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Oral history transcript, Ramsey Clark, interview 4 (IV), 4/16/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

nothing that really approached a constant alert center at the Department of Justice, and the Pentagon had nothing either. We were very much concerned about the cities in the summer of '66, primarily because of Watts the preceding August. I think both

Oral history transcript, A. Ross Eckler, interview 1 (I), 10/25/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

with him; but this was quite distant really--was a time when he talked to some of the officials of the Department of Commerce while he was Vice President, to express his interest and support of the Equal Employment Opportunity program. I believe
-mailback approaching 1970 census; Dick Holton; meeting with LBJ regarding combining the Departments of Labor and Commerce; morale building on the part of the White House

Oral history transcript, Charles M. Maguire, interview 3 (III), 7/29/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 3 (III), 11/15/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

was right in playing dumb with Orville Freeman and the State Department and myself. It was very educational. for me at any rate. M: Not just for him. K: Not just for him. shrewder than ours. It turned out that his instincts were much
; the reputation of the National Security Council; being promoted to Deputy Special Assistant for National Security Affairs; Francis Bator; filling in after McGeorge Bundy left his position in February/March of 1966; why McGeorge Bundy left his position as Special

Oral history transcript, Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., interview 1 (I), 11/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh ALEXANDER -- I -- 3 pages in more orderly succinct fashion and keep it moving. Also got into economic affairs to a certain extent. F: 14here were you at the time of the assassination? In Washington? A: I was on my way
Biographical information; assassination; blacks in the State Department; civil rights progress; White House staff; LBJ and civil rights; administrative agencies; other duties; obstacles; White House Conference on Civil Rights; surveys

Oral history transcript, Adam Yarmolinsky, interview 3 (III), 10/22/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

areas, the famous interagency youth committee, which was to circumvent the State Department and USIA, or at least the stodgy parts of it. But no, I don't remember specifically. G: Anything on a cabinet-level committee? Did he advocate that to your

Oral history transcript, Frank Oltorf, interview 1 (I), 8/3/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

in the House, I imagine some thirty five or forty of us were young veterans in our early twenties who were also attending the University of Texas . hl : I see . Well, was it somewhere along that line that you met Lyndon � � LBJ Presidential Library http

Oral history transcript, Chalmers Roberts, interview 1 (I), 4/23/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

into contact with him because I had not known him as a House member hecause at that time he had nothing to do with foreign affairs, or very little, and I was not covering foreign affairs there and our paths had not crossed. But I did get to know him

Oral history transcript, Bess Abell, interview 3 (III), 7/1/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

gather up from various other places in the State Department, from their congressional relations office, from their cultural affairs office, other suggestions. The cultural affairs office would know that Charlton Heston had been in Australia for six months

Oral history transcript, Elliot Richardson, interview 1 (I), 1/31/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

something, some piece of legislation that involved our Department. Those were obviously cordial, businesslike sessions, in which the impression LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral
First awareness and first meeting with LBJ; on staff of Senator Leverett Saltonstall; LBJ on the Senate floor and handling Senate affairs; Lister Hill; National Defense Education Act; partisanship; Felix Frankfurter's law clerk; LBJ's relationship

Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 8 (VIII), 4/15/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

service classification. They were moving into a civil service job to guarantee that they would be there from here on out and they moved into all the federal departments and agencies and quietly moved into there as they could work it out with the cabinet

Oral history transcript, Paul C. Warnke, interview 2 (II), 1/15/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos. In those instances, military assistance has been transferred from the Foreign Assistance Act to the Department of Defense budget. I think that's appropriate because I don't think the military LBJ Presidential Library http

Oral history transcript, Frederick Flott, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

by what he saw in Paul Kattenburg, who was the country director for Vietnamese affairs, who's presently a professor at the University of South Carolina, after early retirement from the department. G: What was he disturbed about? F: It was sort of ad

Oral history transcript, William C. Trueheart, interview 1 (I), 3/2/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

was, at the time, in London; I was the political- military affairs officer in the embassy in London. Actually the word came to me when I happened to be in Paris, going over for just a couple of days for some talks with the embassy there, and someone called me--I

