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Oral history transcript, John E. Lyle, Jr., interview 1 (I), 4/13/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • INTERVIEWEE: JOHN E. LYLE, JR. INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Congressman Lyle's office, Houston, Texas Tape 1 of 1 G: I want to begin by asking you to sketch very briefly your background and explain how you first came to be associated
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  • Oral history transcript, John E. Lyle, Jr., interview 1 (I), 4/13/1984, by Michael L. Gillette
  • John E. Lyle, Jr.
Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 5 (V), 5/10/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • INTERVIEWEE: JAMES H. ROWE, JR. INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Rowe's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 G: I want to ask you about a series of things that LBJ was involved in when he was a congressman. Perhaps some of them you will have
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  • Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 5 (V), 5/10/1983, by Michael L. Gillette
  • James H. Rowe, Jr.
Oral history transcript, James C. Wright, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/30/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • drums, see the war clouds It \'las almost inevitable that my generation, again, \'lOuld be plunged intowar. I decided, then, I think, that the best thing a fellow might do with his life \'JOuld be to try to get in the field of public service
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  • Oral history transcript, James C. Wright, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/30/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
  • James C. Wright, Jr.
Oral history transcript, Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., interview 1 (I), 10/30/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTERVIEWEE: EDWIN L. WEISL JR. INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ More on LBJ Library oral histories: http
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  • Oral history transcript, Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., interview 1 (I), 10/30/1968, by Joe B. Frantz
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Oral history transcript, Hobart Taylor, Jr., interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTERVIEWEE: Hobart Taylor, Jr. (Tape #1) INTERVIEWER: Stephen Goodell DATE January 6, 1969 G: More on LBJ
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  • King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
  • Taylor, Hobart, Jr., 1920-1981
  • Oral history transcript, Hobart Taylor, Jr., interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Stephen Goodell
  • Hobart Taylor, Jr.
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 42 (XLII), 2/14/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , 1989 INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR. INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Califano's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 C: --that through the end of August [Henry "Joe"] Fowler was still opposed to suspending the investment
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Oral history transcript, George Hartzog, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/20/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTERVIEWEE: GEORGE HARTZOG, JR. INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ More on LBJ Library oral histories: http
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  • Oral history transcript, George Hartzog, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/20/1968, by Joe B. Frantz
  • George Hartzog, Jr.
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 46 (XLVI), 5/24/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR., with comments by Marcel Bryar INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Califano's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 C: We also felt a strong sense of obligation to go after labor because mostly we were
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Oral history transcript, Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., interview 1 (I), 1/28/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • with me, he can get in touch with me ." McCormack turned to Rayburn and he- said, "I won't be seeing Jack Kennedy, but Tom will deliver the message ." McCormack, by the way, was LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY
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  • Oral history transcript, Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., interview 1 (I), 1/28/1976, by Michael L. Gillette
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Oral history transcript, Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., interview 2 (II), 5/23/1969 by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTERVIEWEE: EDWIN WEISL JR. (Tape #2) INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ More on LBJ Library oral histories: http
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  • Oral history transcript, Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., interview 2 (II), 5/23/1969 by Joe B. Frantz
  • Edwin L. Weisl, Jr.
Oral history transcript, Otis Arnold Singletary, Jr., interview 1 (I), 11/12/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • right down to any specifics. He wanted to see whether he was interested in you and whether you had any interest in what they were doing. I went back a second time. This must have been in bout October of '64. F: You were named on October 21
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  • Oral history transcript, Otis Arnold Singletary, Jr., interview 1 (I), 11/12/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
  • Otis Arnold Singletary, Jr.
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 48 (XLVIII), 6/14/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , 1989 INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR., with comments by Marcel Bryar INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Califano's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 C: In the time of the riots in Washington for [Martin Luther] King [Jr
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Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 54 (LIV), 9/11/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , 1989 INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR., with comments by Marcel Bryar INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Califano's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 2, Side 1 G: Do you recall the extent to which the traffic safety legislation
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Oral history transcript, William H. Jordan, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/5/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , 1974 INTERVIEWEE: WILLIAM H. JORDAN, JR. INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: U. S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of I G: This is an interview with Mr. William H. Jordan, Jr. in the Conference Room of the Senate Appropriations Committee
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  • Jordan, William H., Jr.
