changes in U.S. government in 35 years; accomplishments of the American people

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 76, October 2001," LBJ Library (Item)

Among Issue Number LXVI, October, 2001 Retiring LBJ Library and Museum Director Harry Middleton, with Incoming Director Betty Sue Flowers Story on page two Our Next Director Archivist of the United States John Carlin has named Betty Sue Flowers

Oral history transcript, Bromley Smith, interview 2 (II), 9/25/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

CIA. M: So, on Vietnam, to use Truman's old phrase, the buck really did stop at the President? S: He listened to the arguments and the presentations and the papers. And on occasion, out of that Tuesday lunch he'd go to the bigger group--the Security

Oral history transcript, Frank Stanton, interview 2 (II), 7/22/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of unfair coverage in Vietnam, or unfair analysis? S: Oh, yes. Bill Moyers did, and Bob McNamara did. But that went with the turf. You know, Truman did, Eisenhower did. We did a debate with Khrushchev--no, not a debate; we did "Face the Nation

Folder, "Newspaper Clippings [1947]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 29 (Item)

, however, asserted olerance, con- that it was impossible under the law to pay displaced persons and 's declaration that profits,. If any, would be kept the following by Mr. Cohen "and his associates." Senator Brewster, according to existence of 1 aiainst
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Oral history transcript, Merrell F. "Pop" Small, interview 1 (I), 8/20/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: MERRELL F. SMALL INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Small's residence, Sacramento, California Tape 1 of 2, Side 1 G: Let's start with your going to work for Senator [Thomas] Kuchel. S: Well, Eisenhower was elected in 1952

Folder, "Luci's Parties," Bess Abell Files, White House Social Files, Box 32 (Item)

Washington University. Se has a telephone which may be in the new book, or you can get through in formation, if you ever need some young man on the guest list. Jon's father used to be with Dept. of Justice under Tom Clark, and I guess it was Harry Truman who

Oral history transcript, Terry Sanford, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was saying, "Don't worry about that, we'll I don't know where I'll be." But he was pressing me. And then Lou Harris was a student at Chapel Hill when I was, I had known him-F: You're talking about the pollster? S: Yes. I'd kept in touch with him

Oral history transcript, Kenneth M. Birkhead, interview 1 (I), 1/10/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)

with the White House and with Mr. Truman in the 1948 campaign. Ba: This is when you were associate director of public relations for the National Committee? Bi: That's correct. That was the title which basically hid the fact that there were a group of us

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 41, September 11-14, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 22 [2 of 2] (Item)

am ready to hazard an opinion, to which I did not come easily or lightly, that Harry Truman will even tually win a place as President, if not as a hero, alongside Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt." For it was not as clear then as it is now
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Oral history transcript, Paul A. Porter, interview 1 (I), 10/2/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that Harry Truman admired Lyndon Johnson. F: You were very much involved in things like the Truman Doctrine and the Palestinean question and so on. Did Senator Johnson show much interest in that, or was he primarily interested in domestic affairs? P

President's Daily Diary entry, 4/25/1964 (Item)

family To Oval Room w/ Gov Brown Dr Dobie Meeting w/ Gov Brown et al coded Ken O'Donnell tell Tom Vail George Reedy also Dr Dobie JV departed Photo in Flower Garden w/ Tom Vail Dr Dobie also Dual Room by Cecil Pres Truman re lunch today Geo Reedy left Geo

Oral history transcript, Nelson M. Bortz, interview 1 (I), 10/24/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

at the University of North Dakota, I received a telegram from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U . S . Department of Labor inquiring as to whether I was available as a statistical clerk, CAF-2, $1,440 per year . This was in the spring of 1935 . I replied

Oral history transcript, Fleur Cowles, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

all else in life - friendship. Working at speech-writing in Washington I had favorably caught the eye of the wonderful man, Eugene Meyer, owner of the Washington Post, father of the present owner, Katherine Graham. He was so close to Harry Truman
received worldwide as the founder of Flair; Cowles' work as a "personal ambassador" of President Dwight Eisenhower; Cowles' friendships with foreign dignitaries; how Cowles got involved with government work during President Harry Truman's administration
Oral history transcript, Fleur Cowles, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1994, by Harry Middleton

Folder, "5/17/65 - Exchange of Toasts Between the President and President Chung Hee Park at a State Dinner," Statements Files, Box 146 (Item)

