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

of the people of the United States and other nations"--it goes on to say, "to promote international cooperation for educational and cultural advancement," and this is the part that I particularly like--"and syllogism. ~"--it almost sounds like an Aristotlean
Affairs Council; Advisory Commission on International Educational and Cultural Activities; report “Beacon of Hope”; LBJ’s kindness; Budget cuts; international and national crises; Vietnam; International Education Act; appointment to U.S. Customs Court

Oral history transcript, L.T. (Tex) Easley, interview 1 (I), 5/4/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

would get the advance word of a grant, of an REA project. There was nothing that meant more to the farmers and the people in a whole county or several counties than the fact they were going to get electricity where they'd had nothing but coal oil lamps

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 8 (VIII), 11/20/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, southern, western interest in public works--the pork barrel--as a way of getting money out to the folks, that you put a lot of people to work out there. Johnson, after all, had begun his career in the National Youth Administration and even before that had

Oral history transcript, Elie Abel, interview 1 (I), 1/19/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Abel-.,-I--2 a real negative factor in his personal diplomacy, that it really did hurt him in his relations with these other people? A: No, I wouldn't have said that. I mean, his style by that time
during early years as president; complaints from LBJ about Abel’s Vietnam War comments; reactions of press representatives to events in Vietnam; concern of Dean Rusk about British government’s role in SEATO; dissent of State and Defense mid-level people

Oral history transcript, John A. McCone, interview 1 (I), 8/19/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 24 if you want to call it that, of CIA support of National Students Association and some publications. I presume this goes back to the period in which you were
; CIA role exaggerated by press; National Students Association; Watts and racial problems; Kerner Report; CIA relationship with other organizations in Vietnam; raw information provided for by the CIA

Oral history transcript, David E. McGiffert, interview 1 (I), 5/13/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

our point of view. I've forgotten all the ins and outs now, but we had all sorts of problems; such as, how far can you go in talking about conversations with people at the White House, executive privilege problems, associated perhaps with White House
and personnel; racial integration in the army and in housing; the duties of the undersecretary of the army; McGiffert's duties relating to military response to civil disturbances, the National Guard and the reserves; McGiffert's involvement in issues relating

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

REYNOLDS -- I -- 2 I think it's fair to say, a measure of mutual respect and, indeed, mutual affection. Some years before that period I'm speaking of now, which was through the 1950s, I had been a member of the National Labor Relations Board, appointed
process; railroad strike in Florida, 1964; unemployment; Reynolds’ wife, Helen; 1965 New York City transit strike; National Association of Broadcast Employees and Army Signal Corps technicians dispute; problems with the building trade unions.

Oral history transcript, Jesse Kellam, interview 1 (I), April 1965, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)

actually looked like? Did he run a very tidy office in those days? What color was it, et cetera? K: There were several telephones and he kept the people who wOlked with him informed of what he was dOing and what he expected them to do. The most difficult
National Youth Administration (U.S.)

Oral history transcript, Phyllis Bonanno, interview 2 (II), 4/6/1983-4/7/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

should be pointed out. He felt pretty strongly about the control. G: Well, he must have gotten a lot of opposition to this from the Senate. B: Right to bear arms, part of the Constitution, National Rifle Association, sure. We were bombarded
surtax and Wilbur Mills; LBJ's concern for the people at the 1968 Poor People's Campaign demonstration; gun control; LBJ's view on wiretaps and his relationship with J. Edgar Hoover; mistake regarding letters to Congress members following the signing

Oral history transcript, Robert G. Lewis, interview 2 (II), 5/9/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: We used to meet with the Secretary of Agriculture with a group of the top people in the department every morning at eight o'clock, which is an hour before the official start of business. The Secretary told us that the President wanted a task force

Oral history transcript, Byron G. Skelton, interview 1 (I), 10/15/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. In the meantime the story goe s that Wright Mor row personally guaranteed- -he's a man of considerable means--a national television broadcast for President Truman. By reason of that he, in a way, ingratiated himself with the people on the National Committee
and 1960 campaigns; Democratic National Committeeman; Los Angeles Democratic Convention; JFK’s meeting with Houston ministers; LBJ’s running for Senate and VP; LBJ relationship with John Connally; LBJ as VP; reasons for the 1963 Dallas trip; wrote letters

Oral history transcript, Stewart L. Udall, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Stewart Udall -- Interview I -- 15 Again, Goldwater understood national convention politics. He understood that a lot of these people were selected well in advance. They were deeply beholden to him and they were going to have their inning. I sensed

