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Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 7 (VII), 6/17/1970, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

. Develop them," and what have you. "I'll have a State of the Union [Message], and if there's a Democratic administration after me, we'll be that far ahead." So we went forward and some of the elements of programs involved reorganizations, of which

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 19 (XIX), 1/27/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Merrick was very much impressed by the troops over there and he kicked the shit out of the press corps over there I'm sure partly because of his own actions. But he did stick in our heads that there ought to be an Ernie Pyle in Vietnam and we got off--I

Oral history transcript, Hugh Sidey, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

rather than just majority leader, because he was a brilliant man, you know, he really understood what had happened to the blacks in America over those hundred years. I think, though, in those days he was so mesmer- ized with power and the manipulation

Oral history transcript, George E. Christian, interview 2 (II), 12/4/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Phillip B. Davidson, interview 2 (II), 6/30/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

-S-V-N? D: Yes. They said, "We failed," and they went into a long list of why they failed, and then they prescribed, as they usually do, some corrective actions. As I say, I have a copy of it. Nowhere in that document is there any remark

Oral history transcript, John Peter Flynn, interview 1 (I), 12/19/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Polaris coming into the force. That's another historic story, and I have first-hand knowledge of it because I was the air force action officer, and every time the Titan, the Atlas, the Polaris or the Minuteman came on board for discussion [in the] JCS

Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 5 (V), 3/29/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to where it would be easy for him to sign and put some kind of marker where the name was supposed to go and things like that. The matters of vital importance, like Vietnam, or things that were happening that required prompt action would be brought to his

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

/exhibits/show/loh/oh Jorden -- I -- 28 M: What about the general point they make, and others make, that at times there were tactical actions taken that might have contributed toward making it more difficult, such as the bombing that took place during

Oral history transcript, Edward G. Lansdale, interview 1 (I), 6/5/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Oral history transcript, James Davis, interview 1 (I), 11/3/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

it had really an effect--if people was being treated fair without the action of the civil rights movement. But I don't think he at no time was for it [discrimination]; it was a tradition, true enough, that it didn't have to really get too bothered

Oral history transcript, Daniel O. Graham, interview 2 (II), 11/8/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Oral history transcript, Joseph W. Barr, interview 3 (III), 5/8/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and then no action would occur on 9 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Barr -- III -- 10 the Rules Committee. It seemed to be when Rayburn

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 14 (XIV), 11/18/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was as close to the President as Rusk was in personal terms, and he had him there in Latin America. He was fine, but the bureaucracy over there didn't want to deal with it, which was another reason why we sent Harriman. We didn't really think anybody within

Oral history transcript, Alfred B. Fitt, interview 1 (I), 10/25/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 3 (III), 3/25/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was in every major civil rights action from the time it started, really. He just did everything, was in every case. [He] travelled over the country and tried cases in the South where he was so unwelcome, and therefore, among the black leaders, legally first

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 9 (IX), 1/24/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Johnson -- IX -- 19 out and ran in and got the kids out. J: Yes. It really wasn't a perilous situation, as I remember, but it was just a scene when somebody needed help and quick action

Oral history transcript, Samuel A. Adams, interview 2 (II), 8/15/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

normally win in a libel action in the summary judgment stage, that is the initial stage, is on malice. And our malice case was virtually nonexistent. And God darn it, Boies was running the outfit, and I saw personally our second brief turn from a fairly

Oral history transcript, Luther E. Jones, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/13/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

created, and it went into immediate action. One of the conditions on which he took the assignment was that Lyndon Johnson would have. to do what he said absolutely, that Wild would tell him when to speak, where to speak and what to say. And as far as I

Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 4 (IV), 8/7/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 5 that that was based on friendship with the President, and that he might not be the caliber of man who ought to be in an appellate judgeship. think that any study of Homer Thornberry's actions and indicate

Oral history transcript, Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, interview 2 (II), 11/23/68, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

people at that time, in a way everybody else is playing marbles. M: This is where the action is--over here? K: It's tremendously important ~ and if you really look at Cabinet posts, I think the Assistant Secretary, for example, handling European

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 18 (XVIII), 1/6/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

talking about it coming back--"so we ought to have some other news, not just this." Just as we were getting out of the car, he said, "We'll announce the new head of the VOA [Voice of America] and we'll announce the new Supreme Court justice." And he walked

Oral history transcript, S. Douglass Cater, interview 2 (II), 5/8/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

the public statements, apparently the President, Lyndon Johnson, took a more or less neutral stand, did he not--not wanting to castigate, yet not wanting to support this covert action. But the Vice President, Hubert Humphrey, did make some statements