Oral history transcript, Thruston Morton, interview 1 (I), 2/26/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

don't remember talking to the His personal contacts with me during his tour of duty as President mostly dealt with foreign affairs. I wasn't on the Foreign Relations Committee, but having been associated with the State Department I had an interest

Oral history transcript, W. DeVier Pierson, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

with Orville Freeman and John Schnitker and others at the Department and became the listening post back and forth on farm programs. There was always a good deal of disagreement between the Department and Budget Bureau and the Council of Economic Advisors on our
Biographical information; First impressions of LBJ as President; functioned initially as McPherson’s deputy; farm programs; free trade; Kennedy Round; draft system; personal opinion of President; authority in dealing with departments and agencies

Oral history transcript, Walt W. Rostow, interview 1 (I), 3/21/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

, but he liked to do it. In any case, he understood that some of the other candidates rode around in convertibles. But then he suddenly said to me, quite soberly, driving to the old State Department Building--he said to me, "You may wish to know why I think

Oral history transcript, William G. Bowdler, interview 1 (I), 5/30/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to be there, didn't you? B: That's right. But a most interesting time to have been in the country. Then the other six months I've been here in San Salvador. In 1965 I was the deputy coordinator for Cuban Affairs in the State Department when Jack Vaughn, who

Oral history transcript, Paul Henry Nitze, interview 2 (II), 12/10/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

of policy toward Communist China. It was suggested that that speech be turned into an article for Foreign Affairs which I did do and Foreign Affairs agreed to publish the article, but the State Department decided that this would be a violation of the rule

Oral history transcript, Ralph Dungan, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Government Official b. Philadelphia, Pa., April 22, 1923. B.S., St. Josaph's College. Philadelphi ~ 1950; M.S·. in Pub. Affairs, ·Princeton, 1952; With iriternat. cliv. U.S. Bureau Budget, 1951-56; legislative asst. to Senator John F. Kennedy, 1956-57; staff
; State Department under Dean Rusk; LBJ as a manipulative speaker; Vatican II Council; M. Feldman and the Jewish community; Dungan appointed ambassador to Chile

Oral history transcript, John Sparkman, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

a real speech in the House. in the debates. I don't recall that he participated very much He apparently was a very steady worker. He was on the Naval Affairs Committee. M: Were you on that committee too? S: No, I was on the Military Affairs

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

of Housing and Home Finance. In any event, the President in January after his election, January of 1965, had a $pecial address to the nation on-urban and domestic affairs [and] recommended the creation of the department and some things like that, if I'm

Oral history transcript, Richard A. Prindle, interview 1 (I), 2/3/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

of largescale White House conferences we hav~ today, which involved a number of departments, because Weather Bureau was interested, Bureau of Mines was interested, and so forth. Out of this, in 1954, a decision was made that health was the major concern

Oral history transcript, C. Robert Perrin, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

or at least more responsive to national needs and national interests. P: Do you think this is a fair assessment? I think there's no question about it that he grew in terms of his knowledge and interest in national and world affairs after he became Vice

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 32 (XXXII), 7/12/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

him I wanted a broad base [of] people: people on cities, foreign affairs, what have you. And the same thing in Chicago. Same thing in Boston. G: Was there any formal process then of note-taking? LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org

Oral history transcript, Sidney A. Saperstein, interview 1 (I), 5/26/1986, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)

everything was transferred to HEW. The main purpose of it was to convert what was the Federal Security Agency into the Department. This had been attempted several times before. K: I did not know that. S: Oh, yes. The Democrats, particularly I think
Department of Housing, Education, and Welfare

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 2 (II), 2/14/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

/exhibits/show/loh/oh ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] 12 then Majority Leader. Johnson checked it out with the State Department, and the general reaction of the State Department, which I think

Oral history transcript, James H. Tate, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

--the Department of Housing and Urban Development--cabinet officer for the big cities that was recognized by the Congress and by the President. Of course, even though the department was approved, it was some time before Bob Weaver was selected

