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Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 1 (I), 10/23/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

colleagues, both in the Senate and in the House, and I think this was very, very helpful to him politically. Talking about politics, you see the press is very critical of Governor Rockefeller right now, who's being considered to be the vice president. I have

Oral history transcript, Raul Castro, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

given a free hand to follow your own instincts on this? C: Fortunately I had a free hand in the situation of the border concern. I kept my hands away from their--my view was that it was an internal problem between Salvador and Honduras, and I believed

Oral history transcript, John A. Schnittker, interview 1 (I), 11/21/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

? s: No. We simply had to stand up when our name was called, and afterwards talk to some of the press privately. But we had no part of the press LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library

Oral history transcript, John E. Babcock, interview 1 (I), 11/22/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

contact with him? B: Johnson was always one to play up to the press, particularly the Austin media. At that time I was working on the Austin Dispatch and was city editor, and so therefore he [knew me], although the Dispatch was not a real strong

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

but it applies to this portion of your career when you were in the Washington Post. The group that are generally called the "New Left" who are critics of Mr. Johnson today frequently say that there's an Establishment press, and certainly they always list

Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 2 (II), 4/14/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to make Lyndon had called a press conference at five o'clock. At that meeting were Senator Wirtz, John Connally, Jesse Kellam, Claude Wild, and myself. meeting. I think that was all that were in that Lyndon started it off. The first thing he did, he

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 3 (III), 6/7/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was dangerous. You had to be terribly careful because what he would do, he would regard it as something to be tossed out to the press like a press release, and then expect to have another one the next day. G: This really was his basic, fundamental weakness
McCarthy; Civil Rights Bill of 1957; differences between Richard Russell and Strom Thurmond; Housing Act of 1955 and the Capehart Amendment; LBJ’s lack of prejudices; LBJ’s mood swings; Bobby Baker; LBJ and the Kennedys; LBJ’s relationship with the press

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 42 (XLII), 11/5/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

, newspaper people--there were days when we got along much better with the press than in the later years of the presidency--and Texans. Among them there was Albert Jackson, who actually ran the Dallas Times Herald. Mr. [Tom] Gooch--it was their family
to be on the ballot for more than one office; Jefferson-Jackson Day dinners; Mrs. Johnson's ability to remember names; Hubert Humphrey's political defeat; the Women's National Press Club and May Craig; Mrs. Johnson's uncertainty regarding LBJ's rise in political

Oral history transcript, Helene Lindow Gordon, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

there, we'd double, or she'd have me over for cokes in the afternoon. I can't remember meeting them for the first time, because they were her parents; it wasn't a big deal. F: No. Was it a fairly free-flowing place? Did kids come and go a good bit

Oral history transcript, Spurgeon H. Neel, Jr., interview 2 (II), 12/19/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Neel -- II -- 13 N: Yes, and I tried to come up with the proper press release, and he would have none of it, because he said, "It's not true. I was playing tennis." I said

Oral history transcript, John Harllee, interview 1 (I), 3/24/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

in the same room at Salado, Texas, that the very well known Liz Carpenter--who was Mrs. Johnson's press secretary--was bOrn in. lineage. Both of them came from distinguished Texas But I was the son of a Marine officer who, together with my mother, lived

Oral history transcript, Claiborne Pell, interview 1 (I), 2/27/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

weeks after the assassination trying to press my policies with regard to Germany; specifically, recognition of the LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781

Oral history transcript, Lee C. White, interview 2 (II), 2/18/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

didn't know it. know that this was in the offing. I didn't George of course was totally and completely and personally aware, and probably even involved in the drafting of the statement and was going to have to.read the thing to the press. F: And field

Oral history transcript, Horace E. Richards, interview 1 (I), 12/19/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

in the Press Club? 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 Richards -- I R: Yes, I

