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Oral history transcript, William J. Jorden, interview 4 (IV), 11/7/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • in the team. J: Well, I was on the National Security Council at the time, as you know, on the staff in charge of Far East affairs, so I had been working on Vietnam for quite a few years, [for] three steadily and before that for a couple of years, in and out
Oral history transcript, J.J. Jake Pickle, interview 4 (IV), 8/25/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • !" "Look at And they began to applaud, the Texas delegation stood up and clapped and whooped and hollered. The · network people wanted to know what was going on, and they came running around . The next thing I knew I had t he national radio and TV men
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 27 (XXVII), 1/30/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • that the people that were his friends, I would class them as the independents, Wesley West and. . . . G: Could they be considered more liberal than your average independent oilman? J: Hardy, hardly. I don't know. They were colorful, much more gamblers. At any
  • throughout Texas; LBJ's relationship with people in the oil industry; the 1950 congressional elections; Richard Nixon defeating Helen Gahagan Douglas in the 1950 California Senate race and how it affected LBJ's relationship with Nixon; Anna Rosenberg
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 22 (XXII), 1/8/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • of thing he dearly loved, behind sirens screaming, and Friday night he was able to get on national TV and tell the American people that they were going to have railroad service and that little brat--whatever her name was--her grandmother could come to her
  • Ed Welsh and the adoption of a plan to land a man on the moon; early competition between military branches and their fear of releasing secrets to NASA; how U.S. dominance in air power during World War II led other countries to advance technology
Oral history transcript, Richard H. Nelson, interview 1 (I), 7/20/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • - national Affairs at Princeton on the expropriation of American property in Cuba in 1959. After the election and the inaugural in 1961, Bill and Sarge were very helpful getting me interviews with certain people I needed in the State Department for my
Oral history transcript, John L. Sweeney, interview 1 (I), 11/14/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • Johnson? S: Yes. Pat McNamara was, even though somewhat junior in status in the Senate, nevertheless by the fortuitous set of circumstances that resulted in the selection of the right committees when he came in in '54 had already advanced
  • Biographical information; first association with LBJ while working for Senator Patrick McNamara; impressions of LBJ; LBJ’s techniques for garnering votes; “Johnson Treatment;” LBJ’s relationship with Eisenhower; total liberal; LBJ lacked tremendous
Oral history transcript, Samuel T. Williams, interview 1 (I), 3/2/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • that because we had some colored troops at Camp Swift, and Bastrop was not used to colored soldiers and we were all on edge about that, being fearful the rapist might be black. Frankly, I was quite relieved when I found out he was a white soldier out of my
Oral history transcript, Hugh Sidey, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • - But he also said, "I'd rather have one line in Time magazine or in the New York Times than I would in all the other newspapers i~n the country. II He was fascinated with the national character of Time magazine. If you go back in that time
Oral history transcript, Charles M. Maguire, interview 3 (III), 7/29/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • in one of the most curious positions. It turned out that Cater was working on a major speech for delivery the next morning, I believe it was to the National Association of Broadcasters in Chicago. Now it would have been customary in the circumstances
Oral history transcript, Lucius D. Battle, interview 2 (II), 12/5/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • with having been a participant in the war itself, or having bombed the Arab countries, killed their people and been a factor in their defeat certainly did not increase the affection that the American public had for Nasser and his regime, and I think added very
Oral history transcript, Lester D. Johnson, interview 1 (I), 10/16/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • in his visit? What did you do? J: Well, we made some of the advance arrangements with the Italian police with whom we had very good connections. M: The security measures? J: That's correct, yes. M: Did you then give him a tour of the city? J
Oral history transcript, Jack Albright, interview 1 (I), 12/11/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Albright -- I -- 4 A: No. Not really. You go through too many junctions, too many switches, too many possibilities of people to cut
  • reputation for firing people; arrangements to have LBJ’s 3/31/68 speech announcing he would not run ready for the teleprompter; Marvin Watson’s opinion of why LBJ chose not to run again; LBJ’s behavior following the 3/31/68 speech; LBJ’s preparation
Oral history transcript, Richard J. Hughes and Betty (Elizabeth) Hughes, interview 1 (I), 8/6/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • , and the big people. BH: I began to realize that food mattered. I had never been to a national convention, and to start out being hostess, that kind of starting at the top I could do without. However, we started getting all these cocktail parties, like
Oral history transcript, Marie Fehmer Chiarodo, interview 2 (II), 8/16/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • at the peak? C: Oh, yes. When I first went into P-38, there was a favorite expression that the Johnson people had that he was always "stirring the pot." This is how he kept people alert. You never knew whether or not you were going to be slapped to the files