Oral history transcript, Robert A. Levine, interview 1 (I), 2/26/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

think for one reason, it has had this opportunity aspect and the people most obvious on equal opportunity in our country are the Negroes. So this immediately has colored it to some extent. Second of all, I think that the most visible part

Oral history transcript, Clarence Mitchell, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

left something to be desired because I thought we should have had some very firm commitments on civil rights legislation. I also knew that he was not close to colored people and frankly I thought he needed on the ticket somebody who was closely

Oral history transcript, Wilton Woods and Virginia Woods, interview 3 (III), 5/4/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. G: Do you think he was more interested in state politics or national politics? VW: Oh, I think he was more interested in people and how government affected them [at] whatever level. G: But in his references, the things that he talked about
Association with LBJ; Blanco County; Johnson family; college life; White Stars; student activities; Houston; Professor Greene; assistant to Kleberg; Maury Maverick; 1937 campaign; campaign advisers

Oral history transcript, Sidney A. Saperstein, interview 2 (II), 6/28/1986, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)

of interest in it. The states, of course, would argue that they were doing the job already and, of course, the American Medical Association probably did the same thing. But the Public Health Service people felt they were not. K: So these were labs
of senators; procedures in preparing bills; Juvenile Delinquency Prevention and Control Act; the Young Americans Act; grant program controversy; National Institutes of Public Health

Oral history transcript, Norbert A. Schlei, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in order for it to succeed? (Interruption) S: It was an idea. with it. It was a concept that had various ideas associated But any two people you talked to about what a community acti on program was and what was important about it woul d grab hol d

Oral history transcript, Hyman Bookbinder, interview 2 (II), 5/19/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

before, there were at least some people both at the national level and surely at the local level who really had something close to sort of social revolutionary goals in mind. They were so persuaded that the system is 8 LBJ Presidential Library http
; "maximum feasible participation": how poverty programs helped people understand the potentials of the democratic system; public involvement in poverty programs; Community Representatives Advisory Committee; Humphrey meeting with the CRAC people; union

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

if he hadn't worked, and if his people hadn't worked. But by the same token I think it was maybe pretty much national sentiment. There's a minority that felt like the dissenters did, but probably the majority of the country---F; What did you think

Oral history transcript, J.Willis Hurst, interview 6 (VI), 10/31/1995, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

. And it may well be that he felt better or more secure with it there. At times that I had seen him there was no particular indication for it. But a lot of people back then would feel that any difficulty they were having, perhaps they might be better with some

Oral history transcript, Courtney A. Evans, interview 1 (I), 3/27/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

such as the National Association of Governors. I didn't know Mr. Johnson personally or well, however. B: Another area that really is somewhat touchy because it's largely personal and subjective, there was some indication that, after Mr. Johnson became President

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 27 (XXVII), 9/23/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in the national committee to go over the debt. Through the course of dinner, it became apparent the debt extended far beyond what I had heard or read about. My recollection is the debt was in the vicinity of nine million dollars, not five or six million people had
of the company; O'Brien's resignation from McDonnell and Company after working out a deal for Kapenstein to stay; the eventual demise of McDonnell and Company; O'Brien severing his financial ties to McDonnell and Company; creating O'Brien Associates and working

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 26 (XXVI), 1/9/1982-1/10/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. There was sort of a cafe au lait-colored gentleman, a black man who had a lot of white blood I expect, and was a very elegant man and very courteous and knew just how to handle people. He was there for so many years, and now, alas, I cannot even remember his name

Oral history transcript, John J. Corson, interview 1 (I), 7/17/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

but elsewhere. You ask, "Was there a policy?" You must recall that 1935 was before the time when national policies prohibiting discrimination had been Fairness and equal treatment for blacks depended promulga~ed. on the good will of people that were trying
National Youth Administration (U.S.)