Oral history transcript, Frederick G. Dutton, interview 1 (I), 8/4/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

and a strong-willed man, was too hard a sell from a political viewpoint, too much pressing. I was too naive, green, I guess insecure, and 1et IS say I was overwhelmed, but I was not overwhelmed sold. I was sort of overwhelmed wanting to say to pull back
Biographical information; Stevenson campaign; Pat Brown campaign; Washington in 1959-1960; Statler Hotel party to impress Dutton; LBJ, Rayburn Bobby Baker all for California votes; Brown on “Meet the Press” in 1959 said LBJ was too conservative

Oral history transcript, Robert G. Lewis, interview 1 (I), 2/6/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. At the University of Wisconsin, I was a member of the Young Progressives Club, and also in the election of 1940 the whole campus seemed to be Young Democrats or something [to the] left of that. Much to everyone's surprise, a press release came to me as reporter

Oral history transcript, George Meany, interview 1 (I), 8/4/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

pretty much today. But even when he was Vice President, of course, we weren't pressing him on legislative matters. We did have a number of contacts with him. Mu: Did Mr. Kennedy use him for anything that involved organized labor--? Me: Not directly

Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 4 (IV), 2/29/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

ever known in his life and he wanted him to be president. "But," he said, "I have the practical side that John Kennedy is a folk hero, and I don't have any choice. I have to support him for the presidency. But if I were free, I would be for Lyndon

Oral history transcript, Joseph M. Barr, interview 1 (I), 6/10/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

from the Hilton Hotel to the William Penn Hotel where we had a press conference. written statement on the U - 2 incident, these contacts. He had a and he tried to read it through He finally put his other glasses on over the contacts and gave

Oral history transcript, Spurgeon H. Neel, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/7/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

in the press. My experience has been that after every war the underachievers come up with something related to the war, whether it's shell shock or whether it's gassed in World War II or whether it's battle fatigue in World War II or whether it's Agent Orange

Oral history transcript, Omar Burleson, interview 1 (I), 10/3/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

. It suggests a fickleness to me that shouldn't occur . M: Do you think the press image which has sometimes been not very favorable to the President has been important in lessening his popularity? B: I think it has been a factor . M: Do you think the press

Oral history transcript, Earle Wheeler, interview 2 (II), 5/7/1970, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

in the United States. And I attribute this primarily to the press coverage at that time and to the dissident groups here in the United States, who were following the Hanoi line and had been before that. I went out to Vietnam late in February, about the twenty

Oral history transcript, Alan L. Dean, interview 2 (II), 3/13/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

of commerce for transportation, to permit U.S. ship operators to buy foreign ships. airlines are free in this regard. The Any time they want they can buy a Caravel or a BAC 111, but in the maritime area a U.S. operator cannot buy a foreign ship without

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
to LBJ; O'Brien's suggestion that RFK and LBJ meet to discuss their differences; LBJ's accusation that O'Brien told the press LBJ would not enter any primaries; accusations and suspicions that O'Brien would return to work for the Kennedys; O'Brien's

Oral history transcript, George Ball, interview 2 (II), 7/9/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

. Was the fallout that serious? B: I think it was. I think it made it very hard to get attention on everything else, that judgments tended to be colored by the Vietnamese situation. For example, we pressed the British so hard to stay in line on Vietnam, and I'm

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

much want to, there has got to be a reasonable climate in our relationships, or it will never be possible." And I think he got that, in fact. G: Let me ask you a question I always ask, and that concerns the press. Was there a press policy
; Nasser's ignorance of American government; Battle's relationship with the press; information leaks; the Arab understanding of breaking diplomatic relations; Nasser's goals for Egypt and his increased recognition among world leaders; the state of Egypt

Oral history transcript, George McGovern, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

. This was in the fall of 1963, shortly before President Kennedy was killed. And curiously enough, I had been pressing for several weeks for that kind of a proposal and my senior colleague from South Dakota led the opposition to it --Senator Mundt. M: GM: M: GM: I

Oral history transcript, James C. Thomson, Jr., interview 1 (I), 7/22/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

