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

can release the atom, and we cannot even have a cessation of 50- called brush wars. I often feel that despite the New Deal, the country's just about where it was, lacking a major depression, that it was in 1930. covered poverty. We suddenly redis
; assessment of the Cold War; achievement's of LBJ's administration

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 5, 25 April 1975," LBJ Library (Item)

, 1963; the State of the Union message in which he declared the "War on Poverty," January, 1964; "The American Promise," a Specia Message to Congress on Civil Rights, March 15, 1964; and the speech in which he declared a bombing halt and announced his

Folder, "THE HARVEST OF AMERICAN RACISM: The Political Meaning of Violence in the Summer of 1967," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Series 7, Box 1 (Item)

meetings between the police· and city council, the poverty organization and the city council, the youngsters and the mayor. In the evening·a crowd of 150-200 young adults aged 18-35, not to be outdone by the youngsters, gathered for an openair meeting

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/3/1965 (Wednesday) (Item)

o r and t h e n a b o u t 4 : 0 0 o ’ c l o c k t h e r e was a s h i f t o f g e a r s t o t h e war on p o v e r t y , S a r g e n t S h r i v e r h ad a s k e d me i f I w ould i n v i t e th e A d v is o r y C o u n c il o f th e War on P o v e r
Welfare and War on Poverty
Lady Bird visits with Mr. and Mrs. Laurance Rockefeller about Beautification; Lady Bird meets with Sargent Shriver and Advisory Council of the War on Poverty; Job Corps; Shriver asks Lady Bird to sponsor Head Start; Lady Bird visits with Mary Lasker

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 25, 7 May 1982," LBJ Library (Item)

to Washington to take up positions as privates in the war against the corrosive impact of the Great Depression and poverty .... Washington was an exciting, evolving, changing city m 1934, as it is now. BuL it was much different then. It was more like a small

Oral history transcript, Chris Dixie, interview 1 (I), 3/23/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

he had done what he had done with his War on Poverty and the civil rights bill and so forth. Frankly when I heard him make his speech, the one we call "We Shall Overcome, II I was really taken in and thought that Lyndon's finest hour had come

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 42, 15 February 1988," LBJ Library (Item)

: Appalachia & the War on Poverty"; Ning Gu, "China Policy in Johnson Administration"; Lawrence Jacobs, "lnstitulional Change in the U.S. and Britain: National Health Service Act of 1946 and the Medicare Act of 1965"; Padmanabh Karnath, "Exec utive Privilege

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

to depict only the high points in the outpouring of legislation that represents the Great Society. Concentrating on civil rights, education, health, the War on Poverty, and conservation, displays show how these programs actually touched the lives of millions

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 16, 15 May 1979," LBJ Library (Item)

of key issues." The objectives set forth, Conway insisted, will be South Florida), Civil Rights; Mark Gelfand (Boston College), "fully supported in a political context by the citizenry only The War on Poverty; Hugh Davis Graham (University of when

Oral history transcript, Alan S. Boyd, interview 2 (II), 12/18/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 7 his public image as a result of the Vietnam War, and this has made it impossible
of the Department of Transportation; Urban Mass Transit; Maritime Administration; National Transportation Safety Board; appointment as Secretary and confirmation; reflections on LBJ; domestic legislative achievements; international relations; effects of Vietnam War

Oral history transcript, Richard M. Scammon, interview 1 (I), 3/3/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

to a military government unit. Then at the end of the war these people who were in military government working for the Army were transferred from military to civilian status. At the end of the war I was in a little kreis in northern Wurttemberg, in Bad

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

to him during his presidency. It was no secret to him that he was using up all of his ability to get things done. He recognized it, acknowledged it, talked about how his time was short and he was willing to--during the war people had what they called
the Vietnam War changed under Richard Nixon's leadership; fear of Chinese and Soviet involvement in Vietnam; comparing LBJ's and Bill Clinton's sources of information; the relationships between presidents and former presidents; LBJ's great capacity for taking

Folder, "October 23, 1967 - 5:36 p.m. Democratic Leadership," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

more in inflation than in taxes unless something is done. I do not believe Congress will want to cut much out of the budget. In my judgment, Foreign Aid and poverty will take the big cuts. (The President then asked all the members of the staff except

Oral history transcript, James C. Gaither, interview 3 (III), 1/17/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

matter. And various things There were other assignments that I got in connection with the National Alliance of Businessmen, and really all of the manpower programs for that matter. And others relating to OEO and the War on Poverty. P: In your

Oral history transcript, William S. White, interview 2 (II), 3/10/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

, do you attribute it to any one thing? Were there any sort of straw, so to speak? W: I think there were, of course, several things, as is usually the case. I suppose, simplfying it somewhat, that the big thing was the war in Viet Nam, and President
Criticism of LBJ’s domestic programs and Vietnam War credibility gap; polls; DNC; Vietnam settlement; appraisal of LBJ; relationship with Lady Bird.

