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Vice-President's Daily Diary entry, 4/13/1961 (Item)
  • swearing-in of Sargent Shriver; Sec of State's reception room; State Dept bldg arrived P-28 Sec McNamara Ed Welsh Cliff Carter with Charlie Woodson and Ben Woodson Mr. Gilpatrick (Ambassador to Thailand) Reynaldo Garza VP opened the Senate pix with Dr. Bill
President's Daily Diary entry, 5/12/1964 (Item)
  • Mrs Johnson Sargent Shriver Meeting w/ Larry O'Brien WJ in Oval Room Mansion Cong Phil Landrum Operator Have my car sent to Diplomatic Entrance right away Walking to Washington Hotel w/ WJ to drop in on the REA Dinner by car Return to White House w
President's Daily Diary entry, 10/11/1966 (Item)
  • City Theodore S. Repplier, International Round Tables, The Advertising Council, Inc Bernard Rosenberg, President, Cameo Curtains, Inc. , New Rochelle, NY Mrs. Rt Sargent Shriver, Exec VP, Joseph Kennedy Foundation, Wash., DC George Tarjan, M. D. , Univ
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 74, January 2001," LBJ Library (Item)
  • Ben Sargent recently came by the Library to look at sever­ al speciaJ items in Museum storage. They are relics of the time when drawings in books and newspapers were made using a technique known as stereotype printing, which required cartoon "mats
Oral history transcript, Ben W. Heineman, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTERVIEWEE: BEN W. HEINEMAN INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ More on LBJ Library oral histories: http
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  • Heineman, Ben W., 1914-2012
  • Oral history transcript, Ben W. Heineman, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
  • Ben W. Heineman
Folder, "Task Forces: Membership Lists," Reference File (Item)
  • and Veterans 1968 Task Force on Workmen's Disability Income Stewart Orville Udall Freeman 12/1/67 10/26/67 Sargent Shriver Alan Boyd Robert McNamara 1/19/68 No date 11/22/67 10/19/67 Betty Furness Ramsey Clark No date 10/68 Eugene V. Ros tow Wilbur
President's Daily Diary entry, 9/16/1966 (Item)
  • --Houseguests Retired ATTENDANCE AT BUDGET MEETING, page 6 William Driver, Veterans Administration -- and John Shytle Ralph Roberts - DOS Robert Seamans, NASA --and Willis Shapley Sargent Shriver, OEO -- and Robert Lennie Hon. John W. Gardner, HEW -- and James
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 34, 15 July 1985," LBJ Library (Item)
  • " Moderator: Douglass Cater Panelists: James MacGregor Bums James Farmer Barbara C. Jordan Nan Robertson 11:00a.m. "'fl1e J#:zrOn Poverty" Moderator: Ray Marshall Panelists: Arthur I. Blaustein Rossie D. Kelly Lawrence F. O'Brien Otis A. Singletary R. Sargent
Oral history transcript, Morris Abram, interview 2 (II), 5/3/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • a lot of bricks and arrows. But he decided that he would not let us be the chairmen of the new conference. It made Bill madder than hell, and LBJ brought in Ben Heineman, who was a businessman, to run it. I think Ben Heineman is an extremely competent
  • Conference in 1965; Ben Heineman; Bayard Rustin; problems with enactment of civil rights legislation; LBJ’s lack of support from Georgia in 1964; trip to Atlanta with the U.N. Subcommission for the Prevention of Discrimination and the Protection of Minorities
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 29, 1 November 1983," LBJ Library (Item)
  • friend, Ben Crider, and come to this hillside college to study under Professor Greene. He took a room over President Evans' garage and made his way by painting the garag for extra money. Here he learned about people and politics and liked \\ hat ht
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 77, March 2002," LBJ Library (Item)
  • dentally. That happened because of Harry Middleton and his leadership.'· Director Harry Middleton Pulitzer-Prize winning political cartoonist Ben Sargent presents Middleton with the framed original of the caricature he crafted for Middleton's retirement
Oral history transcript, Jack T. Conway, interview 1 (I), 8/13/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • took place I think on the week of the fourteenth or fifteenth of March. Lyndon Johnson flew to Atlantic City and spoke to the UAW convention on the very day that he sent the OEO message to the Congress. By this time Sargent Shriver had already been
  • Biographical information; community organizing; Saul Alinsky; evolution of the War on Poverty; OEO legislation; Sargent Shriver; Labor Department; HEW; Community Action Program; urban affairs task force; Dick Boone; Fred Hayes; political problems
