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Oral history transcript, Edmund Gerald (Pat) Brown, interview 2 (II), 8/19/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 18 President until the situation in Vietnam had deteriorated like it did in March of 1968 . F: You were
Oral history transcript, Lew Wasserman, interview 1 (I), 12/21/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • he understood the reasons? W: Yes. I believe he understood that the reason was Vietnam. I also believe that he felt that if there was a way to communicate the real issues in Vietnam, that the reasons would be answered or understood
  • ' and Vietnam; LBJ’s public relations and popular public personalities over time; attending White House functions; arranging a mobile home for LBJ to use for freshening up before a Los Angeles appearance; LBJ’s interest in movies and television; 1968 campaign
Oral history transcript, Walter W. Heller, interview 2 (II), 12/21/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • Vietnam
Oral history transcript, William F. Jackson and Lucy Ginter Jackson, interview 1 (I), 6/21/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . The countries we visited, there was no unrest, tremendous [unrest]. Vietnam, of course, but I don't think it would have happened in Vietnam. Things were well under control; [Ngo Dinh] Diem had things well under control in Saigon while we were there, for instance
Oral history transcript, Claude J. Desautels, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • agenda Then I'd prepare the guest lists. If he had an important meeting or I got a phone call, say, he's going to have a bipartisan meeting on this subject: Vietnam, Cambodia. be invited? I'd prepare a list, bipartisan. I'd make the phone call. Who
  • Vietnam
  • O'Brien; involvement of the President; Wilbur Mills; honeymoon period; effect of Vietnam on the operation; notification of Congressman and Senators of awards from the Pentagon; Margaret Chase Smith; coordination with agencies and departments; importance
Oral history transcript, Buford Ellington, interview 1 (I), 10/2/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • McPherson; George Reedy; Lee White; LBJ as VP under JFK; John Connally; Preston Smith; Bobby Baker; Lady Bird Special, 1964; NSC 1965; escalation in Vietnam; Tonkin Gulf Resolution; dissenting group in the White House; John Stennis; LBJ's decision not to run
Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 2 (II), 6/12/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • varying philosophies. I think as you ,·lOuld see tmvard the end of the Administration -- to use the trite phrase as everybody uses-there were hawks and doves within the Administration on Vietnam toward the end. \'1erc~ I think earlier they were all
Oral history transcript, Alexander Buel Trowbridge, Jr., interview 1 (I) A, 2/19/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • issues. And that whole Bob Hardesty effort, which was one you probably heard of, was a major piece of work which we geared up our people to support. Vietnam was, of course, a constant factor and generally it was not a discussion of pros and cons
  • Vietnam
  • informational; explaining Vietnam policy across the country; Interagency Committee structure; Balance of Payments Committee; Kennedy Round; Relations with the Budget Bureau and the Council of Economic Advisors; LBJ’s relationship with businessmen; Sidney
Oral history transcript, Jack Hood Vaughn, interview 1 (I), 12/4/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
Oral history transcript, Mike Manatos, interview 1 (I), 8/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • who are off limits for one reason or another? For instance, on something involving Vietnam, would you go talk to Senator [J. William] Fulbright? On the [Abe] Fortas nomination, would you talk !o Senator [Strom] Thurmond? M: Oh, yes. I had
Oral history transcript, Arthur M. Okun, interview 2 (II), 4/15/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • in the pre-Vietnam period . I think I was really struck by how he approached proposals in terms of, "How do you turn them into legislation, who has to be convinced, who's going to be against this, who's going to be for it ." In many cases when we made
Oral history transcript, William A. Reynolds, interview 1 (I), 7/26/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • ; LBJ's 1955 heart attack; LBJ and Kerr's dealings with Senator Joseph McCarthy; Reynolds' post-presidential visit to the LBJ Ranch with Bill Kerr; Eisenhower's responsibility for U.S. involvement in Vietnam; LBJ as vice president.