Oral history transcript, James J. Rowley, interview 1 (I), 1/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

in the security because they don't have the high efficiency that they probably will develop now in the local police department, especially where there is any indication of demonstrations--it's a military thing. But abroad, it was Scotland Yard for example

Oral history transcript, J.R. Parten, interview 2 (II), 2/29/1976, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, 1976 INTERVIEHEE: J. R. PARTEN INTERV I HJER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: Madisonville, Texas Tape 1 of 1 F: Well, we were up to the 1960 affair. ask you a couple of questions. Before we go ahead, I want to Did you ever get involved in the Joe

Oral history transcript, H.A. (Tony) Ziegler and Charles K. Boatner, interview 4 (IV), 6/2/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

bring them in. Then I had the question of the customs embargo quarantine on them, so I worked that out in the Department where we could quarantine them at a wildlife refuge. But this question of secrecy was still bothering me, so I contacted Ed Clark
LBJ's tour in Australia; kangaroos for the ranch; LBJ's decision to retain Kennedy cabinet; press leaks; opinions of Stuart Udall; appointment to the Department of the Interior; Rebekah Johnson's relationship with LBJ; Boatner's father's death

Oral history transcript, Henry M. Jackson, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

~ G: He did feel that McCarthy was dangerous though? J: Yes. He was very distressed about the inroads that McCarthy had made in the country, [by the charges] that the federal government, the State Department, Defense Department, the CIA, had been

Oral history transcript, John A. Baker, interview 3 (III), 4/21/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

like that. B: I don't know. G: Okay. I haven't got the faintest idea. Has there a general feel ing among the task force members that the existing cabinet departments were not really focusing on the poor? B: I think that all of them thought

Oral history transcript, Harold W. Horowitz, interview 1 (I), 2/23/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

finally began to take shape. I think probably it began to take shape because the Labor Department bill and the HEW bill gave some structure to what people were up to. G: Those were really the two cores of the-- LBJ Presidential Library http

Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 8 (VIII), 4/2/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was in the compound with Nixon there. Nixon got very emotional at some point and started chewing people out. It was Dick Rubottom, I think, and he chewed Rubottom out, [and] several other State Department types. Unfortunately, (inaudible) with one of these typical

Oral history transcript, Fred M. Vinson, Jr., interview 2 b (II), 11/26/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

be done in extradition matters to get from them some idea of the quantum of proof necessary to maintain an extradition order. B: Engaging a local counsel in that case surely was not a hit-or-miss affair. Does the Department of Justice have standard

Oral history transcript, J.Willis Hurst, interview 6 (VI), 10/31/1995, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

in September wrote an article saying, "LBJ is calmly getting his affairs in order for his early demise." Did LBJ talk to you in those tones? H: Well, the only hint that I remember like that is that he did return to smoking, not just right now but earlier

Oral history transcript, John P. (Gen.) McConnell, interview 1 (I), 8/14/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

it was not dealing directly with the President? McC: Walt Rostow. McS: Only Mr. Rostow? McC: He was the main one because he was his assistant for military affairs. Naturally, he ~as the one. anyone else, I believe. All of us worked with Walt more than LBJ

Oral history transcript, Will Wilson, interview 1 (I), 6/18/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

INTERVIEt~EE: WILL WILSON JOE B. FRANTZ His office at the Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. INJERVI U1ER: PLACE: Tape 1 of 1 F: Thi s ; s an ; ntervi ew with the Honorable ~li 11 W; 1son, Ass; stant Attorney General for the Criminal Division
Meeting LBJ in 1948; the 1960 Democratic convention at Los Angeles; the 1960 campaign; the Texas Senate campaign; the Texas gubernatorial race in 1960 and 1962; Billie Sol Estes and the Agriculture Department; Wilson shifts to the Republican Party

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 8 (VIII), 11/20/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and worked on the Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee as its chairman, [and] had been on the Naval Affairs Committee in the House. I think his defense work emerged from a natural interest, a feeling that this is something that very much needed

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