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 12 (XII), 12/21/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • know how to read the figures at that time. We weren't aware of the fact--you know, most Americans have the concept that figures don't lie. Well, of course they don't, but people looking at the figures can lie to themselves if they don't understand
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 20 (XX), 1/28/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • by the color of the people we were fighting for. G: Okay. (Interruption) C: --to that. And maybe you can find the stuff. Well, we'll get into 1966. G: Yes, but were you thinking of something specific that-- C: Yes. G: Well, go ahead. Let's-- C
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 26 (XXVI), 11/16/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • anybody else could really bring him anything, particularly. I wasn't even sure that Gene could, but I wouldn't have sworn that anybody could. Now he started out by ruling out certain people. And there was no doubt whatsoever that Bobby Kennedy
Oral history transcript, Charles J. Zwick, interview 1 (I), 4/25/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • INTERVIEWEE: CHARLES J. ZWICK INTERVIEWER: DAVID McCOMB PLACE: National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 M: First of all, Dr. Zwick, I'd like to know something about your background. Where were you born, when, where did you get your
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 1 (I), 9/18/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • said, we had elicited a terrific amount of national attention and, obviously, a great amount of professional Democratic Party people's attention. So we developed a system of checking and rechecking every delegate. Bobby Kennedy and I jointly put
  • John F. Kennedy's (JFK) plan regarding primaries going into the 1960 Democratic National Convention; assigning JFK staffers to specific state delegations; JFK's decision to address the Texas delegation; JFK's decision to ask Lyndon Johnson (LBJ
Oral history transcript, Jerry Holleman, interview 1 (I), 4/19/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • changed the situation. As it was, the results of the convention were pretty well stacked by Johnson, and the effort that people had put into it to try to win the Democratic Party for simply loyal Democrats, Democrats loyal to the national party, ended up
Oral history transcript, Frank Stanton, interview 2 (II), 7/22/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • you got me into this goddamn thing, and I'm making a speech to the NAB [National Association of Broadcasters].” I don't recall ever having gotten him into that. It could be that I said in passing it would be a good idea to do it, but I don't think
  • problems at the 1968 Democratic National Convention; LBJ’s actions in regard to Vietnam; Stanton’s 1965 trip to Vietnam; criticism about press coverage of Vietnam; different Presidents’ reactions to press coverage the repeal of the Communications Act
Oral history transcript, Welly K. Hopkins and Alice Hopkins, interview 4 (IV), 12/1/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • in with this architect and his wife. W: Sybil Kuehne [?]. A: Yes. Sybil Kuehne [and] Hugo Kuehne. known one in Austin. girl. They had a nice home. He was an architect, a well- I just remember her as a pretty, young, gay Her coloring was beautiful, and that's
  • Early association with Johnsons; LBJ at Southwest Texas State Teachers' College; LBJ as debate coach; Alvin Wirtz; secretary to Kleberg; Maury Maverick; Al Smith; redistricting Blanco County
Oral history transcript, Kermit Gordon, interview 3 (III), 3/21/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • there was the MURA issue, the Midwestern University's Research Association, which was a proposal for a new and very expensive high energy accelerator to be built in Madison, Wisconsin, with federal funds as a consortium of about ten or a dozen midwestern universities
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 24 (XXIV), 11/15/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Correspondents Association [Dinner], followed by the Alfalfa Dinner, I think probably usually in March. Then the Young Democrats--I wonder what they did even about the--there must have been some women members of Congress and Democrats in those days. But a great
Oral history transcript, Hugh Gardner Ackley, interview 2 (II), 3/7/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • , with every change in the investment tax credit there are many people for whom really hundreds of millions of dollars ride on the question of whether an investment decision was or was not made in advance of (or after) a particular date. The room
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 21 (XXI), 8/10/1981-8/11/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • --first I think when we were on it it was a voice, later it became a tape--that was a brief salute to the first president. But big things were building up on the national scene, to which I actually paid little attention, but they were very important
  • Activities during the summer of 1947 leading up to Luci Johnson's birth; riding on the Sequoia with Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal and friends; LBJ's interest in national defense and U.S. relations with the Soviet Union; Luci's birth
Oral history transcript, William P. Bundy, interview 2 (II), 5/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • up of people who knew what they were doing and knew how to work with each other . And that was just a black cloud hanging over everything in the latter months of 1964 . I guess we sent some of the most strongly worded telegrams--"Tell them to get
Oral history transcript, John E. Stavast, interview 1 (I), 3/12/84, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
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Oral history transcript, James W. Symington, interview 1 (I), 7/14/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • in the government was very clear, going through assistant secretary of war for air, secretary of air, chairman of the National Security Resources Board, chairman of the RFC in 1951. I was out of college in 1950, and, of course, I was com- muting to ~"ashington
  • of disagreeing with people.
