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

that in the paper, and that was the first word you had had from him. H: No. That's not quite correct. We were in the line, and a Marine officer, one of the wonderful, handsome young Marine aides to the President, was giving all of us guests of the ~Jhite House

Oral history transcript, Daniel K. Inouye, interview 2 (II), 5/2/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 7 (VII), 8/26/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

on out there. Then I told him it was a group of neighbors that came out there to meet him, and he said, come?" II Well , Mr. J. Edgar Hoover is his neighbor. Did he I said, "No, he's out of town, but I just let one of his aides go upstairs

Oral history transcript, Mary D. Keyserling, interview 2 (II), 10/31/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 25 We haven't had much Federal legisla- tion, although quite a number of bills have been introduced. Senator Ribicoff has proposed the authorization of five hundred million dollars for Federal aid to day care

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krock, interview 1 (I), 11/21/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

to defer to anybody. It was perfectly clear that these missions were arranged, some at his request, other Kennedy and his aides thought up to keep [Johnson occupied]. "I don't know what to do with Lyndon. And Kennedy often said, I've got to keep him

Oral history transcript, Mary Lasker, interview 2 (II), 7/19/1978, 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 Lasker -- II -- 6 the powerful aid of Senator Hill. As they furthered

Oral history transcript, Alan L. Dean, interview 3 (III), 4/3/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

and be prepared to "tolerate" some of the quirks and enthusiams of their colleagues. The development of this kind of teamwork is sought frequently in industrial corporations, sometimes aided by sensitivity training, Tgroup work and so on. Because of the various

Oral history transcript, Fredrick L. Deming, interview 2 (II), 1/17/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

people money to buy our goods, so that we ran the deficit on the government finance account and the surplus in the trade account. When we began to cut back on our aid programs, and I'm not talking about cutting them back in a nasty way or anything, but we

Oral history transcript, Michael V. DiSalle, interview 1 (I), 2/4/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Oral history transcript, Thomas K. Finletter, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Oral history transcript, O.C. Fisher, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

legislation? F: No, I don't recall. I had very little occasion to deal with him directly regarding such things. Usually my relationship was with some of the aides in the White House, so far as legislation was LBJ Presidential Library http

Oral history transcript, Sim Gideon, interview 1 (I), 3/21/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

, the old aIding ompany ct that was passed during the Roosevelt Administration, some of those companies had to get rid of some of the electric facilities; and I'm probably getting too involved, by getting rid of electric facilities what I mean is under

Oral history transcript, William Healy Sullivan, interview 1 (I), 7/21/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

: And Johnson? Did he go, too? S: No, Johnson didn't go; just those, and probably an admiral--can't think of his name right now--a naval officer who was Taylor's aide. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B

Oral history transcript, Antonio J. Taylor, interview 1 (I), 11/23/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

Oral history transcript, Harfield Weedin, interview 1 (I), 2/24/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and say you've moved. But as I recall, that's one thing Lyndon was able to Any problems we had with the government, he was able to get one of his aides to assist. G: Well, let me ask you about the affiliation, getting the CBS affiliation. How

Oral history transcript, W. Averell Harriman, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

the point that he wasn't interested in his earlier career in foreign affairs at all. While you served President Truman, either in the White House or as Mutual Security Administrator, did Mr. Johnson ever take any interest in the foreign affairs aide? Did

Oral history transcript, Walter W. Heller, interview 1 (I), 2/20/1970, by David G. McComb (Item)

Oral history transcript, Lister Hill, interview 1 (I), 2/1/1971, by T.H. Baker (Item)

, there was a health 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 22 bill passed--federal aid

Oral history transcript, Anna Rosenberg Hoffman, interview 1 (I), 11/2/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

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

it all. We got it over there~ and it helped the Soviets out of a bad time. F: You know, this was quite controversial at the time, and a lot of the more conservative people in the country felt that this was an aid-to-the-enemy sort of transaction

Oral history transcript, Chalmers Roberts, interview 1 (I), 4/23/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

version of opposing for opposition's sake. His interest was in domestic matters and so he depended on George. M: Does this apply--aren't you the author of rather a famous article regarding the decision not to go to the aid of the French in 1954? R

Oral history transcript, Harrison Salisbury, interview 1 (I), 6/26/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

accurate our bombing is, because there were only sixty-one people killed in Nam Dinh in a period of eighteen months. off. II That's how far this is But anyway, he and I guess a couple of his aides were the LBJ Presidential Library http