  • Oral history transcript, William H. Jordan, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/5/1974, by Michael L. Gillette
  • William H. Jordan, Jr.
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 49 (XLIX), 7/18/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , 1989 INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR. INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Califano's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 C: Harding Lawrence was the head of Braniff Airlines. And Lawrence wanted an international route going
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Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 40 (XL), 12/21/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , 1988 INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR. INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Califano's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 C: The more I reflect on what happened in 1965, the more it seems to me that the combination
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Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 59 (LIX), 1/16/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , 1990 INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR., with comments from Marcel Bryar INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Califano's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 G: Do you want to start generally with a discussion of the President's
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Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 8 (VIII), 5/16/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , Jr. and the riots here in Washington. Tell me about that. Is that a vivid memory in your--? C: Well, the riots are a vivid memory in that at that time--of course, working in the legislative branch, we were entitled to keep our home state plates
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  • involving Vietnam; the riots in Washington, D.C., following Martin Luther King, Jr.'s death; Robert F. Kennedy's death and his personality; Abe Fortas' nomination as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; the 1968 presidential election; George Wallace's
Oral history transcript, Lawson B. Knott, Jr., interview 1 (I), 4/21/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • INTERVIEWEE: LAWSON B. KNOTT, JR. INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Knott's home, Arlington, Virginia Tape 1 of 2 G: Let's start just briefly by asking you to trace your background to a certain extent and explain how you evolved
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  • Oral history transcript, Lawson B. Knott, Jr., interview 1 (I), 4/21/1981, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Lawson B. Knott, Jr.
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 29 (XXIX), 5/16/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH CALIFANO, JR. INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Califano's office in Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 G: Press indicates that you'd received no advanced word from Bethlehem [Steel Corporation] regarding their five
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Oral history transcript, Morris Abram, interview 1 (I), 3/20/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . But when LBJ came, you see, he was, from my viewpoint, the gifted southern politician, gifted like Russell, different than Russell.Russell in many ways might have been even a better president than LBJ. That is not to say that he would have been
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  • nominee for the 1960 election; Robert B. Troutman, Jr. and his disagreements with LBJ; how Abram met LBJ; LBJ and civil rights legislation; Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s report on the black family; White House Conference on Civil Rights and Moynihan’s
Oral history transcript, Sam Kinch, Sr., interview 1 (I), 6/3/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • ] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 7 K: He would, of course, naturally go see the executives, but he'd walk through the newsroom and try and meet the people. course at that stage he was trying pretty hard
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  • Skelton; LBJ’s acceptance of VP; covered VP while in Austin; move of press from Austin to San Antonio; Eastern press; post-Presidential press conference; John Connally’s dissatisfaction for some of LBJ’s policy; off the record meetings; Sam Kinch, Jr
Oral history transcript, A. Phillip Randolph, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • Wilkins [of the NAACP]; Mr. Whitney Young, Jr., National Director of the National Urban League; Walter Reuther, President of the UAW;-- B: Would Dr. King have been there? R: Dr. [Martin Luther] King, Jr., was there, and a number of others--I don't
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Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 57 (LVII), 12/12/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , 1989 INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR., with comments by Marcel Bryar INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Califano's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 C: --in connection with the surcharge. G: This is a meeting
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Oral history transcript, Otto Lindig, interview 1 (I), 3/1965, by Jessie Hunter (Item)
  • : Is that correct? Yes, in 1919 we had the biggest cotton crop we ever did have in Gillespie County. Lyndon was at home and I still see him coming to the cotton gin with a bale of raw cotton. He had it ginned, barefooted. I don't think he wore shoes before he
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  • ; Sam Johnson as Justice of the Peace; dances; Lady Bird; political support for LBJ; family history of Sam Ealy Johnson Sr. and Sam Ealy Johnson Jr.; childhood and school days of LBJ; LBJ as a teacher; history of LBJ’s career.
