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Oral history transcript, Emmett Shelton, interview 1 (I), 6/15/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 38 (XXXVIII), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

confidence in, and that was a widely shared view. And to have it pretty much against the President, Eisenhower, who seldom did anything that you could get really mad at. But he did not repudiate McCarthy when he said that. He did not come to Marshall's aid

Oral history transcript, William E. Colby, interview 2 (II), 3/1/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

of opportunity, they were going to go ahead and exploit it, which is exactly what they did. Now, that was our estimate, and it was the South Vietnamese government's estimate.The government looked at the American attitude toward additional logistical aid

Oral history transcript, Abe Fortas, interview 1 (I), 8/14/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to the press conference. To the best of my knowledge, and belief I never said yes. J: He just announced it. Took it for granted you said yes. I have other evidences of that from people. Joe Califano--this is no secret--was announced as his aide, his White

Oral history transcript, Joseph W. Barr, interview 4 (IV), 6/10/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in the Congress, so I was a complete supporter of it. Strangely enough, there was one place I did get in a big argument. I voted against aid to education, which was a big Democratic thing, but I said, "I'm not going to support aid to education until we get a civil

Oral history transcript, Hyman Bookbinder, interview 2 (II), 5/19/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

by with the inevitable aides and Secret Service, I merely introduced him to the group. He said, "No, I'd rather listen for a few minutes." You know, this man had this reputation of always making long-winded speeches. He sat down next to me and I have photographs

Oral history transcript, Ellsworth Bunker, interview 1 (I), 12/9/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

shortly after he got out there he sent through the back channel a message recommending that the head of our AID program be changed, without saying anything to me about it. I found out about it. G: How did you become aware of this, do you recall? B

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 2 (II), 4/4/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

such a committee and to do whatever she could to lend it aid, support, in the form of the White House. And so the next \ few weeks, she, Udall, I, and Charlie llorsky, who was the assistant to the President on behalf of the District of Columbia, tried to get

Oral history transcript, William J. Jorden, interview 1 (I), 3/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

very strong statements about Vietnam in 1954. The whole military advisory effort was carried out under the Eisenhower Administration, and the very extensive aid program began under Eisenhower. So, I would say that from that time on, from Geneva

Oral history transcript, Francis Keppel, interview 1 (I), 4/21/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

to tell you comes from Mac Bundy, who was one of the White House aides. a meetir.g. The follmving morning they had some kind of And Mr. Kennedy said, "What's all this about this fello'iv LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org More on LBJ

Oral history transcript, Otto Kerner, interview 1 (I), 6/12/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

people that migrated to Illinois from other communities. I discussed with him first and President Kennedy later that certainly some program must be developed, because the category of public aid, the general assistance category, which was one hundred per

Oral history transcript, Milton S. Eisenhower, interview 1 (I), undated, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

it ought to be done, how we would select them, the aid that we would have of the merit scholarship organization under Stallnecker and so on. So it wasn't something that he just put his name to that someone else developed. F: Now, as an educator

Oral history transcript, James C. Gaither, interview 4 (IV), 3/24/1970, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Oral history transcript, H. Ralph Taylor, interview 1 (I), 3/25/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

of the Redevelopment Agency, and we got underway the redevelopment program that Mayor Lee of New Haven won national recognition for. Then, at the end of 1958 I took a ten-week tour of duty with AID in a consulting contract on leave of absence from New Haven

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

Oral history transcript, George Hartzog, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/20/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

the exploitative type of use such as seeking a mineral or seeking some other resource for development in a national park contrary to its preservation. As the problem arose, state highway departments and-F: Federal highways. H: Federal highway aid programs

Oral history transcript, Theodore Hesburgh, interview 1 (I), 2/1/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Oral history transcript, Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., interview 1 (I), 7/30/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

holding the Party together than a lot of people. I think that we're in real trouble. but that's a matter for the future not the past. M: Right. Did your first personal association with Mr. Johnson begin with the aid that you gave him in the 1948

Oral history transcript, Eugene V. Rostow, interview 1 (I), 12/2/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

that, operate effectively as aides to the Department operating officers: R: Oh, yes. M: No problems of communication there? R: No, they're very helpful. M: You feel like your things get through to the President when you need them through. R: Yes, when

Oral history transcript, Fenner Roth, interview 2 (II), 10/11/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

a deal with he and the State Highway Department. Our main thing was that and student aid in high school and colleges. On student aid, about all we did was allocate the funds to the schools, and the principal or the superintendent really picked

