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Oral history transcript, Malcolm G. Bardwell, interview 1 (I), 10/17/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

/exhibits/show/loh/oh 21 P: And Mr. Garner? B: You see, he was an aide in the Navy first to Forrestal. be sent over to the Pacific and they granted it. Then he asked to After awhile Roosevelt recalled all Congressmen in service and made them all

Oral history transcript, Charles E. Bohlen, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

country you want to Q D P H It's got to be made clear why they need this aid or why they need this military assistance and all this. And you have to sort of argue their case. Now, in general, you know, in any country where patriotism sometimes has

Oral history transcript, Stewart L. Udall, interview 3 (III), 7/29/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

had a military aide, I think he was a lieutenant [Lt. Col., Col., BVT B Gen. Ely Parker] person, who was with him in the military and he appointed him as Indian Commissioner in 1869 or '70 as I recall. He only lasted a year and a half. The members

Oral history transcript, Ramsey Clark, interview 3 (III), 3/21/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

; that that kind of massive federal aid in obvious response to a riot might have adverse effects? C: Yes, this was really a major burden of the task force, and it gave us quite a split personality. The riot had, you know, just stunned and polarized the community

Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 2 (II), 12/4/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. This had been the issue that kept Lister Hill off federal aid to education right up until 1957, when we were over in Europe at the same time Sputnik went off, and that opened the door because he said to me then in Germany or wherever we were at the time

Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 6 (VI), 3/29/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

by these same teachers, as long as there's that separation, what's the difference whether aid goes to a private school or to a public school? This was pretty much our thinking at the time, which was not an easy political issue. In fact, it was a very, very

Oral history transcript, Joe B. Frantz, interview 1 (I), 9/7/1972, by David G. McComb (Item)

Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Frantz -- I -- 4 Now Jim Wilson, a local attorney [who] had been an assistant to Senator Johnson, an administrative aide of some sort

Oral history transcript, David Ginsburg, interview 1 (I), 8/15/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

could be done with the government there--whether with reasonable economic aid the government of Chile would undertake to stabilize at an acceptable level. This was done; the scheme worked, and it was helpful. I remember the beginning of the airline

Oral history transcript, Stewart J.O. Alsop, interview 1 (I), 7/15/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Stewart Alsop -- Interview I -- 8 M: You mentioned the large number of former aides and ex-employees that Johnson had. Was that a problem with him? A lot of people who had worked for him

Oral history transcript, William D. Carey, interview 2 (II), 1/16/1986, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)

accompany categorical grants-in-aid. We've got problems. What does make sense?" Well, what does make sense were, we thought, assistance grants to make affordable college educations for the groups who typically were left out, but they would be direct loans

Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 3 (III), 6/9/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

them all He said, "Senators, the reason I got you down here, we've got to repeal the Embargo Act. We've got to serve notice on Hitler that we can, if we want to, come to the aid of Great Britain, France and Poland and others. We've got to do

Oral history transcript, Val M. Keating, interview 1 (I), 2/2/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

recall anything in particular about the school aid program of enabling students to stay in school on various projects? K: Not specifically. I remember he was always tremendously interested in the San Marcos school project, but that specific part

Oral history transcript, Carroll Kilpatrick, interview 2 (II), 5/24/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

for some more food aid. And Johnson really was angry with Potter about that. The story was true and it was announced the next day at the Agriculture Department, but Johnson didn't want it--so he tried to do everything he could to hold things back from

Oral history transcript, Virginia Wilke English, interview 1 (I), 3/3/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that Bird met us. I feel like they broke up there with the families meeting the different [congressmen], or aides or something. I feel sure that we came back with just either--maybe Dottie Plyler met us, I don't know. But we came back to the house

Oral history transcript, Leslie H. Gelb, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

involvement. to justify American military aid, I believe in that. advisers, I believe in that, too. Not Not to justify But to justify direct combat involve- ment. G: That brings me to a question. You make a very strong argument in your book on Vietnam

Oral history transcript, Maxwell D. Taylor, interview 1a (I), 1/9/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 22 Lodge recommended, that various sanctions be imposed upon Diem-holding back aid, various things to remind him he'd better see the Ambassador and listen to his advice--something that Diem was not doing at the time

Oral history transcript, Keith Waller, interview 1 (I), 12/1/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in the Sabah-Sarawak area who were fighting Indonesian troops in the same area. Yet throughout all that we maintained com- paratively normal relations with the Indonesian government in Djakarta, and we continued our aid program for Indonesia even though we

Oral history transcript, Ed Gossett, interview 1 (I), 8/18/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

didn't agree with his stand M: How about education? Aid to education? G: I think he went too far with that. M: How about housing? That's another. G: Well, I think he overdid that. I feel like he obligated the government beyond the government's

Oral history transcript, Benjamin Spock, interview 1 (I), 10/23/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

in the Kennedy Administration, kept over as a White House aide into the Johnson Administration. G: Would it have been [Theodore] Sorensen? S: No, no. Less prominent than that. Anyway, he was doing jobs of various kinds for Bobby Kennedy at this time. my

