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  • , understood that the Court fight was only the rationalization for a general revolt against what was considered by [Farley?] Wheeler and Garner and [Joseph] O'Mahoney to be a threat to their own power. F: This was the first thing you could get a grip
  • with the Kennedy family; Joe Kennedy's proposal to make LBJ run for president in 1960 with JFK as his running mate.
  • that policy, as indeed I had under President Kennedy, too. I would sometimes write a column--my wife and I saw them, him and Mrs. Johnson, very often at the White House, probably during those years, almost once a week at least in a very private way
  • -plated plums" and said it would be helpful to him on future votes to be in the position of extending the invitation to Mexico City to Mansfield, Dirksen, [George] Aiken and [Paul] Douglas and [Joseph] Montoya, obviously. I had been aware of it and I would
  • -Personnel Mine. Sen. E. Kennedy Z/18 Army $1, 500, 000 contract to Electronic Modules Corp., Timonium, Md., for classified electronic components. Sen. Se~. Rep. Rep. Z/18 Air Force $10, 000, 000 contract to Lockheed Aircraft Corp., Marietta, Ga
  • in the delegation. When I came to Congress, the delegations was much more conservative, as that word· is generally understood, than it is today, for example. There were many senior members, such as Fritz Lanham, Hatton Sumners, Milton West, Mr. [Joseph] Mansfield
  • ://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
  • Celebrezze, Anthony J. (Anthony Joseph), 1910-
  • of Maine fr mansion Senator Herman Talmadge of George fr mansion Jim Rowe Governor Philip Hoff Burlington Vermont fr mansion Mayor Joseph Barr Pittsburg Pa fr mansion Robert Anderson NYC fr mansion Senator Mike Mansfield Montana fr mansion Frank Smith
  • , National Rifle Assoc. James C. Gross, Exec. Director, Natl. Assn, of Travel Organizations Charles Colson, Attorney, New England Council Fred B. Lifton, Director, Government Relations Dept. , Outboard Boating Club Joseph W. Panfold, Conservation Director
  • . Ronald Brooks Cameron off record Cong. Cameron presented to the President a Philatelic Memorial Plaque for the Lyndon B Johnson library. The plaque and the one accompanying it are similar to the originals which may be seen in the John Fitzgerald Kennedy
  • RECORD To Cabinet Room for National Security Council Meeting ATTENDANCE: Under Secy of State George Ball Assistant Secy of State Joseph Palmer Secy of Defense McNamara Assistant Secy of Defense John McNaughton Director of OEP, Farris Bryant Director
  • a big part in the success of my (Rostow's) Japanese trip last year." Mr. Rostow suggested it would be a great experience in his life to meet the Pres for a few minutes and the mtg possibly could shape the Eddie Joseph OFF RECORD and Edwin Tobolowsky
  • - re get up a report of his press conferences in w/ Presidents Kennedy and Eisenhower^ Henry Wilson (pl) MW (pl ) MW (pl) comparison Watching the news on TV and working his signing desk w/ vm Departed the White House alone -- and motored
  • , 1969 INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR. INTERVIEWER: Joe B. Frantz PLACE: Mr. Califano's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 F: Joe, we're going to talk about various bits and pieces today, and I thought we'd go back and cover that period
  • See all online interviews with Joseph A. Califano
  • Califano, Joseph A., 1931-
  • Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 4 (IV), 8/21/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan
  • Joseph A. Califano
  • contact with John F. Kennedy in that period? H: Yes. Together with Rear Admiral John D. Bulkeley, then Lt. Bulkeley-- I selected John F. Kennedy for PT boats, made him an instructor at the training school after he finished the course of instruction
  • on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Mahon -- I -- 4 governor of Texas, Governor [Joseph] Sayers, and then Buchanan. I myself became a chairman when Clarence Cannon of Hissouri died in office at age eighty plus
  • on, of course, Robert Kennedy picked him to head up the whole Mongoose Operation. My experience with him was that he was useful; you didn't have to accept all his judgments or ideas. And I was, I suppose, instrumental in getting him his generalship. I
  • Task Force; Edward Lansdale; August 24 cable; Averell Harriman; Roger Hilsman; Joseph Mendenhall; Ambassador Frederick Nolting (Vietnam); JFK assassination; LBJ; Vietnam; General Paul Harkins; Joint Chiefs of Staff; military reports from Vietnam
  • . Then it was shortly after that we started getting the responses of civil turmoil, and I can't remember whether it was that night or the next night where things erupted in Washington. I remember that [Joseph] Califano set up sort of a command post, I believe in his
  • Kennedy; LBJ’s meetings with potential 1968 candidates; the 1969 transition; LBJ/Nixon relationship; LBJ’s relationship with governors, including Connally; what happened to the LBJ staff after LBJ left office; George Reedy; RFK’s death; LBJ’s opinion
  • of the people that were connected with him who had connections with you. You mentioned [Ted] Sorensen as I recall, and connections through Kennedy which also brought you into contact with Lyndon Johnson. C: Well, my actual relationship with Lyndon Johnson
