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Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 35 (XXXV), 3/8/1991, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was--not that anybody was trying to catch Lyndon then. But, if it was for Rayburn, that meant with a little hopeful, big-eyed longing for me, we would go. The Belgian Embassy was one of the most elegant houses in town, as I remember, out on Foxhole Road, and the wife

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 24 (XXIV), 3/16/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

at this country today. Christ, the Catholic bishops a year ago on the maldistribution of wealth. In any case-And on Vietnam I hope these measures--on the tax thing we asked for restoration of the automobile and telephone excise tax reductions. We got them. We

Oral history transcript, James A. Lovell, interview 1 (I), 7/16/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

are trying to, right now, tailor a program something like the Youth Physical Fitness Awards Program, only tailored to adults, and see what we can do. M: Do you think that'll go? L: I don't know . . I hope so. I hope it gives an incentive. The LBJ

Oral history transcript, Mary Michelson Fish Johnson Haselton, interview 1 (I), 2/10/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

saw it. It was hilarious. Not really hilarious, but everyone was getting so uptight that it was unbelievable. So I said to him sort of calmly, I hope calmly, "Mr. Johnson, please calm down. You can't go Christmas shopping two days before Christmas

Oral history transcript, J. Willis Hurst, interview 1 (I), 5/16/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of his chest pain. I believe he was playing dominoes or some game with his friends there, including Brown, and began to have chest pain. Now, I'll interject some interesting notes, at least notes I hope are interesting along the line. Mr. Brown apparently

Oral history transcript, Wilbur J. Cohen, interview 1 (I), 12/8/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

the chairman. And you have to understand his relationship in Congress. A man is in Congress, but he wants to run for the United States Senate in five years--he's obviously going to do different things than if he isn't. If he ultimately hopes to be speaker

Oral history transcript, Wilbur J. Cohen, interview 3 (III), 5/10/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

recording, he has been retained by the Nixon Administration and I hope therefore the health programs that have been worked on so diligently over the Johnson Administration will be implemented. The very fact that as of today there still is no assistant

Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 7 (VII), 4/17/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. While I haven't always agreed with the action taken, whether it be Roosevelt or whomever, I've always felt that they had information I didn't have and I had to go ahead and salute and say, "Sir," and hope for the best. So that looking back, I don't

Oral history transcript, Bui Diem, interview 1 (I), 6/5/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, you see. And so later on, as soon as there is even a slight possibility of having another solution, the Nationalists tried to stick to it, hoping to improve the solution--I mean, for instance, the Bao Dai solution--for having a legal basis, some kind

Oral history transcript, Everett McKinley Dirksen, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1968, by William S. White (Item)

the bull calf, although I'm still hoping that one day I'll get that bull calf. W: Well, you've still got a chance because they way he's talking now, he's more or less retiring down there, you know, to the ranch. Oh, by the way, in that connection, here's

Oral history transcript, John S. Foster, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/3/1968, by Dorothy Pierce McSweeny (Item)

a moment ago. And I'm hopeful that it has helped to contain, to some extent, the enthusiasm for other powers to get into the nuclear weapon business. But none of us are in a position to say just how much more assurance we might indeed have if we were able

Oral history transcript, John S. Foster, Jr., interview 3 (III), 1/7/1969, by Dorothy Pierce McSweeny (Item)

navy aircraft will have swing-wing and I hope in the future other aircraft will have the enclosed canopy. When one introduces major changes like that, one also comes upon surprises, and we've seen some in this aircraft. I don't think they're the kinds

Oral history transcript, Carl B. Albert, interview 3 (III), 7/9/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

on the committee hoping that they would make this a worthwhile matter. M: Thinking of that first session, are there some that stand out in your mind as being one of 6 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson

Oral history transcript, Lindy Boggs, interview 1 (I), 2/15/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

who went down ahead of the train as advance people. We set up committees everywhere we went. We hoped that in showing them how to set up a committee to get a great crowd down to the train that they would stay organized and get people to the polls

Oral history transcript, Henriette Wyeth Hurd, interview 1 (I), 4/10/1969, by Elizabeth Kaderli (Item)

. There were some figs growing on the tree outside, and we had remembered the fig tree. So we had that and hoped to get some coffee when--we'd been left a car, so we drove ourselves to the Ranch. That morning was most uncomfortable. We were taken on a drive

Oral history transcript, Sidney Dillon Ripley II, interview 1 (I), undated, by T.H. Baker (Item)

teaching within the confines of the Center to have a continuing vitality. But I had also hoped that the building would do much more for poor people, people who otherwise couldn't go to the theatre, in having free tickets, and having fellowships

Oral history transcript, Francis Keppel, interview 2 (II), 8/17/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in the course of that whole business the President lost personal confidence in my capacity to run an office. That's the kind of statement that obviously should be checked with someone else, and the notes that I take on this one are, I would hope that somebody

Oral history transcript, Charles Diggs, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

to reverse, particularly because he raised the level of aspirations and the hopes of people. We may have people who are less com- mitted than he in the White House, but I'm sure that they're going to be very hesitant about reversing trends, at least. M

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

Oral history transcript, Hector Garcia, interview 1 (I), 7/9/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

Americans." means that we are ex-soldiers or ex-G.I.'s. "GI" merely The word "Forum" was like the Roman open forum derived from the fact that we were hoping that this would be an open meeting,and open discussion meeting for everybody taking part. So

Oral history transcript, O.B. Summy, interview 1 (I), 4/3/1965, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)