Oral history transcript, Joseph Laitin, interview 3 (III), 2/13/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • invited to the Library dedication; LBJ reading the news ticker in his office; Tony Sargent; traveling on Air Force One; Liz Carpenter’s humor group and Ben Wattenberg; LBJ’s desire to control the press in Austin; Luci’s engagement announcement; an incident
Oral history transcript, Drew Pearson, interview 1 (I), 4/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • -and-so from Austin, or so-and-so from Beaumont." Finally Ben Cohen said, "Lyndon, now why don't you just tell us the fellows that aren't from Texas. It would save you some time!" F: He was definitely a Texas Congressman at that time. P: Oh, he
President's Daily Diary entry, 3/1/1968 (Item)
  • Joseph, Marina, 14 Mary Edward 12 Mary Victor, 11 Mary Margaret. 10 1:00p Back 1:01p t 1:01p 1:15p 1, and his mother. Mrs . Anthon y Re 9 8 Elizabeth, 6 Joan. 5 Ellen, abc 3 to Oval Ofc ~ Sen. Hon. Everett Dirksen Sargent Shriver OFF RECORD 1968
President's Daily Diary entry, 5/10/1967 (Item)
  • it certainly did not look dietetic. send pics to OEO for ident — OFF RECORD: Business Leadership Advisory Council " Hon. Sargent Shriver, Director, OEO The President was prepared Mr. Richard H. Carter. President. Fostoria Corp. , Fostoria, Ohio for this meeting
President's Daily Diary entry, 9/9/1966 (Item)
  • MARY AIMEE order, weeb this year given because of Vatican SISTER MARY FRANCi S Council, relaxed rules permitting "wARD C. D., National Assn. of Counties WARREN, Audrey G. , House Committee on Public Works them to attend certain Conferences and WEST, Ben
Oral history transcript, Elizabeth Wickenden Goldschmidt, interview 1 (I), 11/6/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Goldschmidt- -15 instance, Johnson was very devoted to Ben Cohen, though philosophically, especially in later
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 32, 1 November 1984," LBJ Library (Item)
  • . Portrait of Woodr w Wilson by John Singer Sargent Wood engraving print, "Martin Luther King" by Ben Shahn Bronze relief of Theodore Roosevelt by James E. Fraser Paintings relating to Vietnam: "Bobby" (left) and "Landscape" (right) by Ned Broderick 7
Oral history transcript, Stephen J. Pollak, interview 2 (II), 1/29/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • in 1964. I was working in the Solicitor General's Office and had no relationship to the task force. Sargent Shriver came back from overseas on February 2, and assumed the chairmanship of the task force. I watched through the newspapers what was going
Oral history transcript, Ben Wattenberg, interview 1 (I), 11/23/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • , 1968 INTERVIEHEE: BEN J. HATTENBERG INTERVIEHER: T. HARRI BAKER PLACE: Hr. \vattenberg' s office, Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 2 B: This is an interview ,-lith Ben Hattenberg, speech writer. :Hr. Wattenberg, to start out
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  • Wattenberg, Ben J., 1933-
  • Oral history transcript, Ben Wattenberg, interview 1 (I), 11/23/1968, by T.H. Baker
  • Ben Wattenberg
Oral history transcript, R. Sargent Shriver, interview 1 (I), 8/20/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • INTERVIEWEE: SARGENT SHRIVER INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: Mr. Shriver's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 3 G: Feel free to deviate from this outline. This is primarily designed to trigger memories and to amplify things that you may think
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  • Shriver, Sargent, 1915-2011
  • Oral history transcript, R. Sargent Shriver, interview 1 (I), 8/20/1980, by Michael L. Gillette
  • R. Sargent Shriver
Folder, "Boggs, Hale (Cong.) 11/1/1963 - 12/31/1964," Name Files, WHCF, Box B-330 (Item)
  • office ot ,q:E.nst SUame W.a baa al.ree.47a4v1ae4 you for p,.rdon ot Mr. Charle• 114l.etoa, I simply vantecl to fall.av through vitb ·• in the petition Mr. Jte1141eton's request bu ben approncl 'b7 tbe Secretary of tbe llt.vy an4 'b7 tbe Attorney
Folder, "Caption Information," Office Files of Yoichi Okamoto, Box 2 (Item)
  • Robert Young Marianne Means Hugh Flaherty Robert Semple Lurence Stern Stanley Carter Pat Furgurson Douglas Kiker Dorothy McCardle Jeanette Rudellat Melt••• i'h111-.. William Lawrence Sid Davia Forrest Boyd John Chancellor Donald MacDowell Tony Sargent
Folder, "Bush, George," White House Name Files, WHCF, Box B-611 (Item)
  • , •~ ·Edwin N. Vl_est _: A: B.·Rivers,_Jr.·•. ••t. Iall.1b.. ...s.._C.!-.~ri.~~~:·:.,: .- .1.had-:-T.Rutcljeson .. · A. Ben W.h*~ _. . • id:F_. Dorn :- . James w..La.in 1 .._., . Richard A. Rivets, Jr. ), Wm. B., Cassm ·: , •· 9eor~~ .re~ell.:...if.,._.1 • R
