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Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 13 (XIII), 11/17/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was pressing to increase the amount of materiel sold from the stockpile. It was one of several things we were doing. One of the key components of that materiel, and one that produced a lot of dollars for us, was aluminum. So I had some familiarity and so did

Oral history transcript, Phil G. Goulding, interview 1 (I), 1/3/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

to the Vice He didn't have the manpower to. conventio~ I saw in Los Angeles, when he arrived there ~nd] had a couple of press conferences in the delegate-wooing period before the balloting. I remember that two or three of us tried to pressure him

Oral history transcript, Donald S. Thomas, interview 2 (II), 3/13/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

there was a need at that time for me to issue a press release. Throughout the years of his political life, the press had been extremely curious about my affairs, the President's business affairs, and those of almost everyone who touched his life, for instance
Biographical information; press release regarding financial affairs of the Johnson family upon LBJ's death (released by Thomas); management of Mr. Taylor's estate (Lady Bird's father); LBJ as a good businessman; KTBC; LBJ's faith in banks; ownership

Oral history transcript, Michael A. Geissinger, interview 1 (I), 12/16/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Shortly after Johnson took over in 1963, he brought Okamoto in, and of course Oki can fill you in more about that. But N~sweek ran an article in the press section about Oki and his job, at which point Johnson fired him. The press--he didn't like
, LBJ’s reactions to specific members of the press.

Oral history transcript, Peter B. Benchley, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

affairs very much? I can't speak for the reading, because I've not seen anything that he reads, really, except through what the press tells me and people who work around here tell me . The press has given him an awfully lot of adverse criticism, since he
; department's speech drafts; review of speeches; "Rose Garden rubbish;" LBJ's sensitivity to press reaction to speeches' LBJ's relationship with the press; joke specialist on staff; LBJ as am accomplished storyteller and raconteur; LBJ's speech referring to his

Oral history transcript, George R. Davis, interview 1 (I), 2/13/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

and our national affairs, illustrations and that sort of thing will be in my sermons. On occasions, when I have referred to Viet Nam or to some other problem and the President happened to be in church, I was accused by the press that I had inserted

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

of the press problems and all the problems involved." I said, "Well, this would be difficult, I can see." His next question was, "Well, where should it be done here in Washington?" 6 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT

Oral history transcript, Terry Sanford, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

classmate of mine, a doctor who, after he pressed it in my hand, said on the way out, "I want to be on the Medical Care Commission," so I sent it back to him. I later put him on the Medical Care Commission, but I didn't take his money. So I didn't want

Oral history transcript, Richard Morehead, interview 1 (I), 6/26/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)

came down here, and I worked for the Dallas News as a kind of part-time employee in Austin and worked for United Press on the same basis. I graduated in 1935. United Press made me a correspondent. Then I went to Dallas News in 1942 and worked for them
-as-you-go amendment to the Texas Constitution regarding the appropriation of state funds; O'Daniel's supporters; Morehead's early impressions of LBJ; Franklin Roosevelt's visits to Texas; the press' respect for privacy in the early 1900s; Roosevelt's

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 31 (XXXI), 12/10/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was to make, I believe, at the National Press Club. The memo substance suggested questions to be posed to me. It was so ridiculous that upon receipt of it I dropped it in the wastebasket. It suggested that questions be posed to me as to whether there was any
; identification of James McCord of the Committee for the Re-election of the President (CREEP) as one of the five burglars; press coverage of the burglary; Jeb Magruder's and G. Gordon Liddy's involvement immediately following the arrest of McCord and the other

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 21 (XXI), 1/7/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

." But aside from that I don't think there is anything that's not in the press. There was a program; they kept it, and it worked. There was absolutely nothing there except what was in the papers. I remember it well. It's not a question of my having forgotten
; LBJ's frustration with press coverage of his trip; LBJ's meeting with Greek prime minister Konstantinos Karamanlis; LBJ's trip to Italy; meeting the Pope; LBJ's ability to relate to poor people; Reedy's work and LBJ's actions during the Cuban missile

Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 2 (II), 3/4/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

day with a press contingent of about sixty people. Mr. and HI'S. Rockefeller greeted Mrs. Johnson at the Jackson Hole Airport. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories

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

as the chairman would in some way limit the freedom of action upon his part. I didn't know what his policies were going to be, but mine were public, and had been stated and restated and discussed at press conferences and so forth. Therefore, I felt
; 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, Joseph H. (Joe) Carter, interview 1 (I), 12/3/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

in Oklahoma. I was with United Press International for four years. B: Was that in Oklahoma, too? C: That was in Oklahoma, Texas and in Kansas City. I was in Texas, incidentally, during the assassination of President Kennedy in '63, and was working

Oral history transcript, Charles Timmes, interview 1 (I), 11/6/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

was a famous incident. What was your vantage point for observing those events? T: Well, I got there shortly after the time that I guess John spoke in the tent and the press was outside. And I talked to [General Paul] Harkins, and I talked to Vann. It was over
1964 to 1967; Timmes' duties in Vietnam in 1967; the Tet offensive and its effect on the character of the war; press coverage of the Vietnam war.

Oral history transcript, Volkmar K. Wentzel, interview 1 (I), 4/28/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

never traveled with the President before, and I didn't expect his marching right into the crowds and shaking hands with everyone. F: There were always new elements of surprise. Did he show any particular interest in press and photographer arrangements

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 17 (XVII), 1/5/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Although I think I ended up briefing the press on the issue, and therefore backing off from that I believe my side of the issue was that we should continue the deferment for married men. We had a little debate in the Oval Office LBJ Presidential Library

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 36 (XXXVI), 9/21/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

where he ended up. G: Katzenbach would essentially take any settlement and scrap the guidelines. Ackley wanted to press to support the legislation on stabilization grants [grounds?] and national emergency grants [grounds?]. Wirtz was opposed to using

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 61 (LXI), 1/19/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

there any trades that you recall? C: No. It was just pure heat. I'm sure I talked to the [New York] Times editorial people, the [Washington] Post. It was a full-court press. G: Patriotism and-- LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL

Oral history transcript, Sidney Dillon Ripley II, interview 1 (I), undated, by T.H. Baker (Item)

8 of a western artist who painted the expanses, the landscapes of the West. B: All except one of Peter Hurd's pictures. R: Well, I'm not convinced that this was really as serious a matter as it was made out by the press. I think

Oral history transcript, Jack Valenti, interview 3 (III), 2/19/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

don't believe that there was any specific or particular pressure. viously there was a lot of talk in the press. Ob- I think this was really fed by the medium more than people calling the President up and saying, "why don't you put Bobby Kennedy

Oral history transcript, E. Ernest Goldstein, interview 4 (IV), 12/19/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

for the credibility gap. B: You don't feel that Mr. Johnson himself was responsible for his generally bad relationships with the press? G: I would distinguish between bad relationships with the press and the credibility gap. One is a matter of fact, one

Oral history transcript, William C. Westmoreland, interview 1 (I), 2/8/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

with the Commander in Chief--the President--prior to my leaving to go to Vietnam. My assignment, as described by General Wheeler and announced to the press, was that I was to be deputy to General Harkins. However, without definitely saying so, General Wheeler

Oral history transcript, Paul Henry Nitze, interview 4 (IV), 1/10/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

on what your standard is of perfection. If one's standard is that there should be no stories in the press about conflicts between the department and the executive and the legislative branch, you're not going to get anything done. If one's standard is what

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 3 (III), 6/29/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

again, he had a newspaperman there, and once again, I was surprised at the fact that he exposed himself so completely to somebody of the press. This time it was a representative of one of the big wire services, Sid Davis, who had brought his family, too
October 1965 visit to the Ranch; LBJ’s relationship with the press; activities at the Ranch; LBJ’s desire to pay off Democratic National Committee debt and Krim’s involvement; Cliff Carter; John Criswell; political discussions at the Ranch; Francis

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 28 (XXVIII), 4/20/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was this type of arrangement where the press would come in and really have a--? 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, Joseph A. Califano, interview 39 (XXXIX), 12/20/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

much more deeply involved in this for a relatively short period of time because of his desire to forge a compromise. G: The Vantage Point indicates that there was, as the newspaper clippings here do, that there was a lot of negative press with regard

Oral history transcript, Fleur Cowles, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

members of the press corps to meet me there. I asked him--he now lives and works in London--why was he so eager to save me from arrest? He answered "For a very good reason, a very good reason. I've just become engaged. I'm really a very poor person
of British royalty in 1994; how royalty and government officials are treated by the press; publishing The Best of Flair; Cowles' work with SatelLifes and the Institute for American Studies at Oxford University and her future plans.