Oral history transcript, Joseph H. (Joe) Carter, interview 1 (I), 12/3/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • , for some time during the whole Johnson Administration, had not been as efficient an organization as it should be. Did you see any signs of that? C; I think that the worst complaint I heard about the Democratic National Committee was that staff members
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  • Biographical information; day of JFK's assassination; Jim Jones; Marvin Watson; 1968 campaign; Marty Hauan; Will Sparks; DNC; George Christian; Mike Monroney, Jr.; advance work and trips to Honolulu and Huntington, West Virginia; Whitney Shoemaker
Oral history transcript, John Fritz Koeniger, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • /exhibits/show/loh/oh Koeniger -- I -- 6 K: Well, on the several times that I visited in the home with him, I never did see him scold the children. He was agreeable to every- thing. G: Was he a raconteur? Did he tell political stories? K: Most
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Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 37 (XXXVII), 11/14/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • 14, 1988 INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR. INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Califano's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 G: Well why don't you start with a general introduction of how this particular merger reflected
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Oral history transcript, Thomas G. Corcoran, interview 3 (III), 9/9/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • -- 2 down to see McCormack in his office on the Hill. I said, "John, I understand you've said no to Jim Rowe. John, I'm down here to tell you that if you don't stand in we'll have a great deal of trouble. Because you are who you are and have a unique
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Oral history transcript, Raymond L. Telles, Jr., interview 1 (I), 3/1/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (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 4 and seeing that their needs were taken care of. So, I was decorated, as I say
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  • Oral history transcript, Raymond L. Telles, Jr., interview 1 (I), 3/1/1972, by Joe B. Frantz
  • Raymond L. Telles, Jr.
Oral history transcript, Robert H. Finch, interview 2 (II), 6/19/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • up to that commitment, because Wilbur Cohen, of course, having replaced John Gardner, went through extraordinary lengths to see to it 1 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral
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  • Lodge, Jr., as Nixon's running mate.
Oral history transcript, Spurgeon H. Neel, Jr., interview 2 (II), 12/19/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • , 1984 INTERVIEWEE: SPURGEON H. NEEL, JR. INTERVIEWER: Ted Gittinger PLACE: General Neel's office, San Antonio, Texas Tape 1 of 1 N: In 1951, I was surgeon of the 82nd Airborne Division as a major, and Lieutenant Colonel [William] Westmoreland
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  • Oral history transcript, Spurgeon H. Neel, Jr., interview 2 (II), 12/19/1984, by Ted Gittinger
  • Spurgeon H. Neel, Jr.
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 50 (L), 7/19/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR., with comments by Marcel Bryar INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Califano's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 C: This is August of 1965. In August of 1965, as we were--the HEW [Department
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Oral history transcript, Anthony Buford, interview 1 (I), 6/20/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • died, Lyndon was going to run for Congress. I think there were two or three of them running. Of course, I was very much for Lyndon and did everything in our power, although living in Missouri, to get him elected. G: Let's see, that was in 1937 he ran
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Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 32 (XXXII), 7/12/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , 1988 INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR. INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Califano's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 G: --that series of visits [you made] to university campuses in 1966. This was really a departure from
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Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 55 (LV), 9/13/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , 1989 INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR., with comments by Marcel Bryar INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Califano's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 C: We had some concern about financing, because we were worried about
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Oral history transcript, Dorris Powell, interview 1 (I), 1/22/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • ., Jack Staples, Pressler [?]. Now let's see. I think Clayton, Jr. died. He was an attorney and rather prominent. And Jack Staples had a job with the government, regional director in the Post Office in Dallas, and knew Lady Bird all the way through. I
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Oral history transcript, D.B. Hardeman, interview 3 (III), 4/22/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Was there ever any hint in those years that some members of the Kennedy staff would not particularly like to see Lyndon Johnson have too much power? H: I don't recall that at the time. I just felt, as an observer
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  • Hardeman, D. Barnard, Jr., 1914-1981
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 38 (XXXVIII), 11/15/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • 15, 1988 INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR. INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Califano's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 G: You sent the President a memo on November 21 [1966] outlining Stuart Saunders' claims
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Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 63 (LXIII), 4/17/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , 1990 INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR., with comments by Marcel Bryar INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Califano's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 G: With regard to the [Abe] Fortas nomination [as chief justice
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