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 58 (LVIII), 12/13/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of wanting to continue to move people out of poverty, but [we were] dealing with two other realities. One was the loss of the liberal majority in the House. So, rather than go for the more poverty poverty programs, it was hard for people to argue against

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

the war years. As you would expect for a woman, part of it was giving out recipes. I really am not a specialist in home ec!! But I also gave the news and we had live music. K: And that was during the war period? G: That was during the mid-forties
with the White House; War on Poverty; changes in professions open to women; today

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 22 (XXII), 2/23/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was delivered; how do you administer millions and millions of claims? When we got into areas like family planning, like training, like health clinics, like the poverty program, we were teaching people. We were trying to draw the lines between--we were trying

Oral history transcript, Morris Abram, interview 1 (I), 3/20/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, of course at the same time he was mounting a war on poverty. Did the two movements come together at the conference? Was there any focus on the War on Poverty at the Civil Rights Conference? A: When did he establish the Conference on Economic Opportunity

Oral history transcript, Jerome P. Cavanagh, interview 1 (I), 3/22/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

basis they dealt with us on, as long as we were able to get these programs and money. F: In these early War on Poverty days did mayors like you and Richard Daley and John Lindsay pretty much support the administration's efforts? C: Yes. John Lindsay
Political background; LBJ's support of poverty program in Detroit; use of phrase "The Great Society" and how it began; role of Public Officials Advisory Committee; Detroit Freedom March with MLK in 1963; creation of HUD; Model City program; U.S

Oral history transcript, George R. Davis, interview 1 (I), 2/13/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

patience," and so on--and some other passages of that kind. In one of the passages--the exact location slips my mind right now--it had to do with charity and the implications of education. It was when he was making quite a struggle for the poverty program

Oral history transcript, Roy Millenson, interview 2 (II), 6/5/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: No, I didn't handle poverty. G: The other perhaps also was not relevant to you. A new daycare provision related to the War on Poverty that he introduced. M: No. I just sort of remember right around the edges, but I didn't work on that. G

Folder, "[July 1967 - May 1968 Meetings with Correspondents]," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

not promise anything and did not agree to anything on the Middle East. 11 He wants us to withdraw to pre-war lines. Then Kosygin says he would be for maritime passage and territorial integrity. 11 The President said Kosygin lost face at the UN and lost

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 21, 15 January 1981," LBJ Library (Item)

, reflecting th variety of research potential in the Library, include Pre idential policy making, the War on Poverty, congressional relat10ns, the federal judiciary, and the economy. Several relate to U.S. policy in other nations, including South AfriLa

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 40 (XL), 12/21/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

," with full funding [of] Medicare, Medicaid, Elementary and Secondary Education, all these programs. Okay? The War on Poverty, full funding, that's the second item in this list. Then he goes to foreign aid, and we start all these international health programs

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 52 (LII), 8/15/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

wanted something he could stick at them. "You signed the confession. Therefore, remember that." G: Anything on his relationship with George Meany during this battle? C: I think he liked Meany personally. I mean, Meany stayed with him on the war. He'd

Folder, "Ex FG 618 Federal Executive Board," WHCF FG, Box 372 (Item)

of the Budget Governor Farris Bryant Director Office of Emergency Planning Neal Peterson Office of the Vice President 11:30 - 12:15 Rural Poverty 12:15 - Lunch - CSC Executive ltoom 1:15 1:15 - 6:00* (Break 3: 30 - and Outreach Orvil le Freeman

Folder, "Gen JL 9 Alien Property, 11/22/63 - 7/31/65," WHCF JL, Box 42 (Item)

. WaahiDqton, D. c. 20009 April 27, 1965 Bonoral>l• a.uy •• Powl•r Secnt.ary of the Tnuury Wubi119ton, D. C. 20220 Dear 11r. Secreurya I vaa 9rante4 an award by the roreip Clailla Settlaaent oc •••ion in Poland cturincJ World war II, in the for property loaau
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This folder is from the WHCF category for JUDICIAL - LEGAL MATTERS, subcategory WAR CLAIMS - ALIEN PROPERTY.