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 11 (XI), 7/24/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • demonstrations like the one in Selma on the Voting Rights Act; LBJ's support for voting rights; the negative effect of American media coverage on public perception of U.S. involvement in Vietnam; O'Brien's concerns over television news presentation of events
Oral history transcript, Joseph Bruno, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • does he watch? B: Most of them are on Vietnam. This is the thing, I think, that the President has on his mind more than anything else. M: What kind of working day do you work? B: Do I, myself? M: Yes. B: Well, our tours here begin at eight
Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 5 (V), 5/1/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • in trying to contain demonstrations against President Johnson because particularly of Vietnam? C: We've had problems with demonstrations ever since I can remember. There are groups which, like SANE, the group for a sane nuclear policy; the Women Strike
  • the mules and arrest the drivers; Walter Fauntroy and the Humane Society's involvement with the mule train and where the mules eventually went; Washington, D.C. demonstrations against LBJ and/or Vietnam; legal demonstration locations; demonstration permit
Oral history transcript, Loyd Hackler, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • down on meeting with the President. As I say, I had no personal effort in setting it up. G: Perhaps you could comment on this: It's been suggested that as Vietnam became more and more an obsessive thing, maybe that's not the right word to use
Oral history transcript, Edward Re, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • that is the kind of activity that our nation must conduct in the national interest. So, it's the easiest explanation to say Vietnam, but the answer that I would have to give would be that, number one, we went up on the Hill at the worst time possible. First
  • Vietnam
  • Affairs Council; Advisory Commission on International Educational and Cultural Activities; report “Beacon of Hope”; LBJ’s kindness; Budget cuts; international and national crises; Vietnam; International Education Act; appointment to U.S. Customs Court
Oral history transcript, Gould Lincoln, interview 1 (I), 9/28/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • his power to get a concensus, particularly over this last year with increased objections against the Vietnam War led by Senator Fulbright and Senator McCarthy; problems with continued rioting; the gold drain; are there any of these you would like
Oral history transcript, John N. Luft, interview 1 (I), 11/27/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • experience was the, well, I guess I'd say the austerity program. other reasons. money. Money became tighter. Of course there were The Vietnam War became a problem and needed more This is the thing that changed the picture so I wouldn't know exactly how
Oral history transcript, Ernest W. McFarland, interview 1 (I), 2/8/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • caught up with you there, didn't it. M: It was just a proposition of an Eisenhower landslide, and any of these undeclared wars--it "Tar carne along, Vietnam. ~.,as just what I said ~l7hen this recent I'd lived through that Korean thing, and I told
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 30 (XXX), 11/4/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • : Was it difficult on the issue of Vietnam to pursue a path that advocated a negotiated settlement quickly and yet at the same time not give the appearance of undermining the present foreign policy of the country? O: It was difficult. G: How did you straddle
  • with the campaign; the work of Ted Van Dyke and Frank Mankiewicz; the McGovern campaign's stance on Vietnam; efforts to call attention to Watergate during the campaign; Tom Eagleton's medical records; McGovern's personal versus political confidence in Eagleton
Oral history transcript, George R. Brown, interview 3 (III), 7/11/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • were out there with him, and I guess he was talking about some of the programs that he initiated . B: I disagreed with him very much on what to do about Vietnam . He had five or six friends there and all of them told him he ought to honor
  • Vietnam
  • Biographical information; Jesse Jones; Charles Marshall; Alvin Wirtz; LCAR; LBJ's personality; war years; LBJ and business; vice presidency; presidency; Vietnam; the Great Society; education; retirement; Lady Bird Johnson
Oral history transcript, Frederick C. Belen, interview 1 (I), 11/7/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • and problems; role of Civil Service in P.O. personal appointments; Equal Employment Opportunity record in P.O.; record of automation and modernization in P.O.; value of zip codes for improved mail delivery; mail improvement programs; impact of Vietnam War
Oral history transcript, Kenneth P. O'Donnell, interview 1 (I), 7/23/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • Vietnam
  • ; assassination; 1964 Vice Presidential contest; HHH; LBJ's legislative ability; Walter Jenkins; Vietnam; O'Donnell's resignation; decision not to run again; 1968 Democratic convention; Czechoslovakia invasion; peace plank
Oral history transcript, Wilbur J. Cohen, interview 2 (II), 3/2/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • on the desegregation and certain other areas despite the Vietnam War, I think there would have been an outside chance that he could have been re-nominated and reelected. I know that's not the-- And probably maybe he couldn't have. But what I'm saying is that the things
