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

the legislative assistant to Senator Symington, you partici pated then in the post-Sputnik Preparedness Investigating Sub-committee and then in the Senate special committee drafting the Space Act, didn't you? W: Yes, that's correct. B: I know a good deal
program; relationship between JFK and LBJ; selection of Houston for space center; NASA budget; supersonic transport planning; Post-Apollo planning; HHH as Chairman of Council; 1967 Apollo fire; visit with LBJ in retirement
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 18 (XVIII), 12/18/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was devoting attention to the Post Office Department that wasn't necessary. He wanted to be sure that I was continuing my activities with the staff. My effort to adjust the staff failed early on and the retention of the office in the White House was his
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Lonnelle Aikman, interview 1 (I), 4/28/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

want to say. F: She respected your point of view. A: Oh, indeed. She not only respected itt, but I think this was her attitude in her relations with the press in general. Of course, all during the years in the various posts that her husband held
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 37 (XXXVII), 11/14/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and a couple of calls from him back to me and a call or two here to and from John Macy. G: Would Heineman have taken the Transportation post? C: No, I don't think so, but he never got offered [it]. The only thing I ever offered, I offered Ben Heineman
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Robert J. Kleberg, Jr., interview 1 (I), 7/9/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

of his own throughout South Texas and, for that matter, in other parts of the nation. M: Do you have any idea of why he quit working for your brother? He got that N.Y.A. post right about that time. K: Well, I remember very well that he talked to Dick
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Barry Zorthian, interview 1 (I), 5/6/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

ranging from six to seven o'clock. could make the very early morning shows here. They used The wire services And even the dailies, the specials, the New York Times or the Washington Post, could make a late edition, you .see. And every other period
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, B. F. "Tom" Donald, interview 1 (I), 9/7/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, John W. Macy, interview 5 (V), 11/9/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Ernest May, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Henry Hall Wilson, interview 1 (I), 4/11/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

O'Brien left for the Post Office Department, because he was the overall legislative man. My title was not Administrative Assistant to O'Brien but Administrative Assistant to the President. did have to channel a lot of this stuff. Nevertheless you After
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Mary Margaret Wiley Valenti, interview 7 (VII), 9/21/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Adrian S. Fisher, interview 1 (I), 10/31/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

didn't see the then Senator Johnson on that issue. I stayed away from the Hill except for that one time, this one trip. I stayed where I had nice, good, fat Republican clients. M: Is this the period when you were counsel for the Washington Post? F
Roosevelt Association; counsel for Washington Post; Phil Graham; Jerry Siegel; John McCloy; Edmund A. Gullion; Herbert Humphrey; Jerome B. Wiesner; Arthur Dean; Arthur Schlesinger; McGeorge Bundy; ACDA; Alvin Wirtz; Moscow trip; test ban treaty; American

Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 3 (III), 12/16/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, 1969 INTERVIEWEE: JAMES H. ROWE, JR. INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: Mr. Rowe's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 F: The St. Louis Post-Dispatch for December 15, 1966, has an article on page 28A by Richard Dudman, which throws some
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Cameron McElroy and Lucille McElroy, interview 1 (I), 3/11/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

? M: Well, she posted all that land and she just let a few of us go in there and hunt on it when it was time to trim some of the coveys down at the end of the season. G: Why did she want to preserve the quail? Did she feel--? M: Because they were
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Frank Oltorf, interview 1 (I), 8/3/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

Johnson, The Houston Post was supporting because he was a Houstonian, and I was a cousin of Governor Hobby's and just extremely devoted to him . And Johnson felt that one of the reporters on the paper, at least one of the editors, not the Hobbys
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Frank Pace, Jr., interview 1 (I), 5/12/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Hannegan, who was also head of the Democratic National Committee. At then- Attorney General Tom Clark's suggestion,Bob Hannegan took me in to administratively run the Post Office, because he had other responsibilities. He had a considerable closeness
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Ben Barnes, interview 1 (I), 6/28/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

Vietnam policy; post-presidency contacts and work with LBJ and Lady Bird Johnson and LBJ State Park; Hubert Humphrey's 1968 Texas campaign; LBJ's role in politics in post-presidency period
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 63 (LXIII), 4/17/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that is the Washington Post wrote an editorial, saying that Warren ought to write another letter. "Let's go to another letter, please," or something. And the President called me to talk to Phil Geyelin, who by then had become the editorial page editor of the Post
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Lyndon B. Johnson, 4/16/1970, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, Mr. President. It has been remembered by Thomas Corcoran that when you were about to resign your NYA [National Youth Administration] post to run for the congressional seat, the Administration, especially Aubrey Williams, thought that you were doing
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 8 (VIII), 7/22/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, say, the Chronicle or the [ Houston] Post behind you in that? 1 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
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Phillip S. Hughes, interview 1 (I), 3/7/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