Folder, "Wallace, Henry A. [1943]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 24 (Item)

■ war, He knowa the "i r goal ie to get to Berlin st swp ton.rd th, I. He ia u t t eljt'1 loyal and th• carping and 'roldo aa soon aa poss! . oritioisa of the sma.11 1n s _ri t oo■pl ste trj- fear aa me81linl freedoa l• looks on f r eedoa

Oral history transcript, Palmer Hoyt, interview 1 (I), 7/29/1970, by David G. McComb (Item)

, but when the war came along . . . . After the war, I knew him better. He was a commander in the navy, as you know. He sometimes has blamed me for getting him into national politics. In fact, he said that out here when he was visiting Denver a couple
How Hoyt met LBJ; Hoyt’s role as domestic director of the Office of War Information; Sam Rayburn; LBJ’s persuasive techniques; staying the night at the White House visiting with LBJ; LBJ’s public relations; 1960 election; Hoyt’s appointment

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 43 (XLIII), 3/28/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

-ons by congressional action or because of the war in Vietnam. Secondly, we scrapped an idea that [Henry "Joe"] Fowler had, to get a congressional resolution for--in effect directing the President to reduce expenditures, and instead just went

Oral history transcript, Herman Talmadge, interview 1 (I), 7/17/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of the other programs that Senator Johnson continued or offered that year and the following year, Nedicare, the Poverty Program? T: Well, he was responsible for passing the legislative program which President Kennedy had espoused with poor results. Of course

Oral history transcript, Arthur E. Goldschmidt and Elizabeth Wickenden Goldschmidt, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

really very impJrtant situation where he subsequently felt he would have done better. M: Can you tell me about that? W: No, I don't want to go into it in detail. M: You can restrict this. W: It has to do with the poverty program. I was one

Oral history transcript, David Ginsburg, interview 4 (IV), 11/11/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. This is the governors. MG: Right, state. How about War on Poverty? Did you get a sense of how the poverty program was either helping or not helping in terms of riots? DG: Much that we saw was good, and most that we saw within the cities was inadequate. Head Start
; concern that the Commission's recommendations would compete with funding for the Vietnam War; Victor Palmieri; how Califano kept the Commission's work and report from being studied or implemented; Harry McPherson; Fred Harris; conflict between

Oral history transcript, George McGovern, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

about it. When I came back in with forceful criticism was after the 1964 election when it became clear to me that the administration was not moving towards a resolution of the war but in effect were getting ready to try to win it militarily. middle
Biographical information; 1960 visit with LBJ; Soviet wheat proposal; critic of U.S. involvement in Vietnam; 1965 meeting with LBJ; Senator Frank Church; cessation of communications between President and Senate critics; efforts to end the war; White

Oral history transcript, Barry Zorthian, interview 1 (I), 5/6/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

political stability in Vietnam, to achieve progress in the war. One of the subjects was press relations. Carl Rowan was appointed to chair a group to consider the whole question of press relations, and what arrangements could and should be made in regard
O'Clock Follies" press conference; accusations of false optimism about Vietnam, as in McNamara's "light at the end of the tunnel" statement; persistent pessimism about Vietnam in the press; quantifying the war, as in body counts; the Hamlet Evaluation

Oral history transcript, Frank F. Mankiewicz, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

it was the first of · February--you can check the date because it was a Sunday and it was the day th~t Sargent Shriver's appointment was announced to ' the newspapers as the C~mmanding General of the War on Poverty--! came to Washington as the d:lrec tor
Educational and professional background; work with the 1964 Task Force on Poverty under leadership of Sargent Shriver; concept of community action; Shriver’s management style in Peace Corps, task force and OEO; funding of Community Action Agency

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 16, December 1 - 13, 1966 [3 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 11 [2 of 2] (Item)

ourselves. -- In the war on poverty, again, the federal government can lead, but the states and local communities must contribute their proper share of the resources and most of the ideas and plans and dedicated people. And in the end, the defeat of poverty

Folder, "Peace Data [removed from binder ][1941] [2 of 2]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 15 (Item)

. ••••• Another pioture of two. Awoma.n whom females, sex-conscious, had recently voted the most valuable woman in a nation was being driven North by a chauffeur at the moment the woman's money paid those who involved millions into the will to war to pre serve

Folder, "5/22/1948, Speech by Congressman Johnson, "The Challenge of a New Day"," Statements Files, Box 6 (Item)

The nations only by restoring conditions of the World can their internal That demands a free flow 0£ goods in the channels ot inter prosperity. market; the World about Amerio&. on poverty and hunger. overcome those war-breeding national to help

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