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Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 9 (IX), 11/18/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • tell him, "A lot of other people, though, don't feel the same way that you do, at 1east I hope they don It, II and turn it off 1ike that. I had a fellow one time, an electrician came up here to put all the electrical work in the thing for me. He
Oral history transcript, Dudley T. Dougherty, interview 1 (I), 12/27/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • of that, and he said, "He's the best man running, but he makes the worst speeches that live ever heard. F: II t'laybe I made worse speeches, I don I t know. We won't run any analyses on that. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY
Oral history transcript, William H. Jordan, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/5/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
Oral history transcript, Jane Engelhard, interview 2 (II), 1/6/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • 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 INTERVIEW II DATE: January 6
  • Oral history transcript, Jane Engelhard, interview 2 (II), 1/6/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
Oral history transcript, Virginia Wilke English, interview 2 (II), 3/18/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • 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 INTERVIEW II DATE: March 18, 1981
  • Oral history transcript, Virginia Wilke English, interview 2 (II), 3/18/1981, by Michael L. Gillette
Oral history transcript, Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., interview 3 (III), 8/8/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • there. I had found them in a Civil Rights Commission report. figures were. He said, He said, II You're absolutely sure?" I told him where the I said, "Yes." We 11 , you write a little memorandum from me to John Connally and tell him he has got to do
Oral history transcript, Brooks Hays, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • to mention, and it's relevant because-F: We're in one of those times right now. H: Yes, we are. I remember the story of the two fellows that met, two strangers in a hotel lobby in Toronto, Canada, and the Texan said, II~Jhere are you from?" He sai d
Oral history transcript, George McGovern, interview 2 (II), 2/3/2011, by Mark Updegrove (Item)
  • 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 INTERVIEW II DATE: February 3
  • The relationship between President Dwight Eisenhower and Congress in 1957; why the White House and Congress were able to work together better in the 1950s than in 2011; increased patriotism and optimism following World War II and the Depression
  • Oral history transcript, George McGovern, interview 2 (II), 2/3/2011, by Mark Updegrove
Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 4 (IV), 5/13/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • /exhibits/show/loh/oh Jenkins -- IV -- 2 J: Oh, all right. John Connally called me and said, "Would you 1 ike to go out and have dinner with Lyndon Johnson?" who is Lyndon Johnson?" this district. about?" him. II He said, "Well, he l s the congressman
Oral history transcript, Frank F. Mankiewicz, interview 2 (II), 5/1/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • 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 INTERVIEW II DATE: May 1, 1969
  • Oral history transcript, Frank F. Mankiewicz, interview 2 (II), 5/1/1969, by Stephen Goodell
Oral history transcript, Leon Keyserling, interview 1 (I), 1/9/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • of economic policy ever made by this great nation since World War II. it at the time. I fought It is very interesting that I had very little support, but in the LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson
Oral history transcript, Charles B. Lipsen, interview 1 (I), 6/13/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • abl e, capabl e person to run for President, and I think I would make the best President." They said, II Well , what do you think about Jack Kennedyr He said, "I think Jack Kennedy is one of the finest men I have ever met in my life. He's a darn
Oral history transcript, Julian J. Ewell, interview 1 (I), 11/7/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • the Ninth Division just about a month after Tet, late February, 1968, stayed with it till about March of 1969, and then I was shifted up to II Field Force, which was the field force that coincided with the III Corps' Tactical Zone around Saigon, and I stayed
Oral history transcript, A.M. "Monk" Willis, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • : http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Willis - -II- - 6 worked in that campaign? W: After the second primary it became very difficult because of course as you know, in 1948 Harry Truman made a stand for civil rights. And of course
Oral history transcript, Marie Wilson, interview 1 (I), 12/7/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • called the office. I was terribly impressed. I said, "Kuehne, Brooks, and Barr," and she said, "This is Lady Bird Johnson. there. II I wonder if Max Brooks is I said, "La--La--Lady Bird Johnson?II--1 couldn't believe it!--"Mrs. Lyndon Johnson
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 23 (XXIII), 8/28/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • equipment at that point was not only World War II in terms of vintage, but World War II in terms of psychology. Our equipment was really designed to fight the Germans, to fight the Italians, to fight the Japanese. Well, Korea 11 LBJ Presidential Library
  • the military during the Korean War; the opinion that the U.S. was ill-equipped to fight the Korean War; morale problems with Korean War soldiers who were also World War II veterans; comparing U.S. and Soviet manpower and firepower; criticism of the U.S
Oral history transcript, Dorothy J. Nichols, interview 2 (II), 11/1/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • it to carry the supplies in. II So I bought it, and it was pasteboard. And I put all this heavy paper in it, and I stuck in a bottle of bourbon, which we had left over from the weekend. We had very little time to have a drink during the week
  • Oral history transcript, Dorothy J. Nichols, interview 2 (II), 11/1/1974, by Michael L. Gillette
Oral history transcript, Sidney Dillon Ripley II, interview 1 (I), undated, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • , but on condition that we would understand that we would not proceed with further requests for funding until after the Vietnam War was over. B: Incidentally, sir, this question may be totally off base, but you served in Southeast Asia in World War II. Have you
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  • Oral history transcript, Sidney Dillon Ripley II, interview 1 (I), undated, by T.H. Baker
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Oral history transcript, W. Ervin James, interview 1 (I), 2/17/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , 1978 INTERVIEWEE: W. ERVIN II REDII JAt1ES INTERVI HJER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: Mr. James' office, Houston, Texas Tape 1 of 2 J: I first met Lyndon B. Johnson sometime in the mid 1930s. I was a clerk in the old WPA. At that time Aubrey