2gislation, poverty legislation, and could take effective positions that President Kennedy couldn't. how you feed this into the hopper. I don't know You certainly have to assume that President Johnson knew what to do in that post-assassination situation
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 10 (X), 3/31/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Post or Newsweek Where is he now, Washington Post? magazine last I heard of him. But Gerry Siegel was working on the Preparedness [Sub]committee at the time. So he told me he'd take him. Gerry said, "Sam, do you mind if I take this up with Senator
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Kermit Gordon, interview 4 (IV), 4/8/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

post thing; it was a phrase, I think, invented by a speechwTiter to describe a program, the goals for which were very clear in President Johnson's mind when he moved into the White House. M: Does the phrase ''1Y'ar on poverty" fall into the same sort
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., interview 2 (II), 8/1/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

something I want to talk to you about." I said, "What is it?" He said, "Your friends on the New York Post are going to print a story tomorrow that I have an incurable disease and this will hurt me badly in the campaign. I think you ought to tell them
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Edward Re, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

, I was a candidate for judicial office, having already submitted all of my papers and having filled out the American Bar Association questionnaire. M: For a judicial-- R: For a judicial post, and I was being considered for a judicial post
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, David G. Nes, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

on the promotion boards and so forth. Because to assign a class-one officer just like that is very difficult. a long time. It takes You just can't find a position of his rank and his background and capabilities like that. they could find Cairo as a post. So
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 20 (XX), 4/23/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. But it was there and was part of the climate. G: Were you involved at all in the Detroit problem and the communication between Governor [George] Romney and the President with regard to sending out troops? O: No. G: The riots, in the area of your involvement, the Post
they affected the Post Office Department; political problems with Sam Yorty and Jesse Unruh; O'Brien's loyalty in working for LBJ until LBJ announced that he would not seek re-election; LBJ's relationship with Robert Kennedy and Edward Kennedy; November 1967
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Clarence S. Redford, interview 1 (I), 6/18/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

the post office there, which was a small fourth-class post office probably paying some fifty dollars a month or something. She had three boys, and we lived there in Johnson City until the boys all left home to go to college. She remained living there until
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Nelson M. Bortz, interview 1 (I), 10/24/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

Roosevelt established by Executive Order . That then was concluded in early 1946 . I returned to the BLS and remained in various, largely administrative posts, in the area of industrial relations and wages for about the next ten years, going over

Oral history transcript, Charls E. Walker, interview 1 (I), 9/16/1999, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

. President. What is the problem.?" The problem was that he planned to announce the next day that Fowler would succeed Dillon and was worried about the editorial reactions in the Times, the Post, the Wall Street Journal, and Business Week, as well he should
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 26 (XXVI), 4/18/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was competent, and it was very important to put a black in that job or in a cabinet post to hold him up. And he had had a good career as a government bureaucrat. He wasn't in a class with John Gardner or [Secretary of Defense Robert] McNamara for example. Wood
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Stanley Karnow, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

stories out just for mechanical reasons, also censorship--not censorship but post-censorship. Tape 1 of 2, Side 2 They didn't use that story, and I suspect one of the reasons they didn't use it was that Time magazine was beginning to get vibrations from
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Katie Louchheim, interview 2 (II), 4/14/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

available, and besides they are used to being treated as if they were more important than the president of the United States. I remember the head of the editorial page, Phil Geylin, at the Washington Post saying to me-- M: What's his last name? l
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Robert M. Montague, interview 2 (II), 11/5/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Lucius D. Battle, interview 3 (III), 9/15/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, and then we'll come back to this. Was Cairo a popular post? Was it a desirable posting in the diplomatic corps? B: It was considered an extremely desirable ambassadorial post. It was Class I, of which there were, what? Twelve or fifteen around the world
with the U.S.; Battle's communications with Nasser; Cairo as a desirable ambassadorial post; morale at the Cairo embassy; living in Cairo; spy satellites and photographic reconnaissance; the 1964 downing of John Mecom's plane by the Egyptian air force; Battle's
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Katharine Graham, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

think he had a deep sympathy with his inferiority feelings about the South. F: Very briefly, let's run through your husband's career to the time when he came with the Washington Post so we can establish this sort of background. G: He came from a very
First acquaintance with the Johnsons; Clean Elections Bill; Philip Graham’s background; Joe Rauh; Graham’s support of LBJ in 1960 election; selection of home for Johnson family; 1958 dinner at Alsop’s with JFK; Washington Post editorial policy
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

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

: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh APRIL 23, 1969 To start your recollections--let's get it on here at the beginning. You are Chalmers Roberts and your current title is chief of the national news bureau of the Washington Post, is that correct
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Robert J. Smith, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of the differential between water and rail freight. But this development of roads was so important. Then the question of putting signs on the roads, this was a brand new thing. It was a brand new thing to put up mileage posts and directional posts. All
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, John W. Macy, interview 4 (IV), 7/21/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

rates for those top posts about December 1, 1968. President Johnson studied those recommendations. them several times in person and over the phone. He conferred with me about This was discussed with the budget director, Mr. Zwick at that particular
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Don Oberdorfer, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

for the Charlotte Observer and in the Washington bureau of the Knight newspapers, K-N-I-G-H-T newspapers . In 1961 I left the Observer and was a magazine writer years with the Saturday Evening Post . for four In 1965, at the time of the start of my Vietnam
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

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