Oral history transcript, A. Scheffer Lang, interview 1 (I), 11/1/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

. There is no direct action on their part to force us to go one way or another. We rely heavily on the advice of the general counsel's office in the Office of the Secretary in much of our work in railroad safety where legal questions are involved. But we're our own

Oral history transcript, John J. (Lt. Gen.) Davis, interview 1 (I), 3/7/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

to meet that threat. It's part of the action-reaction cycle. It may cause you to put in more ABM's because you don't want those MIRVS to get in and kill you, you see. M: It's that type of thing that we get heavily involved in. General, does the Arms

Oral history transcript, Charles M. Simpson and John McCarthy, interview 1 (I), 5/2/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

perpetually volunteered for Vietnam, kept going back. pay, combat pay. them happy. They liked it. They drew TOY Enough action to satisfy them, keep We gave about as good as we got, most of the time. At the end of the Vietnam War, they contracted Special

Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 5 (V), 2/24/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

was invited to do so. My time over there was limited to about two weeks. Fortunately, it was the two weeks when the action had really reached the highly interesting level. My work on the study group had given me some familiarity with the rather extensive ways

Oral history transcript, Jonathan F. Ladd, interview 2 (II), 9/25/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Tet actions going on, but the local commanders took care of them, and that was followed shortly, not too long thereafter, with the problems at Khe Sanh and Lang Vei. G: Yes, I want to come to that. enemy assault? L: What was the provision at Lang

Oral history transcript, John Michael Dunn, interview 1 (I), 7/25/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

service, and of course he was also motivated by a desire to stay in the action. Now the motivation underlying his appointment, I have heard speculation on from many quarters, and certainly the fact that he was a prominent Republican was a factor

Oral history transcript, Keyes Beech, interview 1 (I), 3/22/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

to be, you know; it was where the action was. Then it was in 1955 that Diem had his finest hour, and that was when he cracked down on the Binh Xuyen. They'd lobbed some mortars into his front yard at the palace, and he had to do something or else throw

Oral history transcript, Michael V. Forrestal, interview 1 (I), 11/3/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

was degenerating pretty rapidly in South Vietnam, was there active consideration of some type ~ of military action to perhaps forestall further degeneration? Such as bombing, for example? F: No, we were very bad about that in 'retrospect. I say we were very bad

Oral history transcript, Spurgeon H. Neel, Jr., interview 2 (II), 12/19/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

is going to carry? And don't they even tell you the route to come in and the evasive action to come out?" And, of course, the answer to all these things was affirmative, yes. He said, "Well, General, don't you feel kind of useless out here?" They were

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 21 (XXI), 1/7/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

; LBJ's frustration with press coverage of his trip; LBJ's meeting with Greek prime minister Konstantinos Karamanlis; LBJ's trip to Italy; meeting the Pope; LBJ's ability to relate to poor people; Reedy's work and LBJ's actions during the Cuban missile

Oral history transcript, Samuel T. Williams, interview 2 (II), 3/16/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, will you consider this: man work out his tax? why can't a I said, as a child in Denton, Texas in the United States of America, they had road taxes, and I presume they still do. But in my day and time, if people didn't have cash money handy

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

into actionable form. When I said that many are useless, I was referring rather to many of the commissions and task forces brought in from the outside. Many of these consist in getting either creative people or elder statesmen to shoot from the hip, to draw

Oral history transcript, Charles M. Haar, interview 1 (I), 6/14/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, about state and local programs, trying to figure out what you do. Because our problem was, how do you get all this philosophy--a man like Eiseley could write so beautifully, and at times he talked in the room about the kind of America that we were

Oral history transcript, Paul D. Harkins, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

of them were about platoon size or squad size that would do all the infiltrating. I think the first time we noticed a Viet Cong battalion in action was at the. Battle of Ap Bac-I used to call it My Aching Back--but that's when they did use a battalion

Oral history transcript, Earle Wheeler, interview 2 (II), 5/7/1970, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

out, I went to I told him what my physical condition was and what the prognosis was and so on, and the fact that I was going to be out of action for at least another six weeks, and it could be considerably more than that. I suggested to him

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

several times since he became President. I remem- ber one occasion when I sal.;r him in action as Vice President at the LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781

Oral history transcript, David Ginsburg, interview 4 (IV), 11/11/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

analysis Joe was saying, "Mr. President, I think really you should take a second look at this and you should send it out to the departments for review and for action." MG: With regard to the financing, was there any difference of opinion within

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