Oral history transcript, Kenneth E. BeLieu, interview 1 (I), 10/11/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • of that week I went up to see Senator Russell to tell him I was going to resign. Vietnam had just started; we had sent troops to Vietnam. I showed him a letter I had written to the President and said, "I'm going to give the President this letter." And Russell
Oral history transcript, Lloyd Bentsen, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/18/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • have caused me not to seek the presidency. Yes, I think there was a great sadness that dwelt in him because of the way he was treated toward the end of his tenure of office. [There was] a constant trying to justify his actions in Vietnam and prove what
Oral history transcript, Phyllis Bonanno, interview 3 (III), 5/9/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • hard to talk about any of these issues without talking about what was going on in Vietnam, what was going on in civil rights, what was going on with students in the country. I think he was very concerned about all the disruption and chaos, and he might
Oral history transcript, Fredrick L. Deming, interview 1 (I), 1/7/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
Oral history transcript, James C. Gaither, interview 4 (IV), 3/24/1970, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Secretary Rusk to review the situation in Vietnam following the Tet Offensive, and which at this point I would
Oral history transcript, Bascom Timmons, interview 1 (I), 3/6/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • heard of before we got into it. heard of Vietnam. Nobody had ever They knew it was part of Indochina at one time, but nobody had ever heard anything about it. his trouble was the war. I think part of Anyway you'd have gone, anything you'd have done
Oral history transcript, Jack Valenti, interview 4 (IV), 3/3/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • . Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] him, they felt confident with him. anybody's judgment. More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh There was no Vietnam to cloud Johnson was showing himself
Oral history transcript, Robert E. Waldron, interview 2 (II), 2/1/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • this--that he did make a contribution to the nation that the people approved and appreciated. I think certainly he was frustrated that he did not get to accomplish all, and the Vietnam War was a tragedy that if it hadn't happened, he certainly would have been
  • Vietnam
  • Observations of the Majority Leadership period and White House years; civil rights legislation of 1957 and 1960; LBJ’s religious views; LBJ’s generosity; The Elms; Vietnam; JFK’s assassination; Bobby Baker
Oral history transcript, Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., interview 2 (II), 5/23/1969 by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • downfall. That is to say, when things got rough in the country over the Vietnam War there were no friends to stand by him in his hour of need. If there had been a strong and united party, which he could have built, LBJ Presidential Library http
Oral history transcript, Katharine Graham, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • wanted to appoint John Hays, the head of our television station, as Ambassador to switzerland, and the other one--As a part of that, I think he asked me to bring Russ Wiggins with him and he thanked Russ for his editorial support on Vietnam
Oral history transcript, D.B. Hardeman, interview 3 (III), 4/22/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • the honeymoon lasted through the end of 1965 and might have gone on indefinitely had not the Vietnam War intervened. It wouldn't have gone on indefinitely, of course, it never does, but I think it would have lasted longer if our escalation of Vietnam had
Oral history transcript, Elliot Richardson, interview 1 (I), 1/31/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • now who, but He was working on his book. Foremost in his mind was the issue of exactly what had been said and to whom on a critical stage of the U.S. engagement in Vietnam, and he told me something about this. of the man. I was struck again
Oral history transcript, A. Willis Robertson, interview 1 (I), 9/27/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 21 control of our govermnent. state conventions. They didn't make much show at any of the But they aroused much more attention when they spoke than I thought they deserved. M: What's your position on the Vietnam War
  • Vietnam
  • Biographical information; LBJ; heart attack; LBJ’s capacity for friendship; FDR New Deal program; support for LBJ in 1960; Sam Rayburn; lobbyist; Bobby Baker; JFK’s New Frontier program; civil rights; education; Vietnam; civilian control of military
Oral history transcript, Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., interview 1 (I), 1/28/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • with Johnson was on the war . of the Vietnam War. I had been a strong advocate I followed the Johnson policy . As a matter of fact, I can remember going to the White House to a briefing one day when President Johnson and Rusk spoke . And I moved that we
  • Vietnam
  • 1960 election; the Kennedys; relationship with LBJ; Massachusetts politics; Vietnam War; comparison of JFK and LBJ; Education bill; LBJ's persuasive ability
Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 8 (VIII), 4/15/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • friends that I shall not name but people whom he saw often and the question came up. He had always told us that he would not run again, but with the Vietnam War on, some of his friends insisted that he should run again; LBJ Presidential Library http