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Oral history transcript, William Gorham, interview 1 (I), 3/24/1986, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)

this new position to you? 3 LBJ Presidential Library http://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 Gorham -- I
; Gorham's work in White House task forces; Joe Califano's work with HEW; conflict in creating new social programs without increased funding; the creation of the Urban Institute (UI) and how Gorham moved to it; funding the UI and their first reports

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 10 (X), 1/25/1979-1/26/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (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 Johnson -- X -- 2 characters of the New Deal: Secretary [Harold] Ickes; the new
Johnson's time spent sight-seeing and attending events at the Congressional Club or the 75th Club; visiting Bill White in New York City; Sam Rayburn, Wright Patman, Nat Patton, and other Texans in Washington, D.C.; visits with Aunt Effie Pattillo; summer

Oral history transcript, Hale Boggs, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

in the Navy in the Maritime Service, elected again to Congress in 1946 from one of the New Orleans districts where you have served since; in 1956 named Deputy Whip and in 1959 Whip of the Democratic party. And, as I say, that is a very brief summary of a long
interest in passage of legislation; RFK; 1964-1965 legislative success; Congressional briefings on Vietnam; compromise on seating of the Mississippi delegation; LBJ’s political speech in New Orleans; inactivity of the DNC; media image of LBJ; assessment

Oral history transcript, S. Douglass Cater, interview 3 (III), 5/26/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. F: Why? What were his reasons? C: He said the committee had an agreement among itself that [there would be] no new starts; that that was the only way that it could impose some budget control. And he said once a program is started, then we haven't

Oral history transcript, Sam Kinch, Sr., interview 1 (I), 6/3/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: Visit a few minutes and go on. K: I remember one time right after he had had his kidney stone operation he came up there and spent about an hour looking around the place. F: Did the newsmen look on him as pretty good source of news, or is this just

Oral history transcript, Alexander Buel Trowbridge, Jr., interview 1 (I) A, 2/19/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

, because of your background, is with the method by which people of your type were recruited into the government. T: You were with Standard Oil--is that correct? That's correct. I was operating in the Caribbean area with Standard Oil Company of New
into the Department of Economic Affairs; Labor was 95% against the new Department; Labor-Management Advisory Committee studies merger and proposed that it not be done; personal contact with the President; White House staff; Cabinet meetings were basically

Oral history transcript, Gould Lincoln, interview 1 (I), 9/28/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

issues. To the amazement of myself and I guess a good many others, he got through this Congress a new Civil Rights dealing with housing. Bill Nobody expected him to get it through, and he has gotten through an anticrime measure which nobody expected
with the Kennedys; press relations; criticism of LBJ; news media contributed to LBJ’s loss of popularity; previous Presidents’ handling of the press; Supreme Court Packing Bill; JFK’s formal format; impact of television on politics, campaigning and government

Oral history transcript, Hyman Bookbinder, interview 3 (III), 6/30/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

as a kind of a buffer to take care of special problems that got created, because of my civil rights background and labor background. Well, one day evidently some angry folks from New Jersey came over from one of the local poverty programs over some

Oral history transcript, Richard Morehead, interview 2 (II), 7/2/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)

, and O'Daniel's--the gist of his speech was "Well, what we need is a whole new legislature," and this guy got beat, the guy that introduced him. B: It backfired on him. Well, in 1947, the Texas legislature enacted the so-called right-towork law. Do you remember
; higher education for African Americans; Morehead's work for Southern Education Reporting Service and Southern School News; negative press coverage of the South; school integration and racial violence in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957; the legal

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 24 (XXIV), 7/22/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, 1987 INTERVIEWEE: LAWRENCE F. O'BRIEN INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. O'Brien's office, New York City Tape 1 of 2, Side 1 G: Okay, one more question about Chicago. Did you make an effort there to have [Eugene] McCarthy support

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 26 (XXVI), 4/18/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

-- XXVI -- 8 entire new cities. And that ultimately evolved among other things into the "new-town-intown" concept which I guess comes later somewhere. G: And the block grants as well. C: Well, we talked about block grants but I don't think anybody

Oral history transcript, Sid Davis, interview 5 (V), 11/28/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

experts at the White House either, which--you know, now there's a whole new school, a whole industry has grown up: media, television experts who pose the president and pick the spots for pictures. President Johnson didn't have that kind--he was the old