  • [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
  • Cohen, Wilbur J. (Wilbur Joseph), 1913-1987
  • started calling occasionally from the Majority Leader's office to my office. On one occasion, he called me and indicated that he was backing someone to get a job in the Kennedy Administration. The Kennedy people were against it. He thought this was a very
  • and its effect on LBJ; White House telephone line in DeLoach’s bedroom; how LBJ related to his aides. LBJ and the Kennedys, especially Bobby Kennedy; the relationship between the FBI and the Attorney General’s Office; surveillance of and interaction
  • INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH SWIDLER INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Swidler's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 G: Chairman Swidler, I wanted to begin by asking you to simply recall what you can of your knowledge of, and association
  • See all online interviews with Joseph C. Swidler
  • holding oral arguments; continuity on the FPC during the Kennedy-to-Johnson transition; work with Joe Califano; the November 1965 power blackout in the northeast U.S. and the FPC's role in investigating it; how the FPC went about gathering data
  • Swidler, Joseph C.
  • Oral history transcript, Joseph C. Swidler, interview 1 (I), 3/11/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Joseph C. Swidler
  • , was for Eisenhower in those days. I never saw him; he was running around. G: Do you have any convention stories? W: Yes, I was going to tell you. One of the fascinating things to me was taking a phone call from Ambassador Kennedy for Mr. Johnson. didn't listen
  • Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
  • was the first Democratic governor to endorse John Kennedy, which was a later very fortunate political benefit to the state, and Phil Hart loaned me, physically loaned me, to work in the Kennedy campaign, which I did for a period following and even up to, prior
  • of Amb.assador Joseph Kennedy, Palm Beach :, : ·speech, Democratic Party Dinner, Miami .... :. . .·,_ ....'.. ·September 11, 1964 . . . View Damage from Hurricane Dora, Jacksonville ,.Re·marks, Naval Air Station . . :··· . :_ September 15, 1964
  • in the midships office, and the first call he made was he asked that a call be placed to Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy. son both talked to her. That call came through and he and Mrs. John- Mrs. Johnson was crying as she was talking to Mrs. Kennedy. F: Could you tell
  • Valenti, Jack J. (Jack Joseph), 1921-2007
  • by focusing on your experiences from 1961 to 1965, serving both under President Johnson and President Kennedy. You were appointed the Director of the Bureau of the Census in 1961. S: Yes. G: This is a political appointment? S: Yes
  • INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR. INTERVIEWER: Joe B. Frantz PLACE: Mr. Califano's office, Washington, D. C. Tape 1 of 1 F: Let's talk about crises and the management of crises, your action in them, the degree of presidential involvement, the degree
  • See all online interviews with Joseph A. Califano
  • Califano, Joseph A., 1931-
  • Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 3 (III), 7/18/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan
  • Joseph A. Califano
  • , 1989 INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR., with comments by Marcel Bryar INTERVIEWER: Mike Gillette PLACE: Mr. Califano's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 C: On July 18 [1966] at the meeting of the Labor-Management Advisory Committee
  • See all online interviews with Joseph A. Califano
  • Califano, Joseph A., 1931-
  • Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 44 (XLIV), 3/29/1989, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Joseph A. Califano
  • that are significant in how the new president handled the grief that came in the wake of Kennedy's assassination? C: I remember the assassination well, and the body lying in state in the rotunda. I think if I had to comment as you're asking here, the transition
  • The transition from John F. Kennedy to LBJ and comparing the two men; the 1964 civil rights bill; moral versus legal arguments regarding civil rights; Alabama's opposition to civil rights legislation; the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955; George
  • the President through a letter or ask to go and see him? Because if he was that impressed by having our backing, then he'll be impressed by our dismay." I was kind of discouraged that Wiesner--he had been Kennedy's science adviser--said, "Oh, no. I think
  • Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
  • that the President wanted to see me. And when I went in to see the President he had gone into that little-bitty office that had once been a bathroom, but President Kennedy converted into a very small relaxation room. As Jack and I went down the corridor toward
  • , 1969 INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH L. RAUH, JR. INTERVIEWER: PAIGE MULHOLLAN PLACE: Mr. Rauh's office in Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 M: As a start, how soon after the assassination did Mr. Johnson contact you personally? R: I remember the assassination
  • See all online interviews with Joseph L. Rauh, Jr.