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

live in Washington is that you naturally get going on the telephone, and, you know, Joe's a great friend. It's just easy to talk to him and for him to talk to us. There's a funny thing on the press though. difficult relations were. This is an example
; Russ Wiggins; 1960/1964 Democratic convention; meeting of JFK and Graham regarding the VP nomination; Home Rule; LBJ’s attitude toward the press; beautification; press relations; civil rights; assessment of LBJ’s presidency.

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 22 (XXII), 1/8/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

sort of a broad, general commentary. Otherwise, everything that you need to know is in there. You might ask Ed Welsh. G: Okay, this is a memorandum from you to the Vice President dated January 12, 1963, with regard to press stories. R: Press
in other military tactics, such as rocket power and supersonic speeds; Robert Kennedy's presidential aspirations in 1963; LBJ's reaction to criticism in the press; assumptions in 1963 about President Kennedy's political future; Barry Goldwater's chances

Oral history transcript, Robert S. Allen, interview 1 (I), 5/30/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

, and successively you have worked for the Wisconsin State Journal, the Milwaukee Journal, the United Press Association, Christian Science Monitor, the International News Service and as Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Record. You were co-author
of LBJ and JFK; LBJ and columnists; LBJ's press secretaries; LBJ and the press; Gene McCarthy; Bobby Kennedy; 1968 campaign; personal observations on LBJ

Oral history transcript, James R. Jones, interview 2 (II), 6/28/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

that once he cancelled something or modified something after it was made public, the press would then speculate as to why he modified it and would usually make a crisis where a crisis didn't exist. So for that reason he kept things very close to the vest

Oral history transcript, Orville Freeman, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of this fact of his selection of Lyndon Johnson, I was deluged immediately by press and radio. And I was able to say then, and did say, very strongly that Lyndon Johnson had an excellent, liberal record, and that basically he was a populist in his political

Oral history transcript, Ben Wattenberg, interview 2 (II), 11/29/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

around the table asking suggestions as to what he ought to be doing. Somebody brought up that he ought to go out and confront the demonstrators if necessary, but go out and press the flesh. And his feeling was [this]. I know he quoted John Connally

Oral history transcript, Dean Rusk, interview 1 (I), 7/28/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

our Ambassadors abroad to go to the host government to get oral agrements in order that the announcement could be made immediately and the name go to the Senate without any delay. Now, part of this was his desire to avoid leaks to the press during

Oral history transcript, William J. Jorden, interview 4 (IV), 11/7/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, 1985 INTERVIEWEE: WILLIAM J. JORDEN INTERVIEWER: Ted Gittinger PLACE: Ambassador Jorden's residence, McLean, Virginia Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 G: Let's begin by my asking you by what process you got picked to go to Paris to be the resident press man
to the press in the Paris negotiations; information leaks during Paris talks; private talks held in Paris; Madame Anna Chennault; results of the Paris talks after the Nixon administration was in power; writing for The Vantage Point; LBJ in retirement.

Oral history transcript, Felix McKnight, interview 1 (I), 10/4/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to the presidency. From that moment on, well, we didn't see each other for a few years, but we became friends. Eventually, of course, as a news reporter I spent almost ten years with the Associated Press in Texas, started as a sports editor in the Southwest
Biographical information; association with Richard Kleberg; first meeting LBJ; Roy Miller; association as a newspaperman with LBJ; LBJ’s temper; Senate race; visits during the presidency; LBJ and press criticism; W. Lee O’Daniel; LBJ

Oral history transcript, Frank Stanton, interview 3 (III), 8/26/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: No, but he made it quite clear in the 1960 campaign at the time of the fourth debate. There was talk in the press about a fourth debate, and at that time, my idea was that once 1 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 21 (XXI), 2/22/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

attitude. C: And maybe some contrasts. During the--at least my experience on the receiving end in the Pentagon during the Kennedy administration was that they were--they pressed hard to be deeply involved in awarding contracts and who they went to. Indeed

Oral history transcript, William F. Jackson and Lucy Ginter Jackson, interview 1 (I), 6/21/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

press any further conversation. I always felt on the staff there was a reason for doing something, some reason behind what was going on that I may or may not have known anything about. I'd like to have been able to renew my acquaintanceship with Tom
How Jackson became military aide to Vice President Johnson; LBJ's vice-presidential trip to Asia and members of the press on the trip; LBJ's time management; arranging for a photographer to accompany LBJ; the ability of the South Vietnamese to fight

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