•:>c.ln Director, Office of Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affah-s H. E. 8t Mrs. Yong Shik Kim Permanent Observer of Korea to the UN The Vice President & Mrs. Humphrey The Secretary oi State & Mrs. Rusk Mr. Justice & Mrs. Black The Secretary of Agriculture

Folder, "Johnson, Lyndon B. [1941-1955]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 14 (Item)

light of his career in the chamber had been his chairmanship of a group known as the Preparedness Subcommittee of the Senate Armed Services Committee, the current ver sion of the war-investigating body which Senator Harry S. Truman headed in World War
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Reference File, "Dogs (Johnson family's)" (Item)

. Mohammad Heikal, President Nasser 's confidant, argues in one ofhis books (in Arabic) that shortly after the 1967 war President Johnson invited a number ofArab ambassadors to a meeting at the State Department. According to Heikal's story, the president

Reference File, "Dogs (Johnson family's)" (Item)

. Mohammad Heikal, President Nasser 's confidant, argues in one ofhis books (in Arabic) that shortly after the 1967 war President Johnson invited a number ofArab ambassadors to a meeting at the State Department. According to Heikal's story, the president

Folder, "Longoria, Felix [Newspaper Articles] [1 of 2]," Pre-Presidential Confidential Files, Box 3 (Item)

, that Mr. Truman has hurt ,shuttmg of_... f1llbust ers. And th.at s I approach. It makes me groan when the feeling of his more sensitive leg- I the way it is, taxpayers. Piec: iI sit in the press galley and figure 1 isaltors. Take Sen. Russell. He told

Oral history transcript, Mary Lasker, interview 3 (III), 1/11/1984, by Clarence Lasby (Item)

: In health or what? CL: Yes. It's about the health insurance struggle under the Truman Administration. It's a good book [Harry Truman Versus the Medical Lobby: The Genesis of Medicare]. ML: Is it? CL: You're mentioned in there many times I would say

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Presentation of the Portrait of Bess Truman to the White House, 4/18/1968" (Item)

OF THE PORTRAIT OF BESS TR UMAN TO THE WHITE HOUSE This is a very happy occasion for me. For I have long felt that the Wbite House should have a portrait of Mrs. Truman. lt was not easy to get tbe lady 1 s permission. In typical modesty, she put me off seve!'al
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Presentation of the Portrait of Bess Truman to the White House, 4/18/1968"

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 99: Oct. 10‑15, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 40 (Item)

, Sec. 3.4 NlJ . 93 -.;,.;> I ,; 0 'N~ Date l -.>t>-9'/ .. OCTO-BER : •·12 ;_. l96 8 -~_'i_.DREV - PtARSON~s ··:coLtiMN.~~tHIS ) !ORN ING :MAKES:. TWO· NEW RE?EAT· ~E~f-ALLEGATIONS ·. CONCERNING. VICE. PRESIDENT · HU!PHRE.Y .ANO THE ';VIETNAM' ·VAR
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Oral history transcript, Roland Boyd, interview 1 (I), 6/4/1985, by Dave McNeely (Item)

histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Boyd -- I -- 9 crossways. G: There's a story that's told that after the [1948 primary] election, when Truman came through Texas on that whistlestop tour--and I think spent the night at Bonham, didn't
it related to Harry Truman becoming president; LBJ's 1956 victory over Allan Shivers for control of the Texas delegation to the Democratic National Convention; U.S. Senator Bill Blakely; LBJ's use of district managers to organize his campaigns; Estes

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 46, 15 January 1990," LBJ Library (Item)

9,000volume library on Congress and pro vided some funds to promote the scholarly study of Congress. The chief representatives of the two institutional sponsors who have been most involved in plans for the encyclopedia are Harry Middleton, Director of the LBJ

Lyndon Johnson's Tel-Address Book, [VP Period, Retired on November 22, 1963] (Item)

'- . · · · - 529, F~~th;: A,venue;·; ~,· ~ ·:C~. 1 ;::'.' :.' '::· ; /·ll . _· . . . . . 1 . · 6561 S~unders $tre~t . · . ':· . · , -' ! '.u• .. TW 6-02$6 ·. ·· 1 · _.. · .·\.' u:. '(.· .,. · · · · '. ·:. · COOR ' . · . . . . ~-FoTett-Hilb '. Long I•land -~·-·1