Oral history transcript, Elbridge Durbrow, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • , but if they fell, we didn't do anything about it. [It] didn't make much difference except you got good marks for predicting they would fall, and whether the right guys came back in or not was not our business. We were neutral. So we won World War II and mostly
Oral history transcript, Hugh Sidey, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • - But he also said, "I'd rather have one line in Time magazine or in the New York Times than I would in all the other newspapers i~n the country. II He was fascinated with the national character of Time magazine. If you go back in that time
Oral history transcript, Bruce Palmer, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • , where I was going to put Kay and my son. I signed the damn thing, and so I finally got to Vietnam, spent about a week in Hawaii finding a place for Kay to live and so on, and Westy said, "We want you to take over II Field Force from Jack [Jonathan Owen
Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 4 (IV), 6/15/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • was living at first but he died back in 1932, 1933, something like that--Dick K1eberg ' s father. So then Daddy told Lyndon, "Well, the best thing to do, Lyndon, is to get rid of her. here. II I'll get her a job with the Railroad Commission Daddy
Oral history transcript, Phillip B. Davidson, interview 1 (I), 3/30/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • of intelligence. Then in World War II, I was a squadron commander and a regimental executive officer of a light armored reconnaissance regiment, the Third Cavalry. G: Was that part of [George] Patton's outfit? D: Yes, indeed, that was part of Patton's outfit
Oral history transcript, Peter Hurd, interview 1 (I), 4/10/1969, by Elizabeth Kaderli (Item)
  • I've just seen a comprehensive show of hisfl--this was a retrospective show of my works at the Amon Carter r,1useum in Fort Worth-"and I recorrmend that you consider him. II This is my recollection of the letter, signed with a pleasant "Kind regards
Oral history transcript, Clifford Durr and Virginia Foster Durr, interview 1 (I), 3/1/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Durr--9 colored people are going to vote, and that's going to really mess things up. II I said, "Well why shouldn't they vote?" I can remember exactly what he said. He said, "Look. mules, but you don't bring mules
Oral history transcript, Francis Keppel, interview 2 (II), 8/17/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • in your professional __ F: If you could control the thing-- K: If you could do the darned thing, this is what you would do. And I think that was an advantage. II In the case of the particular one I remember the most clearly, the one in which Mr
  • Oral history transcript, Francis Keppel, interview 2 (II), 8/17/1972, by Joe B. Frantz
Oral history transcript, Stuart Symington, interview 1 (I), 10/6/1976, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • and wants to talk with you. II 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 Symington
Oral history transcript, Wright Patman, interview 2 (II), 2/4/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • 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 INTERVIEW II DATE: February 4
  • Oral history transcript, Wright Patman, interview 2 (II), 2/4/1976, by Michael L. Gillette
Oral history transcript, H.A. (Tony) Ziegler, interview 2 (II), 2/14/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • 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 INTERVIEW II DATE: February 14
  • Oral history transcript, H.A. (Tony) Ziegler, interview 2 (II), 2/14/1979, by Michael L. Gillette
Oral history transcript, James M. Rowe, interview 1 (I), 1/13/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • the 1948 primary that they started putting poll watchers in. The peculiar thing, it was known as the patron system, and it was just as--in fact, the subtitle of my manuscript, "George Parr in Duval County Politics," was "The Mesquite Pendergast. II He
Oral history transcript, Joseph M. Barr, interview 1 (I), 6/10/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • visit here. Pittsburgh had done a Compared to all of the cities II ve seen on this pro- it's just lovely to look at--. We think it's great. We still have myriads of problems. ready for this weekend. A funny thing happened to me out in Dallas
Oral history transcript, Walter W. Heller, interview 1 (I), 2/20/1970, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • , or at best a staff sergeant, and just told him, III want some more detailed information on this, and you bring it here by Monday. II He was extremely rough and tough as chairman of that committee at that particular meeting. It was a side of him that I
Oral history transcript, A. Willis Robertson, interview 1 (I), 9/27/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • involved ... I remember when I was discussing with Vice President John Nance Garner my opposition to a third term for Roosevelt, he said, IIHow can you beat a man with $10, 000, 000, 000 to spend? II And you couldn't. But during the past eight years, our
Oral history transcript, Lyman Lemnitzer, interview 1 (I), 3/3/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • it? Well, sure it was unusual, but here was a president who had no military experience at all, sort of a patrol boat skipper in World War II, and here we were getting into some serious problems both in Europe and out in the Far East. Mr. [Averell] Harriman
Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 5 (V), 6/23/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • mother. Somebody'd holler, IISam , I want you to She's ni nety-four and I m seventy-two. II I don't I remember either one of them, because a lot of people I don't--I left here when I was just fourteen. Of course, it's all I think in Mother's book
Oral history transcript, Chris Dixie, interview 1 (I), 3/23/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • at the hotel at two o'clock in the morning, the room clerk was all atwitter because the Vice President wanted to talk to me. Vice President of what?" Katie said, liThe liThe United states. II Well, the next day Lyndon took Katie and me out on personal escort
Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 6 (VI), 7/13/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • a couple of men there, said, "Well, we heard you left Washington with Sam Houston." John said, II I don't know what the he 11 you' re talk i ng about. II didn't see me get off. They They left and then a friend picked me up in a LBJ Presidential Library
Oral history transcript, Conrad L. Wirth, interview 1 (I), 8/5/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • recognized as a person that understood human nature and was willing to consider suggestions. He was always willing and I quote him: "Let's sit down and talk it over. II He did that extremely well and he always had a nice manner about him. Sometimes
Oral history transcript, One More Story (group interview), 11/17/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • make you feel like you as a young person were very important to him. One of the best stories though is about Luci, when Luci just barged into his office one day. Because he was always saying, you know, "Come and see us some time. II Well, Luci took