  • Visits with LBJ immediately after the Kennedy funeral; Rauh’s encouraging LBJ and John Connally to do something about desegregation; working with LBJ and Clarence Mitchell; LBJ criticizing the ADA; the convention of Atlantic City; Reuther; Dr
  • Rauh, Joseph L. (Joseph Louis), 1911-1992
  • Oral history transcript, Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., interview 3 (III), 8/8/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
  • Joseph L. Rauh, Jr.
  • Thursday W House Mansion May 28 1964 Breakfast Walter Jenkins fr mansion Bill Moyers fr mansion McGeo Bundy fr mansion Joint mt of Cabinet and Nat'l Security Council in State Dining Room over at Memorial for President Kennedy brief remarks Arr
  • LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh INTERVIEW V DATE: September 12, 1986 INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH W. BARR INTERVIEWER: Michael
  • See all online interviews with Joseph W. Barr
  • Barr, Joseph Walker, 1918-1996
  • Oral history transcript, Joseph W. Barr, interview 5 (V), 9/12/1986, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Joseph W. Barr
  • and Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon outgoing and a staunch friend of Senator Frank Carlson of Kansas the U. S. ! Senator Roman LHruska of Nebraska Senator Alan Bible of Nevada Senator Edward Kennedy of Mass. Senator George S. McGovern^ of South Dakota TOASTS
  • , 1987 INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR. INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Califano's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 C: Do you know how we hired Hugh Robinson? G: No. C: When I was in the Pentagon, Jack Valenti
  • See all online interviews with Joseph A. Califano
  • Califano, Joseph A., 1931-
  • Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 11 (XI), 10/28/1987, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Joseph A. Califano
  • ^/6? T o the Office and to the Fish Room OF F RECOR D where Secretary Fowler and Director Schultze were meeting with Congressional Liaison Officers Under Secretary Joseph Barr Purpose of the meeting is to discuss Josep h Bowman, TReasury Congressional
  • Tuesday White Hous e McGeorge Bundy Larry O'Brien Cong Joseph Montoya NM June 23 . 1964 Cong Wm Natcher of Ky Cong Jack Flynt of Ga Cong George Mahon of Tex Legislative Leader s Breakfas t - w / Senator Car l Hayde n Speaker McCormac k Senator
  • ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 4 introduce them to the subject of the Joseph Hirshhorn Collection, and to interest them in helping this to be acquired for the nation. course, was a pushover. And this, of This required no real effort beyond the effort
  • Connections with LBJ; dedication of Museum of History and Technology; Court of Claims Buildling; Corcoran Gallery of Arts; Joseph Hirshorn Collection; National Collection of Fine Arts; LBJ’s taste in art; Peter Hurd; Jimilu Mason; National Portrait
  • G., U.S.Catholic Conf. HIRSCH, Richard, Union of Ame. Hebrew Congregations JOHNSON,Joseph Carnegie Endowment of International Peace LARSEN,Arthur, Durham, N.Car. McVITTY,Edward, World I.aw Fund NELSON,Clifford, Columbia University PALFREY,John G
  • Kennedy and Robert Kennedy right after President Eisenhower's State of the Union address in January. Do you recall any of the significance to that meeting? R: No. I don't remember it at all, and I doubt if there was any unusual significance