Oral history transcript, William H. Crook, interview 1 (I), 8/21/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • in trouble. And he--I was sitting next to [Sargent] Shriver and Moyers and [Richard] Goodwin and [Willard] Wirtz. I forget who else was there. And he began giving anecdotes from India--[Laughter]--and he came to this one! And I had already told Bill about
  • desire to plant bluebonnets along Texas highways; positions LBJ and Sargent Shriver offered to Crook after the 1964 election; Sargent Shriver's personality and influence on government; LBJ's determination to make poverty programs work; a lack of support
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 27 (XXVII), 9/23/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • was able to repay that debt within a period of twelve months. Most of my income went to discharging debts during that early period. By the time I received a call from Ben Bradlee, I had recovered reasonably well from the shock of my eight months experience
  • responsibilities; O'Brien's priorities of finances, communications, and campaigns and organization; office security in 1970; DNC staff; national publicity for O'Brien's statements and the DNC's positions; DNC support for all Democratic candidates 1970-1972; Sargent
Oral history transcript, Charles J. Zwick, interview 1 (I), 4/25/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • at Harvard and who I had co-authored a book with, was on that, and also Ben Chinitz, who is now chairman of the department of economics at Brown and who was a fellow graduate student with me at Harvard. They were out at Rand that summer as consultants to me
Oral history transcript, Robert G. Lewis, interview 1 (I), 2/6/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Lewis -- I -- 6 Then in 1951 I got a call from Ben stong, the editor of the National Union Farmer published by the National Farmers
Folder, "Ex HU 2/ST 5, 11/22/63- 8/23/65 [EQUALITY OF RACES / CALIFORNIA]," WHCF HU, Box 25 (Item)
  • of the VISTA Program who has also been a minister of a congregation in Los Angeles. Ralph Guzman, who is on the Faculty at UCLA and is familiar both with OEO programs and the Los Angeles area also could be used as a consultant. Sargent Shriver Director [4
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 4, May 1-27, 1964 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 1 (Item)
  • note of April 22 which Sargent Shriver hand•c.a rded to Bonn is at Tab c. The Cbancellor*s letter is eseen.t lally a paragl'aph by paragraph answer to your March message. Erhard is forthc;oming on Vietnam and Cuba. On the latte~ he promises io. hold
Folder, "Young, Whitney M. (Jr.)," Name Files, WHCF, Box Y-041 (Item)
  • Doar, Roger Wilkins, PMG 0' Brien - and selected staff members YOUNG, Mr. Whitney • leaders: MARCH 16, 1967 l:SSp - 2:25pm Executive Director National Urban League \ Cabinet Room Meeting w/National Advisory Economic OpportWlity Sargent Shriver
Oral history transcript, William M. Capron, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • agency would function; the decision to put the Job Corps under the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO); the relationship between Sargent Shriver and Adam Yarmolinsky in the development of the War on Poverty task force; a Christmas 1963 meeting of cabinet
Folder, "Boggs, Hale (Cong.) 1/1/1965 - 12/31/1965," Name Files, WHCF, Box B-330 (Item)
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
Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1962" (Item)
  • at EOB. Calls Joe Moody, National Coal Policy Conference, per Bobby Baker’s request. Stops by Mayflower for old Truman Committee reunion dinner. Attends WH stag dinner for King Saud, afterwards goes to Sargent Shriver’s dinner-dance for Amb. and Mrs
Folder, "Simulmatics Corporation," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Series 39, Box 7 (Item)
Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1960" (Item)
Oral history transcript, William B. Cannon, interview 1 (I), 5/21/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Kennedy Task Force; comprehensive community action program; Sargent Shriver; Shriver Task Force; legislation; VISTA; drafting the bill; resident participation; planning and operation problems; regional planning; political power; Moynihan; Job Corps
Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1963" (Item)
  • at the Sheraton Park. February 2/1 Flies to the Ranch in afternoon w/CTJ, AW, Sim Gideon, James Davis, MF. 2/3 Meeting at the Ranch w/Ed Clark, Don Thomas, Frank Denius, Kellam, Valenti, Leonard Marks, Ben Hearn re: Capitol Cable. Warren Woodward, J. Waddy