Oral history transcript, Eric Tolmach, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

articles for the New York Times for Bill Wirtz; there were pamphlets for the Labor Department--a whole host of things. G: What was understood by the word "poverty", if you can recall, at that time? Was it discussed simply in terms of an economic line

Oral history transcript, Brooks Hays, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Truman Democrat and I am an Orval Faubus Democrat." F: And never the twain shall meet! H: That experience~ of course, is beside the point, except that it brings us together in this matter of geography. F: I think New York City is beginning to get

Oral history transcript, James J. Reynolds, interview 1 (I), 6/18/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, I believe in December of 1960. Shortly after his having been named the secretary of labor-designate, he called me in Schenectady, New York. I had been the vice president of opera- tions of a fairly sizable corporation, which was then known
process; railroad strike in Florida, 1964; unemployment; Reynolds’ wife, Helen; 1965 New York City transit strike; National Association of Broadcast Employees and Army Signal Corps technicians dispute; problems with the building trade unions.

Oral history transcript, Frank W. Lehan, interview 2 (II), 1/31/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

ago--a Governor Campbell, ex-Governor Campbell of New Mexico. He is an attorney by training, but he's a very perceptive individual, and he's been trying to do the same thing from the political standpoint. And we had him--another thing that I've done
; high-speed train transportation between Washington, D.C., and New York City; the high-speed train system in Japan; research on short-takeoff and vertical-takeoff aircraft; NASA and FAA involvement in aircraft research; the Supersonic Transport program

Oral history transcript, Lawrence E. (Larry) Levinson, interview 2 (II), 3/18/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: LAWRENCE E. LEVINSON INTERVIEWER: Paige E. Mulhollan PLACE: Mr. Levinson's office, New York City Tape 1 of 1 M: I think most of the things about the staff we talked about on the first tape, but one thing we didn't mention was whether

Oral history transcript, Charles K. Boatner, interview 1 (I), 12/17/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. That was the helicopter campaign, and it cost me a new Chevy . F: B: 2 How come? Well, the helicopter was running about a 100 to 125 miles an hour and it was going across country . Texas roads weren't in those days what they are today and trying to make every stop

Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 4 (IV), 1/22/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Gordon [?], Ralph McGill, Maurice Templesman, and Governor Robert Meyner of New Jersey--former Governor Robert Meyner of New Jersey. He also puts on ex officio the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, the Secretary
of Congress and the executive branch in developing new legislation; Congress' ability to draft legislation; statutory commission funding; Wozencraft's involvement on the tripartite Commission on Political Activity of Government Personnel; the Commission's

Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 7 (VII), 2/25/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

it was 1964, in order to get more scientific exploration of the new hallucinogens, such as LSD. It also had a policing role, however, which in many respects was similar to what Bureau of Narcotics traditionally had performed in Treasury as to the narcotic
for the plan; the Office of Legal Counsel's role in approving the plan of reorganization and drafting the executive order; constitutional arguments for and against the Plan of Reorganization Act; the new joint organization director's pay grade; the Civil

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 4 (IV), 2/4/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, 1978 INTERVIEWEE: LADY BIRD JOHNSON INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: The LBJ Ranch, Stonewall, Texas Tape 1 of 1 G: Let's start with your trip to New York in June 1934, I guess it was. J: Yes. My daddy gave me that as a graduation
Lady Bird Johnson's June 1934 trip to New York City with Cecille Harrison; receiving LBJ's name and contact information from Gene Boehringer; touring New York City; traveling from New York City to Washington, D.C.; Mrs. Johnson's impressions

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 2 (II), 5/27/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

to be something between a young man and eventually a White House special assistant. Where are you from? C: Brooklyn, New York. Born and brought up in Brooklyn. Then to Holy Cross College in Worcester, Massachusetts, where I graduated in 1952, then to Harvard Law

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 5 (V), 9/12/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

care of all the administrative and technical and legal problems that his lawyers had prepared, and in part of the process of establishing the new department. And as Weaver saw it there were only two alternatives, nothing else possible. Either he became

Oral history transcript, William H. Stewart, interview 1 (I), 12/2/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

for years. Between my sophomore year and my junior year in undergraduate college. my father moved to New Orleans to become professor of pediatrics at Louisiana State University's School of Medicine. So I went along with the family, finished my junior year

Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 2 (II), 3/4/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to plan it. Because we were new in this type of endeavor, she was very specific, saying, IIIf I ever catch any of you in any of the pictures, I'm going to break your damned necks," and she-F: I can hear that. C: --and she meant it. That stuck with me
The Grand Teton trips; Appalachian trip; New England trip; the Crossroads trip;

Oral history transcript, Donald M. Baker, interview 1 (I), 2/24/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

school people, some of the welfare agencies and other groups from each of the towns--there was Detroit, New Haven, Chicago, and Pittsburgh. We had them in here and we sat down for several days with each one, a couple days at least with each one, and we

Oral history transcript, John Henry Faulk, interview 1 (I), 12/15/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

-Roosevelt position because I was a very ardent supporter of the New Deal. I thought it was a terribly exciting time. Of course Pappy [W. Lee] O'Daniel had become the political salvation of Texas. He had run for governor that year; beat Bill McGraw and Ernest

Oral history transcript, Jack Howard, interview 1 (I), 10/20/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

uninterest- ing for me because it was a circulation war and there was no room for good heavy news. It had to be feature and light stuff, and I was interested in more serious implications. So I came to Washington in 1960, worked on the subcommittee, did

Oral history transcript, Everett Hutchinson, interview 1 (I), 10/28/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 9 H: Yes, the legislature adopted a new legislation code or a revision of the Texas election laws in 1951, I guess it was. And one of my duties as executive assistant attorney general was to handle

Oral history transcript, Joe W. Fleming II, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

fast. It was Public Law 89-4, meaning it was the fourth bill passed after the new Congress came back, and the first major legislation passed after the President received it in the fall. G: In 1964, again it's my understanding that the bill passed

Oral history transcript, Robert Lampman, interview 1 (I), 5/24/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that's how I got interested and that's how it sort of came on the agenda, as I remember it. The council then carried forward with sort of not only responding to questions from the White House but putting new thoughts forward. I notice in April 25, 1963

Oral history transcript, Eugene H. Guthrie, interview 2 (II), 5/16/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

expert in that field. And that ultimately led to the passage of the Mental Retardation Act, which gave us roughly seven million dollars of new money to support--I think my recollection of the funds is correct--a variety of activities around the country

Oral history transcript, Thomas Royals, interview 1 (I), 11/4/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] '65, the new ~npower More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh -6- Administration, Stanley Ruttenberg, placed me on his staff to get deeper involved

Oral history transcript, A.S. Mike Monroney, interview 3 (III), 3/20/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

salaries and the House salaries. So this passed without much opposition. Remember, we kept it in trading position for a long time because I was insistent we were going to get nearly a billion dollars of new revenue out of the postal rate increase to pay

Oral history transcript, Joseph J. O'Connell, Jr., interview 1 (I), 10/23/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh October 23, 1968 M: Let's start with your background. According to my data, you were born in New York State at a place called Saranac Lake. Is that right? 0: That is correct. M: In 1905. 0: That is correct. M

Oral history transcript, Katherine Graham Peden, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. Johnson happened to be in Austin at that time and was gracious enough to come down to the meeting. So I've known Mrs. Johnson through the broadcasting field, and [I met] the President, as I recall, at a meeting in New York. senato~ He was then U.S

Oral history transcript, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., interview 1 (I), 11/4/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh November 4, 1971 F: This is an interview with Arthur 1\1. Schlesinger, Jr. in his office in New York City on November 4, 1971. Frantz. The interviewer is Joe B. Arthur, I suppose the place to pick this up with you would
; the effect of LBJ keeping some of JFK’s staff and the quality of the new members of LBJ’s staff; Eric Goldman; Schlesinger’s involvement with the Dominican Republic; LBJ campaigning for Robert Kennedy in the 1964 New York Senate race; White House Art Festival

Oral history transcript, Lester R. Brown, interview 1 (I), 11/4/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

, outline your career, private and govermental? B: I might begin with my upbringing on a farm in southern New Jersey, I was born in 1934 in southern New Jersey, began farming there as a youngster, a future farmer and 4-H member . I developed a large

Oral history transcript, Edward P. Cliff, interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

at Hultnomah Falls. and saw our new visitor information center at Multnomah Falls. Again on this trip I had the privilege of riding LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID

Oral history transcript, Morris Abram, interview 2 (II), 5/3/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: MORRIS ABRAM INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Abram's office, New York City Tape 1 of 2 A: I don't know the year, but it was probably around l963-64. Arthur Krim called me and asked whether or not I would be willing to be the president

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