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

want me. I felt they couldn't go to Australia without stopping over in Vietnam again, and somebody would remember that I had done that first advance at Cam Ranh Bay, and because of my experience would want me again. I waited by the telephone until about

Oral history transcript, Robert M. Montague, interview 1 (I), 9/27/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

was in Bangkok. G: Yes. Could you kind of sum up? Do you have to go? M: No, I have to make a telephone call at 9:30 and then I've got to leave about quarter to ten unfortunately, but I can get together with you again while you're here. G: Sure. I'd love

Oral history transcript, Roman Pucinski, interview 1 (I), 12/29/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

relationship with Everett. He said, "I could work with him, and he was approachable. Frankly, if I couldn't persuade him on the merits of the thing, we'd always bring out a little bourbon and branch water, and that would always make the conversation a little

Oral history transcript, Mitchell Rogovin, interview 1 (I), 10/23/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

for about one-half hour and I found him quite inspiring. He said he was quite anxious for me to take the job and I was absolutely flattered and naturally accepted. B: What goes on in a conversation like that to inspire you? R: To begin with, I was 34

Oral history transcript, Arthur M. Okun, interview 2 (II), 4/15/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

report . And he asked me whether I would serve as Chairman . This was about a fifteen-minute conversation in which he did all of the talking . I knew I was prepared to accept right on the spot . Somewhere, somehow I did jot down some notes

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

on what conversations and public statements that I've [seen], propublic big electric utility-type things. to them. He was pretty much opposed On the other hand, he had worked pretty much hand in glove with the Insull people, who were certainly as big

Oral history transcript, Booth Mooney, interview 1 (I), 4/8/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

things on their own. The candidate may suspect it but he's more likely to think about something else. example, I've seen Johnson do this and other people do it. conversation he's had with somebody on some subject, he talked to him about it.lI

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 4 (IV), 3/24/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of conversations by telephone and otherwise that Clifford had had around the country. I'm sure that he talked to some members of the wise men group. He spoke with real passion and real concern. He said, "This Speech as it is presently written, is wrong. The speech

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 28 (XXVIII), 9/24/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

room and Frank in turn had the counsel for CBS. The conversation became a little intense as the luncheon unfolded. Frank made no reference to having heard from the White House and that's understandable. That never surfaced until years later. He chose

Oral history transcript, Clifton C. Carter, interview 1 (I), 10/1/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh CLIFTON C. CARTER--4 I was operating my 7-Up plant in Bryan at that time, and I remember his saying he was sitting there drinking a 7-Up as he called me. P: What did he say in the conversation? C: Do you remember? You

Oral history transcript, Hubert H. Humphrey, interview 1 (I), 8/17/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Humphrey -- Interview I -- 9 telephone, Johnson called me, and said, "We're going to arrange now the committee assignments." Now about that time is when I became

Oral history transcript, James Cain, interview 1 (I), 2/22/1970, by David G. McComb (Item)

because of this. We would take Senator Wirtz's steak, or whatever it was, and put it back in the oven until this 30-40-50 minute conversation was over. President Johnson has always been a great telephone man--even back in those days when I think he

Oral history transcript, Welly K. Hopkins and Alice Hopkins, interview 4 (IV), 12/1/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Cummings, didn't you? W: I did. G: And Ickes, too, both of them? W: My recollection is, yes. Ickes. I had a couple of telephone calls with That's my recollection of it. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT

Oral history transcript, James C. Wright, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/30/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to the point in the progression of man when World War I was over and-(Telephone rings) . LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories

Oral history transcript, Norman M. Clapp, interview 1 (I), 12/6/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

actually did this. I don't know that there was much that transpired between this December conversation and the 1st of January. But when I was in New York I had a call from Ralph Dungan, who was apparently working on personnel matters, asking me if I would

Oral history transcript, Sam Low, interview 1 (I), 6/9/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

in government service ." So some months afterward, I had a telephone call from the Chilean Ambassador in Washington saying that the President had sent up this decoration, and could I come to Washington and receive it . went to Washington and picked up Lady Bird

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 9 (IX), 4/9/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

-called O'Brien manual and had implemented it in all respects, and he therefore felt his people had done a good job at the convention. He was quite proud of this. We had, for the first time, in 1960 installed floor telephones and had a telephone system

Oral history transcript, Everett D. Collier, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

knew instantly who it was, and I stood up also. It was the President. He sat down in a little rocking chair there in Valenti's office, and we talked for more than an hour. Much of that conversation was devoted to the coming Republican

Oral history transcript, Samuel T. Williams, interview 1 (I), 3/2/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

to know them pretty well. I got to know many of them damn good as a matter of fact, and that's one reason undoubtedly that when the 2nd ROK Corps got in trouble in June and July of 1953, General Taylor called me on the telephone about five or six o'clock

Oral history transcript, Jack Valenti, interview 4 (IV), 3/3/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

he walked into that room I sensed he was overwhelmed by the immensity of the office and was quite docile and withdrawn and overwhelmed by the President, who took the initiative immediately and started the conversation going and never let up

Oral history transcript, Edwin L. Weisl, Sr., interview 1 (I), 5/13/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 9 1,,1': I don't recall that we had any specific conversation about that. F: Did he discuss

Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 1 (I), 9/9/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

? R: Call them, see them, and have lunch, something of that sort, the usual thing he did on the telephone. He turned on a great deal of charm, and to use the word, I think he was a hell of a lot smoother then than he was later. he was on his way up

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

good friends. G: Anything on that relationship that might shed some light-- S: I know I went with him two or three times out to Uvalde to visit Mr. Garner. We'd have very pleasant conversations but never any- thing of any significance, because

Oral history transcript, A.S. Mike Monroney, interview 3 (III), 3/20/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

by the lapels of your coat and say, this bill? '~at are you going to do about Let's get it out." But knowing his attitude on progress and on aviation and all, I don't think we had too much conversation. that he was for it. It was always in his program which

Oral history transcript, Robert W. Murphey, interview 1 (I), 11/22/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

. They were a little But in conversation with Governor Stevenson and visiting with him and hearing him talk about the Fergusons, actually Coke Stevenson got along splendidly with the Fergusons. He was not susceptive to some of the Ferguson policies

Oral history transcript, Harold H. Saunders, interview 1 (I), 9/15/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

think he was exposed enough to Rusk and probably Gene Rostow and others in the course of discussions on the telephone. And I think it would come up in conversation that things were a little bit more indefinite than President Johnson would have liked

Oral history transcript, Gerald W. Siegel, interview 2 (II), 6/9/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

; ·certainly, it wasn't a matter that was discussed in any open sense, at least not to my knowledge. You know, there are circles within circles, and many·of the · conversations that 1'm sure went on among the really«top leaders of the political effort

Oral history transcript, Paul Bolton, interview 1 (I), 4/6/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

conversation. I left that drug store with the conviction that here was a man who met many if not all of the standards which our small group had discussed many times as the worthwhile attributes of a public servant. The next issue of the S t a t e Observer

Oral history transcript, William P. Bundy, interview 1 (I), 5/26/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

-ranging conversations on those occasions . I was fascinated by him, interested in him of course as a person and as a man who also held great power, /but/ primarily as a person . I wouldn't have reckoned that our paths would eventually converge

Oral history transcript, Charles K. Boatner, interview 3 (III), 6/1/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

sometimes say things about President Lincoln that wouldn't normally be told by - somebody to President Johnson . G: I see . B: He had to get it out of a book . G: You mean in a speech, or just in informal conversation? B: In an informal conversation

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 37 (XXXVII), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

, I talked, I didn't run. M: But you were conversant with the business of the-- J: Yes, yes. I had evaluations of all the people. Crazy about some, didn't like others so well. And in those days, seems to me that the natural gas bill and offshore

Oral history transcript, Joseph Laitin, interview 3 (III), 2/13/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

--no, she telephoned them. The parents wanted to know how she was 22 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

Oral history transcript, James C. Hagerty, interview 1 (I), 11/16/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in private meetings, either in bipartisan meetings or by telephone. F: One of the early burdens that both President Eisenhower and Senator Johnson had to face was the problem of Senator Joseph McCarthy. H: Yes. F: Both were criticized for not being

Oral history transcript, Crawford Martin, interview 1 (I), 5/4/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

was on the telephone quite a few times each week talking to Johnson, and Johnson was assuring him that he was not promoting a man to run against him for this office. Mr. Daniel of course had had three terms and was running for his fourth term.· No one in Texas ever

Oral history transcript, Louise Hermey Stanford, interview 1 (I), 9/6/1989, by Sybil Jackson (Item)

: What was done immediately at four o'clock when after having the conversation with Schwerner and the clock had ticked to four o'clock. What was done at that time? S: I watched that clock tick down to the last second and I got on the phone and I called
and speculation over the nature of their deaths; the common fear of publicly connecting one's self to the civil rights movement and/or related events; telephone tapping at the COFO office; the memorial service and burial for Chaney; local law enforcement's

Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 5 (V), 8/11/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

the conversation took place) it transpi.red during tho spring of '68. said, The President relayed that to Ramsey, and Ramsey "Well, he would do some more checking." The checking indicated that the opposing organizations, the opposing groups, thought

Oral history transcript, Walter Judd, interview 2 (II), 12/20/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

eight times. Eight times! And the service [is] complained about all the time. Now they talk about business. AT&T--the cost of your telephone is less now than it was in 1950, and you can get somebody else almost instantaneously. Efficient, efficient

Oral history transcript, Ava Johnson Cox, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

he shine shoes at the barbershop? C: Oh, yes, he shined shoes in the barbershop, and he was quite an aggravation to a lot of people, because he would butt in and ask questions. They'd be talking and he'd just butt right into a conversation. If he

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 4 (IV), 8/27/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Church. F: And her conversion. C: Right. F: And, of course, she was in the usual Azalea Festival Queen. Was she Apple Blossom? C: Yes, Apple Blossom, and also in Norfolk at Azalea. F: Before we get into the wedding, tell me a bit about

Oral history transcript, Buford Ellington, interview 1 (I), 10/2/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)

or twice a year, I got to know him, and through him I felt like I knew Lyndon Johnson. Actually, I couldn't tell you to save my neck--I don't remember the first time that I met Lyndon Johnson. B: What were the conversations with Mr. Rayburn like? Did

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