Oral history transcript, Whitney Shoemaker, interview 1 (I), 11/25/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

is President. Now in contrast--oh, I might also mention at this particular moment, the biggest issue is aid to the Biafrans [NigeriaJ. It's 90 per cent inspired. I don't mean to be critical when I say inspired, but actually form letters or cards

Oral history transcript, Adrian A. Spears, interview 1 (I), 6/11/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

desk, stacked it looked like two or three feet high with papers; and the credenza behind his desk was stacked with papers; and he had telephone lights blinking; and several of his administrative aides were sUll there, and I saw at least two secretaries

Oral history transcript, Elmer B. Staats, interview 1 (I), 12/9/1971, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Oral history transcript, J.C. Looney, interview 1 (I), 10/3/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

were not only conscious of it, but Pm sure that we explained to the people there that we would have a voice there in Congres s that could speak for us in connection with it, because we did. The County did solicit federal aid in doing something about

Oral history transcript, Frank W. Mayborn, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

the steam right out of us. In that particular campaign, why, we worked all night long getting our committee plans ready. The next morning we'd read the Los Angeles paper, which was being put out with the aid of Mr. Kennedy out there, wherever he sat his

Oral history transcript, Robert H. Montgomery, interview 1 (I), 8/19/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

political entities; individuals receiving any sort of grants-in-aid, s.'llaries, '1,'ifts, of all pensions, inco;nes of all sorts, 'from any government-.;ql i:\C';ency I,h",tever! They knew how much each recipient was getting; what salary nr wages he

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

it came February-March and the Secretary had picked most of his immediate aides . The Department was going to be officially in business on the first of April and it got to be March and there had been still no designation of the National Transportation

Oral history transcript, Robert Oliver, interview 2 (II), 11/29/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of And if the price tag that's been placed on it is accurate, it would have cost the consumers of this country hundreds of billions of dollars by now . G: Why do you think Johnson aided the opponents of the bill, or at least talked to you about it? � � � LBJ

Oral history transcript, Paul A. Porter, interview 1 (I), 10/2/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

on this aid the origin of the thing came about this way. I was told that after the election President Kennedy and Nixon had a rendezvous somewhere in Florida, Key Biscayne. They were discussing and reminiscing, and Jack Kennedy was complaining about

Oral history transcript, Edward C. Welsh, interview 1 (I), 7/18/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

was not due to any hesitancy about the space program. It had to do with the other items that went in that message--foreign aid, a whole series of other things that they wanted to put together in a composite presentation--with the idea that space would be so

Oral history transcript, G. Mennen Williams, interview 1 (I), 3/8/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

~ with a general program of development. Korry advocated the concentration, particularly of aid programs, in a few countries. bought that. It was about the time I was going out, so I didn't really have the time to try and buck that. F: Apparently

Oral history transcript, Adam Yarmolinsky, interview 3 (III), 10/22/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the analogy is the AID formula: you give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; you teach him how to fish and he can feed himself from then on. G: Was the War on Poverty planned with the recognition that Sargent Shriver would be the head of the program

Oral history transcript, Barry Zorthian, interview 2 (II), 4/24/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and minds?" Vietnamese?" "Are you running an efficient counterpart in your So that that soldier or that AID officer or whoever was out there, in response to such quest ions, would tend to say, "Yes, we've pacified this area." "Yes, we've got a perfectly

Oral history transcript, Charles J. Zwick, interview 2 (II), 8/1/1969, by David G. McComb (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 involvements about U.S. personnel overseas, tying of foreign aid to purchase

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Beirne, interview 1 (I), 3/4/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of fact, he was a storehouse of information . If he himself wouldn't get involved, anybody who could get to one of his aides or get to him and say, "Tell me how I should handle this," you could stack your chips . But if you followed the advice, you'd

Oral history transcript, Thomas G. Corcoran, interview 1 (I), 7/26/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

and other government aid. In the course of that, I worked for a Texan named Jesse Jones, who fascinated me as a titanic powerhouse. And I became interested in Texas and the political courage in Texas as exemplified in Jones and in the men of the Southwest

Oral history transcript, Thomas C. Mann, interview 1 (I), 11/4/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

relations with other nations in the world: trade; to some extent, aid policy; the GATT. We had in those days, I suppose it's still true, never less than four negotiations for civil aviation agreements going on simultaneously. So the whole gamut

Oral history transcript, Marjorie Lawson, interview 1 (I), 6/11/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the job. That something as big as the Voting Rights Act, something as big as real equal employment opportunity, something as big as aid to education and the War on Poverty, which was not a big enough war and didn't last long enough, is going to be needed