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 21 (XXI), 6/18/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • O'Brien -- Interview XXI -- 2 G: LBJ issued some uncharacteristically harsh public statements on this matter. Do you recall those and the reasons? O: He took the opportunity at a nationally televised press conference to somewhat berate the Congress
Oral history transcript, William Healy Sullivan, interview 1 (I), 7/21/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • and the National Security Council staff shared some of the more pessimistic estimates that we had as distinct from some of the more optimistic views that were expressed by people like General [Victor] Krulak. M: Was one of the first objects of business
Oral history transcript, Sid Davis, interview 4 (IV), 8/1/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , but now he was president in his own right and I think he felt a little more comfortable. A steady stream of government and other people came to the Ranch when the President visited the Texas residence. There were always people who he summoned for business
Oral history transcript, Mildred Portner, interview 1 (I), 1/11/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Survey at the national level. knew him from about the time he was thirty-four. during the war because of my husband's work. I I came to Washington I had gone into retail- ing as just something to do while raising my son, and then he came down
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 23 (XXIII), 9/5/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • it that the people that knew him best voted for him. So those are sort of four major guideposts as we launched into the long next month. Meanwhile, on the big front, all sorts of important things were happening. President [Harry] Truman signed executive orders ending
Oral history transcript, Horace V. (Dick) Bird, interview 1 (I), 5/16/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • : --in 1937 . B: Through my brother Phil . My brother Phil was head of NYA in Oklahoma and Lyndon was, of course, the head of it [in Texas] . NYA, National Youth Administration, I think that's the proper-­ G: Right . B: Yes . That's the name
Oral history transcript, Maxwell D. Taylor, interview 2 (II), 6/1/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • Saigon. There was just one mass of temporary camps, and I could see the kinds of people and get some idea of what the future problem would be in absorbing vast numbers of refugees. G: So there was a tremendous refugee problem, obviously. T
Oral history transcript, Charles L. Schultze, interview 2 (II), 4/10/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • by Kermit Gordon? S: Kermit Gordon, that's right. Now there are a lot of different people involved in this story, and they all felt different parts of the elephant. I found from talking to people that it is very difficult to piece the story together
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 16 (XVI), 1/29/1980-1/30/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • through the vast labyrinth of red tape that is the federal government. He tries to answer their questions. He tries to serve them, keep them current with what's going on in the district. Then secondly, we didn't want to let those people out there forget
  • . Cecil Evans; Allred's Senate loss to W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel; time spent relaxing at the National Youth Administration building on Buchanan Dam; LBJ's fried egg breakfast being interrupted by telephone calls; the Johnsons' house at 4921 Thirtieth Place
Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 4 (IV), 6/15/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • for the cattlemen to take protection and all that. G: Right. J: All that stuff affected the King Ranch, you see, and the cattlemen. That was one reason. Then you take it that the general counsel for the Texas Cattle Raisers Association was none other than
Oral history transcript, Guy S. Meloy III, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • did that entail exactly? M: Task Force was a headquarters composed of about, oh, forty people, most of them communicators in a regular staff with a commander, a deputy commander--the one, two, three, four kind of people, and their associated