Oral history transcript, John W. Macy, interview 1 (I), 3/18/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

as Assistant Director, at age 24, of the Civilian Personnel Division of the War Department. Me Let me clear up a point. You first came into the War Department as what? Personnel specialist? M: I came in as an administrative aide, as a grade GS-7. I went

Oral history transcript, Gale McGee, interview 2 (II), 3/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in many ways to sound off in regard to foreign policy. F: Well now, on Appropriations did you make a special sphere for you of foreign aid? M: Well, on the Appropriations Committee that was my special area in the LBJ Presidential Library http

Oral history transcript, Charles A. Morris, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

the stage for me? Can you tell me what kind of situation you discovered on your hands, so to speak, when you arrived? M: I got off the plane at about eleven a' clock in the morning. I was met by General Davidson's aide; he was out in the field

Oral history transcript, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, interview 1 (I), 1/11/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

with the names of the President and Cabinet Members and close aides at sort of a surprise party when I moved to my new house in Georgetown . I think Bobby and Ethel organized that . The President came to that, completely by surprise . He just went out of his

Oral history transcript, Stephen J. Pollak, interview 1 (I), 1/27/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

as advisor I saw some aides of the President who reflected some antagonism to Robert Kennedy. I ,always wondered--not always, because I didn't see much of it--but to the extent I saw it on the Johnson side, I always wondered whether they were reflecting

Oral history transcript, Robert F. McMahon and Mark T. Muller, interview 1 (I), 7/7/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Field, I had a total of fourteen hours in fighter aircraft, four of which were in a P-36, and none of them in the new P-40 E. But we did get them assembled, more or less, with the aid of some Aussies and the tutelage of a few sergeants that were destined

Oral history transcript, Mary Rather, interview 3 (III), 1/11/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

could have been that--oh I mean a full commander, I guess he was that instead of a captain, but he became a captain and admiral later. He had come from the Secretary--he was an aide to the Secretary of the Navy and he had come up because Mr. Johnson

Oral history transcript, Warren Christopher, interview 2 (II), 11/18/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

: Is there a statutory authority for special aid after riots? C: Yes, there are a number of federal statutes that can be invoked in circumstances in a city where there has been disorder or where there is suffering. However, there was and perhaps continues

Oral history transcript, Warren Christopher, interview 3 (III), 12/2/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

, there should be no intention in any way to interfere with the decentralized operations in the most efficient way . On the other hand, there is tremendous aid that can be given them by letting them know what's happening elsewhere in the Department of Justice

Oral history transcript, Irwin Wolkstein, interview 1 (I), 4/26/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and was on the agenda beginning in the early sixties as something that would be adopted but that's the nature of the way I became involved. G: In the sort of aid, help, information that you were providing, was it largely a question of how to fund

Oral history transcript, Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, interview 3 (III), 12/11/68, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

; the Senior Interdepartmental Group; the AID program; national security advisers; crisis management; Vietnam policy-making; the "nongroup;" Walt Rostow as a second secretary of state; peace feelers; Marigold; the Ashmore-Baggs trip; anatomy of leaks; the March

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 13 (XIII), 11/17/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

for aluminum defense and AID [Agency for International Development] projects. There were studies to substitute other materials for aluminum. On the IRS audits I don't remember whether we used that with aluminum but either with aluminum or steel I think through

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 25 (XXV), 3/17/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and minority leaders of the Senate having two of their very close aides sitting on the board. I have no recollection of being consulted about putting Simon McHugh on the board and I doubt that he did consult me. It's the kind of thing I don't think he talked

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 27 (XXVII), 4/19/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

know why I remember--I remember having steak for lunch in my office. The President told me to get [Hubert] Humphrey, and get him there, at the luncheon. So Larry O'Brien and Humphrey and I had lunch with Muskie and his aide, Don Nicoll. We talked about

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 43 (XLIII), 3/28/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: Really this was the same time that the President signed another bill to aid--this was increasing--providing mortgage funds for financing new homes. Was this in any way tied in as a way to boost the building trades at a time that--? C: No. Well, sure we

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 60 (LX), 1/17/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

with Johnson, and he had one of his aides go up and testify. We then had this little blip of a strike, possible strike, on the Long Island Railroad. Nice note from Fahy. Then Paul Hall said the President was, "trying to do to the railroad unions what Hitler did

Oral history transcript, Donald F. Hornig, interview 1 (I), 12/4/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

Oral history transcript, James R. Ketchum, interview 1 (I), 7/26/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

a contemporary and friend of Henri's, to give some of his father's works. But I don't remember his being all that helpful as such. Alice Brown was very helpful. She was the type of person who gave aid and comfort. When no one else would give money for a donation

Oral history transcript, William H. Jordan, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/5/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Alain C. Enthoven, interview 1 (I), 12/27/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

. On the other hand, as I said a moment ago, we found that the extent and the character of the Soviet reaction to our anti-ballistic missile deployment--that is, the extent to which they bought multiple warheads and what we call penetration aids--that is, devices

Oral history transcript, Edward R. Fried, interview 1 (I), 4/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

. M: But there has been a lot of comment by ex-aides. For example, I heard Bill Moyers on television saying that dissent, as he put it, was widespread in the government by some certain date. Does this get expressed? F: You mean dissent on Vietnam