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 21 (XXI), 8/10/1981-8/11/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and pushed by [President Harry] Truman. On the other hand, Truman vetoed the Taft-Hartley Act. Lyndon had voted for it. There were lots of big things going that we were to hear a lot about in a build-up over the years. The Supreme Court passed a ruling
with Stuart Symington; tidelands legislation; LBJ's relationship with the oil industry; President Harry Truman's speech announcing the establishment of a commission on civil rights; LBJ's opinion of the Fair Employment Practices Commission and poll taxes

Oral history transcript, Henry H. Fowler, interview 1 (I), 1/10/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

an appointment as Economic Adviser to the U. S. Mission for Economic Affairs in London and applied from that point for commission in the United States Navy, thinking I might with a 2-20 vision, very bad eye sight, become a Navy man overseas, and not have
O’Brian; U.S. Mission for Economic Affairs; Lend-Lease; D-Day invasion; Morgenthau; Krupp industrial empire; German occupation; Potsdam Meeting; Cold War; private law practice; Harry Truman; Joseph McCarthy; Tax Reduction Bill; 1964 Revenue Act; JFK-LBJ

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

. So the impression I got when I was a kid [was] that Grandmama didn't like boys, because she said Lyndon wouldn't mind her. See, that's just all it was. She'd ask him to do something and he was gone, and that's just about hi s character, too

Oral history transcript, Bromley Smith, interview 1 (I), 7/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

to be certain that anything he did did not contribute to creating an awkward situation between the Vice President and the President. M: Of course he had been in the White House himself under the Truman years and knew-- S: He'd been in the Bureau

Oral history transcript, Ernest W. McFarland, interview 1 (I), 2/8/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

it will be no recommendation. take about three ,.;reeks. We can battle it out on the floor.· I can't tell you how i t ' l l go." Harry Truman ,.;ras always good-natured. He kind of grinned and said, "You told me there'd be trouble about this thing." say anything

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 36, 15 February 1986," LBJ Library (Item)

Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson w re always the bearers of good news. A President in those days seeing on his appointment calen dar that he had an appointment with his economist knew they w r corning in to discuss

Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 1 (I), 10/23/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Baker -- I -- 3 fourteen in January of 1943, which means that I met and had known and had gone through World War II with all the trials and tribulations of the war with Harry Truman and President

Oral history transcript, Sam Low, interview 1 (I), 6/9/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

of clients who were old friends of Tampico days . I left Mr . Davies'office . And Harry Polk and I established a partnership, and we were together for about four years, came the Depression . I guess . Then Nobody was making any money and Harry decided
activities in Chile with Board of Economic Warfare; LBJ’s 1948 campaign for the Senate; the Taft-Hartley Act and LBJ’s relationship with labor forces; LBJ’s enemies in the 1940’s and 1950’s; Coke Stevenson; Clint Small; Wright Morrow; Dan Moody’ J. Evetts

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 72, January 2000," LBJ Library (Item)

in the world. As he often did, Harry Truman put it most pungently when he called the White House "the crown jewel in the penal system." He advised his successor, Dwight Eisenhower, "If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog." Thomas told a packed LBJ

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 20 (XX), 2/20/1981-2/21/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, but not lately." Henry Wallace was going around the country decrying our policy, Truman's policy, of getting tough with Russia. He was making statements that irked a whole lot of folks, including us, and finally eventually Truman himself, enough that he asked
at KTBC; attending the State of the Union Message; 1947 legislative issues; Aunt Effie's estate; President Truman sending Herbert Hoover to Europe to study food and fuel shortages; Mrs. Johnson's pregnancy; the backyard and garden at the 30th Place house

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 43, September 21-30, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 23 (Item)

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Folder, [Correspondence and clippings from James and Peter Mangan], Papers of James W. Mangan, Box 1 (Item)

was on President Harry S. Truman's order. "It stuck out like a sore thumb. campaign train elsewhere in Texas. DurAlso, the last 2D2names were made with ing a campaign stop in Temple, Truman the same colored ink, and In the same brought Johnson to his side

Folder, "Longoria, Felix [Correspondence] [2 of 2]," Pre-Presidential Confidential Files, Box 3 (Item)

angled in -&IV' ot t heir tam.ilT ~awls 1 misunieratandinp or di• .-mt s llfhich is 1111uall.7 the case 1 . even when thq go to lq svq a dear one. With kindest regards , I am SincerelT yotr 1, \~~ :.J bee: ·ex_,_:, Trade B. B17an, President Senator

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