: Did the President talk about any of his ambitions, what he hoped to do in California and later? S: No, I don’t believe he did at the time. G: Did he think of himself as a man who was going to be in politics… S: No, he didn’t mention that part

Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 5 (V), 8/11/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

and brought it in to tlc President. The President obviously H:tS elc.t:ed. publicly, as well as many, many time He had hoped and had said privatel:y, that he would feel like he had made a very, ve:j significantly successful move in deciding not to seek

Oral history transcript, Paul C. Warnke, interview 3 (III), 1/17/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

them several more years away from any capacity to strike us with nuclear weapons. What you have to hope is that time wounds all heels and, as a consequence, the Communist Chinese may acquire a degree of political maturity which would make them more

Oral history transcript, E. Ernest Goldstein, interview 4 (IV), 12/19/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. Johnson has been in his career, particularly in the Presidency? G: I would guess and hope very influential. She's my particular folk hero at this moment. being. She's a lady in every respect, and she's a very broad-gauged human I've no doubt about her

Oral history transcript, Robert P. Griffin, interview 1 (I), 3/2/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

review of this sort. I would like to go over my notes and do some research, and someday I hope I will be able to do that. MG: Well, thank you, Senator. RG: All right. LEnd of Tape 1 of 1 and Interview I] LBJ Presidential Library http

Oral history transcript, Robinson Risner, interview 1 (I), 11/4/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Risner -- I -- 20 optimist, I hoped that this meant that there were some negotiations going on that I wasn't aware

Oral history transcript, Payne Rountree, interview 1 (I), undated, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)

what he wanted to be in the world? Or what he hoped to be? R: Well, we talked about so many things that I just don't remember. G: Did he ever talk about wanting to be a. politician that you remember? A senator or a congressman? R: I can't remember

Oral history transcript, John Ben Shepperd, interview 1 (I), 12/30/1968, by Elizabeth Kaderli (Item)

appear that these Do you think this is--1 I'd say that most of them have been silenced; I think Jimmy Banks had a column within the last two or three days and said that I had made a statement that I was too busy to get this list up, and he hoped that I

Oral history transcript, Eugene McDermott and Margaret Milam McDermott, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

. Or1: Did you have a chance to say anything at the dedication? Did you give a speech, too? [vtr'l: No. r'ly husband spoke for us, as he does so ably. DM: What did he say? MM: I think that what we both hoped for, that the building would

Oral history transcript, Thomas H. (Admiral) Moorer, interview 1 (I), 8/8/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

: Yes, Mrs. McSweeny, as you know I am President of the Naval Institute Proceedings, by virtue of being Chief of Naval Operations, and we have under way now an oral history program with which we hope to cover practically all activities of senior naval

Oral history transcript, James M. Nabrit, interview 1 (I), 3/28/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

; evaluation of LBJ’s chances for reelection in 1968; Negroes on Vietnam War and the Army; Kerner Report; relationship between Howard and Resurrection City in 1968; Nabrit’s hope that history will be fair to LBJ.

Oral history transcript, Wright Patman, interview 1 (I), 8/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, and they kind of like a dead fish's tail shook hands with me. do it. Springs. I tried to provoke conversation and couldn't Finally I said, "Well, I think I'm going on up to Sulphur I'm running for Congress, I hope you remember that, and I hope you'll vote

Oral history transcript, Wright Patman, interview 2 (II), 2/4/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

like that, and there is no rule on it. It was just the thinking of some of the members who were old in the party. I felt that way about it. I felt like our greatest hope was the fact that Lyndon would probably be second to Kennedy. That being true

Oral history transcript, James Cato Pattillo and Nettie Pattillo Woodyard, interview 1 (I), 6/27/1968, by A.K. Johnson (Item)

were great. And I said, "How about Andrew Johnson?" She said, "I hope you don't call him a great man." So that ended the conversation then. J: Now is this Mrs. Johnson's mother that you're speaking of now specifically? P: Yes. J: All right, sir

Oral history transcript, Mildred Portner, interview 1 (I), 1/11/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

couldn't be there. As you recall, if you remember, Mr. Johnson was very ill that evening, but it was held and it happened. I hope that somebody will ask for a reference on that rather long memo that Mrs. Roberts wrote and that he accepted as a concept

Oral history transcript, Milton R. Young, interview 1 (I), 7/18/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. A farm price support program for cattle, for example, would be no good, as well as for any perishable commodity. Senator Russell and I first became closely associated on price support programs when the Aiken-Hope price support program of 1948 was being

Oral history transcript, Walter Judd, interview 2 (II), 12/20/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, and one of the problems was the Communists, but I'll be darned--my discussions with them. It was obvious that the Communists were in trouble. Whenever they're in trouble they're just like [Mikhail] Gorbachev now, as far as--I have to predict. I hope I'm

Oral history transcript, Whitney M. Young, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/18/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

had much duplication and many people who were not being served. We talked about how could such a position be established. I think he really had hoped that the OEO director would be able to do it, but this was a little unrealistic. He didn't have

Oral history transcript, Cecil D. Redford, interview 1 (I), 7/8/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

any paved roads in Blanco County. It was a question of putting some hard surfacing on it, such as caliche or adobe or something like that, and grading it down and then hoping that the traffic packed it. M: And traffic in those days was what, mainly

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 27 (XXVII), 12/13/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

against the Taft-Hartley injunction route. I still think I was right. Do you know if he actually did invoke the Taft-Hartley procedures or not? G: Yes, I think he did eventually. But not right away, I hope. Now, tell me about that. R: That one arose