This was absolute anathema to all those on high, with the possible exception of George Ball. When Lyndon Johnson in his John Mr. Rusk was the worst offender. Ho~kins speech spoke of'~nconditional discussions," Mr. Rusk took the press aside afterwards, I
Biographical information; contact with LBJ; briefing LBJ while VP; Indochina; Vietnam; Diem; Roger Hilsman; William Bundy; Mac Bundy; John McNaughton; Interagency Planning Staff; Tonkin Gulf Resolution; peace negotiations; press leaks; bombing; "Why

Oral history transcript, Frank Stanton, interview 2 (II), 7/22/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, at this early hearing, decline to give some confidential information to the committee, as I understand it. S: Yes, I think I did. G: Can you recall that and whether they pressed you? S: No, I think it was confidential only in the competitive sense
Paley; Stanton’s role as LBJ’s tie to the television industry; the 3/31/68 speech; leaving Washington DC with LBJ the morning of 4/1/68 to go to Chicago; the decision to keep the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago and not move it to Miami; press

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 5 (V), 12/5/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

with the excuse that he had a cold. And in my presence he called Pierre Salinger in and said to advise the press that "We're going back to Washington. I just don't feel well; I have a bad cold." And that's all Salinger knew. I went back with him, and I
; JFK's leadership through the crisis; keeping Pierre Salinger and JFK informed about legislative matters; press relations under JFK; Peter Lisagor; contact with John Bailey and the Democratic National Committee; Mike Mansfield's leadership style as senate

Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 1 (I), 4/23/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

-- I -- 2 B: Yes. Let me interject, I don't want to get off onto my first meetings with him and some of those things, but this one is interesting as to how [I was hired], not all the details that were involved with it. I was working in the press

Oral history transcript, Joe B. Frantz, interview 2 (II), 09/10/1972, by David G. McComb (Item)

Wardlaw, who'd been up there to see about getting some money from the National Historical Publications Commission. Frank Wardlaw is the director of the University of Texas Press. And nothing happened. I was on a take it or leave it basis. I had enough

Oral history transcript, Mary D. Keyserling, interview 1 (I), 10/22/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

this award. K: Each year at the Women's National Press Club, for many years an award has been given to an outstanding woman. On this particular occasion, President Johnson was to be the speaker. It's a dinner honoring Mrs. Roosevelt and the women who

Oral history transcript, George Hartzog, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/20/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

impinging on the parks. F: For instance? H: It's anywhere. Is t~ geographical, or is it anywhere? I mean,You know, there seems to be a philosophy that grew up in this country that if it's green and it's in public ownership, it's for free. Therefore

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

of such fundamental things as the right of employers to utilize free speech, the question of whether supervisors and rank-and-file people should be in the same unions, the question of whether guards, security people, should be in the same union with workers

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

. Then, he began the endless rounds -- looking for.a job. L'ltimnt!"ly he fOllnd a snaIl utility company. 'rhc on~ d~press;on -- part time -- with a local deE'pen(>d -- l:lonth by l!'onth. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org

Oral history transcript, Antonio Carrillo-Flores, interview 1 (I), 7/24/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Histories [NAID 24617781] CARRILLO More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh FLORES -- I -- 12 United States solved it and that we received the land free of any problem. F: Where did the initiative come to develop

Oral history transcript, Charles M. Maguire, interview 2 (II), 7/29/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

mentioned two areas which you thought would be of interest to incl~de here, one being the presidential additions on the letters, and another would he the development of how letters began being press. rele~sed to the I think I'll just turn this back

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 6 (VI), 2/11/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

more adept at it and actually became widely recognized as an extremely capable communicator, particularly when he got to the presidential press conferences, the point I want to make is that from the outset it did not come naturally. In fact
with the Congress, their leadership styles, and how that affected O'Brien's work; JFK's and LBJ's reactions to public criticism and the press; the emergence of television as an important communication medium; how JFK and LBJ differed in intellect, background

Oral history transcript, William A. Knowlton, interview 1 (I), 3/21/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

easier to pull these things together. I'd like at this point to go back before I go on to the Delta or anything else [and] mention one subject which I think is very badly misunderstood and which gets a very bad play from the press because I don't think

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