Oral history transcript, James W. Smith, interview 1 (I), 1/6/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

conservative. S: Frankie had a way with those kind of people that her family had been associated with. She was enormously respected all through the East Texas lumber industry as a person. And rightfully so. She was a very LBJ Presidential Library http

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 25 (XXV), 8/25/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

utilizing the candidate and some of our key people, not taking advantage of built-in crowds. Then I'm concerned that we haven't come up to quality in advancing. Max Kampelman concurs--he says he's kept too far away from the crowds; that would have to do
Hubert Humphrey's public appearances after his Vietnam speech in Salt Lake City; avoiding certain campaign areas due to lack of support and negative media there; campaign organization; improving advance work for trips; the campaign status in mid

Oral history transcript, Joseph Laitin, interview 2 (II), 2/12/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

people would greet the President. Which is a faux pas for a briefer, because you never say in advance how many people you expect to greet the President, because if the amount is less you've got egg all over your chin. So you kind of leave that open
Advancing LBJ’s meeting with the Pope; Laitin’s falling out with LBJ; Bob Fleming as Deputy Press Secretary; trip to Mexico with LBJ; Christmas trip to Rome; Colonel James Swindal; trying to be anonymous in Rome while advancing LBJ’s arrival

Oral history transcript, Zbigniew Brzezinski, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

of the unit in the State Depart ment . With people like Walt Rostow and his immediate associates close to the President, there was less immediate need for the President to rely on the Policy Planning Council . Secondly, the Secretary of State himself

Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 8 (VIII), 4/15/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of his thinking on a lot of questions that never materialized. Some of them did; some of them didn't. But that's the source of information which basically, if I have anything to contribute, comes more or less from that close personal association

Oral history transcript, Louis Martin, interview 2 (II), 6/12/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was one of his clients. Well, Augie Busch was close to LBJ or knew LBJ or something. Anyhow, Howard was, to my mind--and I knew him well because he was a member of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, and I was president of the publishers

Oral history transcript, R. Sargent Shriver, interview 5 (V), 11/29/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Development in 1961, there never was a research institute at the National Institutes of Health focused on the problems of women and children. Nothing. Why not? I always said to myself it must be because in the Senate and the House 98 per cent of the people
programs; opposition to programs that encouraged poor people to vote; Congressional support for international programs that would not receive support if attempted domestically; the War on Poverty mission to help the poor by distributing funds and services

Oral history transcript, Dr. Ralph K. Huitt, interview 1 (I), 7/12/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

it, or was this behind-the-scenes work he did with key people after he got there? What made the change? H: I think it was a combination of both. It was a very well run train. The advance work was good. The train went through mostly rural communities. The train
Policy Committee: going to work for Senator William Proxmire in 1958 as a liaison between Proxmire and LBJ; Proxmire's and LBJ's different political styles; Senator John F. Kennedy gearing up for a national political role in 1958; Proxmire's committee

Oral history transcript, June White, interview 1 (I), 2/17/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

into depth about situations . He might make a joke about it, say, pill," or more colorful Texas language . "Oh, that Bue he did not, when I was there, show bitterness toward some people who, I thought, well deserved his bitterness . He did not get

Oral history transcript, Myron R. Blee, interview 1 (I), 11/16/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, or were they out of the picture? B: They weren't directly involved in it . They probably should have been, but there wasn't any association . F: Were these people ticketed for any particular part of the country? B: If they were, neither they nor we

Oral history transcript, H. Ralph Taylor, interview 2 (II), 4/4/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

before NAHRO, The National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials in Minneapolis, in I think late September or early October. Then there was really the farewell speech before the directors of Model Cities programs from around the country. Mc
participation; communication between citizens and city people; helping cities of all sizes in all regions; funding Washington D.C.; the Eccho Neighborhood Cooperation Model in Columbus. OH; Model Cities Supplementary money; transition to Nixon Administration

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 1 (Ib), 12/19/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 19 R: No, I think a lot of it came from an organization known as NAIRO--the National Association of Inter-racial Officials, I believe

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 22 (XXII), 8/23/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

got good crowds and good response. All of the things that he had-seeds that he had sown in the past bore fruit, especially and continuingly his association with San Marcos, the school where he went, and with the NYA [National Youth Administration
relationship with the oil industry; the Taft-Hartley Act; Marietta Brooks' leadership in the women's division; the work of the female volunteers; the increased role of women in campaigns; the work of LBJ's advance men; LBJ's campaign locations and audiences

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 2 (II), 4/4/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of Pennsylvania and saw what they were· trying to do in making auto mechanics out of the sons of coal miners because the coal mines had gone. One of the interesting people, who was an escort officer and a very gracious one, was the wife of the Republican governor

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 10 (X), 10/14/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Clements was one of the very few people who had lines both into the southern side of the Senate and into the northern side, the northern liberal side. He was partially a southerner, being from Kentucky, but at the same time Kentucky did have a Republican

Oral history transcript, Bayard Rustin, interview 1 (I), 6/17/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

done nationally. Then of course we had six different organizations working at the local level. And people came with leaders. Every bus that carne in had a particular leader, and he had certain very important things to do, and did them rather well

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