Oral history transcript, Bayard Rustin, interview 1 (I), 6/17/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Oral history transcript, Terry Sanford, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

thought we should touch that base, so we did. I told Harris that I would see him and Bobby and they flew down in a private plane, and I took Hugh Cannon, who was then an aide in the campaign, later my director of administration, now my law partner

Oral history transcript, Joseph H. Skiles, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, Joe Bailey Humphreys of Dallas, who is now a district judge, those are the names that come to mind real quickly. The first word that I can remember hearing about LBJ, Pat Roberts, who still lives in Denton, was a congressional aide to Congressman [W.O

Oral history transcript, W. DeVier Pierson, interview 2 (II), 3/20/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

to the press after they had said something. aides to be anonymous. And he preferred his He felt, and I think rather correctly, that the aides that were written up consistently were those who were good news sources. So he would, I think, lean toward

Oral history transcript, Stephen J. Pollak, interview 2 (II), 1/29/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

had been aided in the Legal Services undertaking by a woman named Jean Camper Cahn. She is a woman of very definite ideas. She and Shriver had had a difference of view over the relationship between the Legal Services Program and the Community Action

Oral history transcript, Eugene Williams and Helen Williams, interview 1 (I), 10/27/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

this that you could admire him for. Then there were Limes 'Nhen he would be caITlpaigning and with very little rest:, You would think that he had a. few minutes to rest, and then one of the aides would co'me in and say, "This group is out to see you o II He

Oral history transcript, Robert C. Wood, interview 1 (I), 10/19/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

Oral history transcript, Spurgeon H. Neel, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/7/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

helicopters available we didn't have to establish whole blood depots up in each battalion aid station. And by not having to do that, we didn't need refrigerators. And by not needing refrigerators, we didn't need generators to provide the electricity to run

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

, that there were many things that science and technology could be used to apply some of the modern advances to police and criminal detection, criminology. So the first major prop for the Safe Streets bill was a program of grant-in-aids to city police 25 LBJ

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 27 (XXVII), 9/23/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in the Hamptons and their homes in New Jersey. This was a socially prominent family, one of the most highly visible Irish-American families in the country. On the Flanigan side of the family, Murray's wife had a brother, Peter Flanigan, who became an aide to Nixon

Oral history transcript, Daniel Boone Porter, interview 1 (I), 3/29/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 7 (VII), 5/24/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

is still before them. walk out on that. They will not For a long time, I don't know what it is now, but when I was there Johnson always held up either the foreign aid bill or a very famous bill known as the third supplemental bill. standard in Congress

Oral history transcript, Paul Bolton, interview 1 (I), 4/6/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

not be able to continue his studies without employment. job in the news department at KTBC. He was given a He was a most satisfactory employee-- so much so that the then manager, who is the present manager in this year of 1969. J. C. Kellam, aided him

Oral history transcript, Omar Burleson, interview 1 (I), 10/3/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

been greater among the Republicans . M: On foreign aid, which is a big topic and one, I believe, that you have been particularly interested in and played a considerable part in from time to time, do you think President Johnson has established

Oral history transcript, Bo Byers, interview 1 (I), 12/8/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

reporters got to fly If they did, it was unusual Probably just because of the capacity . and probably just very If there was anybody on the helicopter with him it was probably some of his aides . G: Did the reporters travel B: I almost always made

Oral history transcript, Ray S. Cline, interview 1 (I), 3/21/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

war. In effect, they just did bloody nothing to help the Chinese in this very symbolic little fight over Chinmen. So I date the definitive split as at that time with Mao pressing for military aid but not wanting any Soviet troops on his shores

Oral history transcript, Eugenie Moore Anderson, interview 2 (II), 11/13/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

employees working in the Embassy, for instance, your AID or your intelligence area or anything else. A: In Sofia? P: Well, yes. A: Or Copenhagen? P: Either one, but I was thinking--did this corne to bear in this particular situation

Oral history transcript, Robert B. Anderson, interview 1 (I), 7/8/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 2 (II), 10/31/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

have to say that admission of Alaska and Hawaii as states is, by far, the biggest thing that he did for this country. G: You mentioned, before we started the tape, about attaching this to an aid bill. B: Can you tell us your thinking here, your

Oral history transcript, Edgar L. Ball, interview 1 (I), 1/29/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: You did not include in those [reasonsJ Johnson's candidacy as an aid in defeating Shivers at the precinct conventions? You don't think that he felt that was--? B: Yes, I think he was an aid and I thought I mentioned that in that he would be able